ABOUT RECS

MEMBERS                                                                                                                   

The group consists of a cross-disciplinary team within psychology, physiology, and biomedical laboratory science. They work within the field of physiological psychology with projects that engage in how and when psychological phenomena can be associated with somatic health and somatic disease or symptoms.

The applied methods include use of animal models well-known within international research on relationships between stress and physiological responses.

RESEARCH METHODS                                                                        

The research group has long experience with animal models, mostly rats, and has modern laboratory facilities which meet international standards and demands within animal research. This includes a large range of behavioral testing equipment, equipment for biochemical and histological analyses, neurophysiological laboratory measurements of EEG/EMG, telemetry and extracellular stimulation and recording.

EXPERIMENTAL METHODS     

• Open field (including pre-pulse inhibition)
• Elevated Plus Maze
• Telemetry
• Sleep and circadian rhythms
• Long-TermPotentiation
• Biochemical parameters

 CLINICAL METHODS

• Psychiatric assessment
• Clinical interviews
• Self-reported questionnaires
• Biochemical parameters (saliva, blood samples).
• Stress-responsivity tests

The biochemical laboratory at the Faculty of Psychology (UoB) has a central role within the research activity of RECS

COLLABORATION                                                                                  

RECS has valued local, national, and international collaboration within these fields and some are mentioned here: Cognitive Neuroscience Group; The Bergen Group for Treatment Research; Norwegian Competence Center for Sleep Disorders; Resource Centre on Traumatic Stress, Violence, and Suicide Prevention Region West (RVTS West); Department of Internal Medicine, Haukeland University Hospital; Bergen Clinics Foundation; Department of Neuropsychiatry and Psychosomatic Medicine at Rikshospitalet; University of Minneapolis; University of Trier,  University of Groningen and University of Berkeley.