Christina Maxwell

My undergraduate research investigated the effects of social stress on alcohol consumption. I spent three years following graduation working as a laboratory technician at the University of Pennsylvania in the neuropsychiatry department. At Penn, I focused on animal models of schizophrenia and strategies of drug delivery. My thesis laboratory allows me to integrate my interest in alcohol addiction with a model of neuropathic pain.

Selected Publications

Maxwell, C. R., R. S. Ehrlichman, et al. (2006). "Corticosterone modulates auditory gating in mouse." Neuropsychopharmacology 31(5): 897-903.             

Maxwell, C. R., R. S. Ehrlichman, et al. (2006). "Ketamine produces lasting disruptions in encoding of sensory stimuli." J Pharmacol Exp Ther 316(1): 315-24.                         

Maxwell, C. R., Y. Liang, et al. (2006). "Mice expressing constitutively active Gsalpha exhibit stimulus encoding deficits similar to those observed in schizophrenia patients." Neuroscience 141(3): 1257-64.

Siegel, S. J., C. R. Maxwell, et al. (2005). "Monoamine reuptake inhibition and nicotine receptor antagonism reduce amplitude and gating of auditory evoked potentials." Neuroscience 133(3): 729-38.

Selected Abstracts

C.R. Maxwell, D.S. Strayer. Antioxidants protect microglial cells from apoptosis induced by ethanol and HIV-gp120.  Program No. 700.23 Washington, DC: Society for Neuroscience, 2007.

M.E. Page, C.R. Maxwell, M.M. Livingstone. Blockade of the mGlu5 receptor attenuates anxiety associated with cocaine abstinence and reduces extracellular norepinephrine in the rat frontal cortex.  Program No. 591.11 Washington, DC: Society for Neuroscience, 2006.

Memberships, Honors, Awards
Society for Neuroscience 2003 – present
Philadelphia Chapter Society for Neuroscience 2005 – present
Association for Women in Neuroscience 2004 – present
American Association for the Advancement of Science 2007 – present

Personal
In my spare time, I enjoy reading, aerobics and spending time with family and friends.