Stefan Schlussman

My primary research interests involve the use of animal models to focus on the question of why some individuals are more vulnerable to the effects of drugs of abuse than are others. I utilize behavioral and neurochemicals techniques to study the effects of drugs of abuse on rodents. I frequently study these effects in different strains of mice that differ in their behavioral response to drugs of abuse in an attempt to elucidate neurochemical factors that may subserve an individual’s vulnerability the effects of drugs of abuse and, potentially, vulnerability to develop an addictive disease.

I have taught courses in the Psychology curriculum at Hunter College since 2007.

• Schlussman, S.D., Bourna, M., Brownstein, A.J., Zhang, Y. Ho, A., Kreek, M.J., Regional mRNA expression of GABAergic receptor subunits in brains of C57BL/6J and 129P3/J mice: Strain and heroin effects. Brain Research 1523:49-58. 2013.
• Schlussman, S.D., Cassin J., Zhang Y., Levran O., Ho A., Kreek M.J., Regional mRNA expression of the endogenous opioid and dopaminergic systems in brains of C57BL/6J and 129P3/J mice: Strain and heroin effects. Pharmacol Biochem Behav 100: 8-16. 2011.