Stephanie White Neuroscience Research Paper
Women in Neuroscience
Throughout history men have greatly dominated the advances of science, but in the last century many women have stepped forward and cemented their position in the field and have contributed greatly to it’s expansion and exploration, especially in neuroscience. However, still only one in every five articles published in Nature Neuroscience has a female coauthor. This can lead to a spiral effect with men getting more jobs in the neuroscience field because of being published more frequently, therefore, continuing to hold women back when it is extremely unnecessary (Women in neuroscience: a numbers game, 2006). This paper will focus on Stephanie White and how she beat those odds in her work with the Haplochromis burtoni …show more content…
In this experiment they again looked at the teleost fish and the role that social status plays in the behavioral and biological characteristics of it. The study concluded that as a fish is advancing in social standing the biological changes of the GnRH levels happen much faster than when the social standing is descending. As for the changes in physical behavior, the inverse is true; as a fish is ascending the social ladder it’s aggression changes much slower than that of a fish that is descending the same social ladder. It is interesting that the body and brain of the fish have already adjusted chemically to the changes in social standing but the fish is still resistant to the change in any case, for better or worse.
Over the last two decades Stephanie White has had a profound impact in the field of neuroscience and has changed what we know about POA neurons and GnRH production. Her work on teleost fish is an incredible stepping-stone for further understanding to how the brains of more animals work and function, and will continue to contribute to the understanding of the human brain in the
Throughout history men have greatly dominated the advances of science, but in the last century many women have stepped forward and cemented their position in the field and have contributed greatly to it’s expansion and exploration, especially in neuroscience. However, still only one in every five articles published in Nature Neuroscience has a female coauthor. This can lead to a spiral effect with men getting more jobs in the neuroscience field because of being published more frequently, therefore, continuing to hold women back when it is extremely unnecessary (Women in neuroscience: a numbers game, 2006). This paper will focus on Stephanie White and how she beat those odds in her work with the Haplochromis burtoni …show more content…
In this experiment they again looked at the teleost fish and the role that social status plays in the behavioral and biological characteristics of it. The study concluded that as a fish is advancing in social standing the biological changes of the GnRH levels happen much faster than when the social standing is descending. As for the changes in physical behavior, the inverse is true; as a fish is ascending the social ladder it’s aggression changes much slower than that of a fish that is descending the same social ladder. It is interesting that the body and brain of the fish have already adjusted chemically to the changes in social standing but the fish is still resistant to the change in any case, for better or worse.
Over the last two decades Stephanie White has had a profound impact in the field of neuroscience and has changed what we know about POA neurons and GnRH production. Her work on teleost fish is an incredible stepping-stone for further understanding to how the brains of more animals work and function, and will continue to contribute to the understanding of the human brain in the