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Bradley Wetzell Doctoral Fellow Department of Psychology

Degrees
MA Experimental-Biological Psychology </br> BS Psychology

Bio
I teach PSYC 325 Neurological Bases of Behavior and PSYC 115 Psychology as a Natural Science.


My research interests relate to the connections between the behavioral changes induced by chronic administration of abusable drugs and the biochemical mechanisms that mediate them. Specifically, I utilize the rodent model to investigate less obvious developmental influences on the neural mechanisms that mediate the balance between the rewarding and aversive response to drugs and potentially influence an individual’s propensity for compulsive use.
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Partnerships & Affiliations

  • Howard University, Dept. of Psychology
    Adjunct Faculty

Scholarly, Creative & Professional Activities

Selected Publications

Wetzell, BB; Muller, MM; Flax, SM; King, HE; Decicco-Skinner, KL; Riley, AL. (Under review). Effect of preexposure on methylphenidate-induced taste avoidance and related BDNF/TrkB signaling in the rat. Psychopharmacology.

King, HE; Wetzell, BB; Rice, KC; Riley, AL. (Under review). MDPV‐induced taste avoidance in the F344/N and LEW rat strains. Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior.

Wetzell, BB; Muller, MM; Cobuzzi, JL; Hurwitz, ZE; Decicco-Skinner, KL; Riley, AL. (2014). Effect of age on methylphenidate-induced conditioned taste avoidance and related BDNF/TrkB signaling in the insular cortex of the rat. Psychopharmacology 231(8), 1493-1501.

Hurwitz, ZE, Cobuzzi, JL, Merluzzi, AP, Wetzell, B, Riley, AL. (2013). Prepubertal Fischer 344 rats display stronger morphine-induced taste avoidance than prepubertal Lewis rats. Developmental Psychobiology.

Merluzzi, AM; Hurwitz, ZE; Briscione, MA; Cobuzzi, JL; Wetzell, B; Rice, KC; Riley, AL. (2013). Age-dependent MDPV-induced taste aversions and thermoregulation: A behavioral and physiological assessment of "Bath Salts". Developmental Psychobiology.

Cobuzzi, J., Siletti, K., Hurwitz, Z., Wetzell, B., Baumann, M., & Riley, A. (2013). Age differences in (±)3,4- methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA)-induced conditioned taste aversions and monoaminergic activity. Developmental Psychobiology. doi:10.1002/dev.21132

Wetzell, B.; Riley, AL. (2012). Adolescent exposure to methylphenidate has no effect on the aversive properties of cocaine in adulthood. Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior, 101(3), 394-402. doi:10.1016/j.pbb.2012.02.002.

Wetzell, B.; Pearson, MR.; Henson, JM. (2010). Hierarchical linear modeling of drinking to cope with anxiety among college students. Old Dominion University Journal of Undergraduate Research.