Mengwen Zhu
Program: Unspecified
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Undergraduate university: University of Wisconsin-Madison
Research summary
Endometriosis is a chronic inflammatory condition where ectopic uteral tissue implant and grow outside of the uterus. A significant number of patients report chronic fatigue and depression, though research on this psychiatric comorbidity remains sparse. My research in Kepecs lab focuses on dissecting the neuroimmune circuit that controls this motivational deficit in a mouse model of endometriosis. Behavioral testing, whole-brain mapping of gene expression, electrophysiology, and optogenetic tools will be applied to accomplish the research aim.
Graduate publications