Anatomy

The Laboratories of Anatomy provide four core courses in the first year curriculum: comparative veterinary anatomy, histology, development and neuroscience.

These courses span the classical to modern aspects of anatomy in the veterinary curriculum providing the structural context for cell and molecular biology, biochemistry, physiology and pharmacology in preparing students for physical diagnosis, pathology, radiology and surgery.

The faculty are practicing scholars and scientists in development (cell and molecular level), neuroscience (systems and behavior), paleontology and clinical science (surgery and dentistry).

Faculty

Contact

miamorg@vet.upenn.edu

University of Pennsylvania
School of Veterinary Medicine
3800 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6010

Faculty Focus

Tracy L. Bale, PhD

Associate Professor, Neuroscience

In most neuropsychiatric diseases, symptoms almost always present after a stressful life event, even in individuals who are well medicated or who never presented with an affective disorder before.

For example, a child with autism might be doing well, but if that child is disrupted or stressed by a schedule change, his symptoms may be exacerbated.

This started me thinking about what could cause such drastic disruptions to stress pathways.

Since it is unlikely that single genes cause the variance in stress response, I began looking at how they could develop.

Learn more about Dr. Bale's research...