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Ethan Gahtan
Professor
Ethan received a Bachelor’s in Psychology from Macalester College and PhD in Cognitive and Biological Psychology from the University of Minnesota. His research focuses on molecular and neural circuit mechanisms of behavior and neurological disease, with a secondary focus on evolutionary psychology. Ethan is a long-serving member of Humboldt’s IRB and IACUC.
Areas of Interest
Neuroscience, Evolutionary Psychology, Philosophy of Psychology
Research Focus
Behavioral Neuroscience, Behavioral Genetics, Evolutionary Psychology
- Gahtan, E., Jones, S., & Wilcox, E. (2023). Parenthood and Concerns for the Distant Future. SSRN Electronic Journal. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4542417
- Lapolla, N. J., Bishop, B. H., & Gahtan, E. (2023). Social context modulates autonomic responses to direct eye contact. Physiology & behavior, 263, 114119. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physbeh.2023.114119,
- Jones E.F., Butler M.G., Trendafilova D., Mendez M.S., Jernigan L.A., Gahtan E., & Steele J. (2022) In vivo tracking of KCC2b expression during early brain development. The Journal of Comparative Neurology, 531(1):48-57. https//doi.org//10.1002/cne.25411,
- Bishop, B. H., Spence-Chorman, N., & Gahtan, E. (2016). Three-dimensional motion tracking reveals a diving component to visual and auditory escape swims in zebrafish larvae. The Journal of experimental biology, 219(Pt 24), 3981–3987. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.147124,
- Stednitz, S. J., Freshner, B., Shelton, S., Shen, T., Black, D., & Gahtan, E. (2015). Selective toxicity of L-DOPA to dopamine transporter-expressing neurons and locomotor behavior in zebrafish larvae. Neurotoxicology and teratology, 52(Pt A), 51–56. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ntt.2015.11.001,
- Bass, E. C., Stednitz, S. J., Simonson, K., Shen, T., & Gahtan, E. (2014). Physiological stress reactivity and empathy following social exclusion: a test of the defensive emotional analgesia hypothesis. Social neuroscience, 9(5), 504–513. https://doi.org/10.1080/17470919.2014.929533,
- Griffiths, B. B., Schoonheim, P. J., Ziv, L., Voelker, L., Baier, H., & Gahtan, E. (2012). A zebrafish model of glucocorticoid resistance shows serotonergic modulation of the stress response. Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience, 6, 68. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnbeh.2012.00068,
- Stobb, M., Peterson, J.M., Mazzag, B., Gahtan, E. (2012). Graph theoretical model of a sensorimotorconnectome in zebrafish. PLoS One, 7(5):e37292. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.oo37292.