Dr. McLaughlin examined how endocannabinoids in the prefrontal cortex coordinate coping responses to acute and chronic stress. He found that endocannabinoids in this brain region promote recovery following exposure to stress and that maintaining endocannabinoid tone may represent a promising therapeutic strategy to treat stress-related illnesses.

A randomly-selected Doctoral citation each day: today from the Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology (PhD) - graduated in 2012