Joshua Cordeira

Dr. Cordeira teaches Anatomy & Physiology, Neuroscience, and mentors students in research.  As a neuroscientist, he investigates brain mechanisms of behavior using a mouse model.  His research interests range from studying brain control of feeding behaviors to sleep deprivation as a model for understanding cognitive and behavioral impairments observed in mental health disorders.  Recent student-based projects have investigated: forebrain regulation of learning and memory using optogenetics, object recognition impairments caused by sleep deprivation, and how factors such as social isolation and exercise contribute to binge-eating and obesity.

Recent Publications:

Kry J and Cordeira J (2018) Social isolation of female mice causes depressive-like behavior and more rapid feeding during binge eating. Journal of Young Investigators, in press.

Cordeira J, Kolluru S, Rosenblatt H, Kry J, Strecker R, and McCarley R (2018) Learning and memory are impaired in the object recognition task during metestrus/diestrus and after sleep deprivation. Behavioural Brain Research 339:124-129
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29180134

Antila H, Casarotto P, Popova D, Sipila P, Guirado R, Kohtala S, Ryazantseva M, Vesa L, Lindholm J, Yalcin I, Vincius S, Nurkkala H, Lempriere S, Cordeira J, Autio H, Kislin M, Rios M, Samia J, Khiroug L, Sari L, Varjosal M, Grant S, Taira T, Castren E, and Rantamaki T. (2017) TrkB signaling underlies the rapid antidepressant effects of isoflurane. Science Reports 7(1):7811.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5552878/