Research Interests
Dr. Robert Adamec
Primary Appointment: Psychology, Faculty of Science (STJ)
Keywords: Neuroscience; Ethology; Emotion; Epilepsy; Anxiety; Forensic; Stress; Substance abuse
Current Research
- Animal models of PTSD
- Pharmacological prophylaxis for anxiety associated with PTSD
- Path analysis of brain-behaviour relationships
- Extinction of hyperarousal in animal models of PTSD - relevance to novel post trauma treatment of PTSD
Recent Research
- Role of early experience and personality, psychopathology associated with limbic epilepsy
- Temporal lobe function as part of an insanity plea
- Path analysis in human post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- Anxiety and epilepsy
- Analysis in adolescent substance abuse