Noelle Anastasio, Ph'D' Pharmacology

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Noelle Anastasio, Ph.D.Pharmacology
ToxicologyMentor Kenneth Johnson, Ph.D.

PCP (angel dust) is a powerful psychoactive drug
that blocks a brain NMDA receptor. I found that
receptor changes after PCP were associated with
neurotoxicity in the brains of developing lab
animals with behavioral effects similar to
schizophrenia.