Gordon A. Barr, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Psychology in Anesthesiology and Critical Care
Department: Anesthesiology and Critical Care
Graduate Group Affiliations
Contact information
Abramson Research Building, Room 716D
Department of Anesthesiology and CCM
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Department of Anesthesiology and CCM
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 267-426-9722
Fax: 267-426-8128
Fax: 267-426-8128
Email:
barrg@email.chop.edu
barrg@email.chop.edu
Publications
Education:
B.A. (Psychology)
Dickinson College, 1969.
M.A.
Carnegie Mellon University, 1971.
Ph.D. (Psychology)
Carnegie Mellon University, 1975.
Permanent linkB.A. (Psychology)
Dickinson College, 1969.
M.A.
Carnegie Mellon University, 1971.
Ph.D. (Psychology)
Carnegie Mellon University, 1975.
Description of Research Expertise
I study transitions during early development. Transitions are important developmental epochs during which time there are substantial changes in how infants/children/adolescents process information. I am particularly interested in mechanisms of of stress, pain and recovery from damage to the nervous system from that developmental perspective. I study models of acute and chronic pain, infant-mother attachment, the therapeutic and adverse effects of analgesics, especially opiates, and spinal cord injury and recovery from injury. Our lab develops and uses sophisticated behavioral assays in young animals in conjunction with a number of anatomical and neurochemical assays to understand mechanisms by which these transitions occur.Selected Publications
Barr, G.A. and Sullivan R.M.: The mother regulates the transition between attachment and fear learning and alaters gene expression in the amygdala of infant rats 45th Annual Meeting, International Society for Developmental Psychobiology 2012.Sullivan. R.M. and Barr, G.A. : Presence of the mother controls the transition between attachment and fear learning, and alters gene expression in the amygdala of infant rats Society for Neuroscience Meeting 2012 Notes: Selected as one of the Society for Neuroscience 2012’s pool of newsworthy research. This is a select number of presentations that are picked for broad interest and are highlighted for journalists.
Bhatnagar, S., Ver Hoeve, E., Kelly, G., Sandra Luz, S., and Barr, G.A.: Sex differences in the effects of acute social defeat in adolescence and adulthood. Society for Neuroscience Meeting. 2012.
Barr, G.A. Wang, S., Cheng, J., and Winkelstein, B.A.: Maturational changes in chronic pain following nerve injury in the rat Society for Neuroscience Meeting 2012.
Hunter, D.A. and Barr, G.A.: Presence of the mother controls the transition between attachment and fear learning, and alters gene expression in the amygdala of infant rats Society for Neuroscience Meeting 2012.
Hunter, D.A., Barr, G.A., Amador, N.J., Shivers, K-Y., Kemen, L., Kreiter, C.M., Jenab, J., Inturrisi, C.E., Quinones-Jenab, V.: Estradiol-induced antinociceptive responses on formalin-induced nociception are independent of COX and HPA activation. Synapse 65: 643-651, 2011.
Murray, M., Santi, L., Monaghan, R., Houle J.D., Barr, G.A. : Microarray analysis of axotomized and of regenerating lateral vestibular neurons in rats. Journal of Comparative Neurology 519: 3433-3455, 2011.
Barr, G.A., Perez, J., McPhie-Lalmansingh, A.A., Riley, M.: Opiate Tolerance and Withdrawal during early development: Animal Models of the Human Experience. ILARS Journal 52: 329-341, 2011.
Chan, T., Kyere, K., Davis, B.R., Shemyakin, A., Kabitzke, P.A., Shair, H.N., Barr, G.A., Wiedenmayer, C.P.: The role of the medial prefrontal cortex in innate fear regulation in infants, juveniles, and adolescents. Journal of Neuroscience 31: 4991-4999, 2011.
Barr, G.A. : Formalin-induced c-fos expression in the brain of infant rat. Journal of Pain 12: 263-271, 2011.