Elizabeth Crofton, Ph.D.
Pharmacology & Bowles Alcohol Research Center
Education
University of Texas Medical Branch
Mentors
Melissa Herman, Ph.D. and Leslie Morrow, Ph.D.
Biography
Dr. Crofton is currently an Assistant Professor in neuroscience at Emmanuel College in Boston, MA
Courses
Spring 2019 Concepts in Biology II – North Carolina A&T State University Fall 2019 Fundamentals in Neurobiology – North Carolina A&T State University
Publications
Crofton EJ, Zhu M, Curtis KN, Nolan GW, O’Buckley TK, Morrow AL, Herman MA. Medial prefrontal cortex-basolateral amygdala circuit dysfunction in chronic alcohol-exposed male rats. Neuropharmacology. 2022 Mar 1;205:108912. doi: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2021.108912. Epub 2021 Dec 6. PMCID: PMC8800149.
170:108045 Hughes BA, Crofton EJ, O’Buckley TK, Herman MA, Morrow AL. 2019 Chronic ethanol exposure alters prelimbic prefrontal cortical Fast-Spiking and Martinotti interneuron function with differential sex specificity in rat brain. Neuropharmacology. PMCID: PMC7027948
Biological Intersection of Sex, Age, and Environment in the Corticotropin Releasing Factor (CRF) System and Alcohol. Neuropharmacology.