The Mong Lab

The Mong Lab is a research group at the University of Maryland, Baltimore that studies how hormones modulate sleep, wake, and drug-induced arousal.

The Mong Lab is a neurobiology based research group at the University of Maryland, Baltimore that investigates the entire arousal spectrum, including sleep, wake and drug-induced arousal. We evaluate how ovarian hormones may naturally modulate these states of arousal behaviorally, and investigate the mechanistic underpinnings that result in these behavioral changes. There are currently two major research focuses of the lab:
1) Understanding the mechanism by which methamphetamine use results in increased motivated s*x drive in women
2) Understanding how hormones influence the activity of the sleep circuitry, and why women are more sensitive to disruptions in sleep

01/05/2017

Most recent paper out of the Mong lab: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5206624/

M**hamphetamine (M**h) is a psychomotor stimulant strongly associated with increases in s*xual drive and impulse in both men and women. These changes in s*xual motivation have a greater impact on women due to their likelihood of facing the greater burden ...

12/21/2016

Congratulations to our newest Dr. on the block, Dr. Katrina Williams, who successfully defended her thesis today!

03/27/2015

By: Sylvina Raver, Ph.D. The biomedical research enterprise in the United States is in trouble. Recent unprecedented volatility in federal research funding has prompted the biomedical workforce to ...

07/28/2014

Don't forget, today at 2pm, Dr. D. Cusmano's public defense, in Davidge Hall. Afterward, join our lab at 4pm in HH520 to celebrate!

07/11/2014

Our lab would like to congratulate Danielle Cusmano for her successful defense of her thesis work! Congratulations, Dr. Cusmano!

05/02/2014

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/02/women-men-sleep-differences_n_5242333.html?1399033326

Women take longer to fall asleep. They report feeling more sleepiness. They have an increased risk of insomnia. And they even spend more time in deep sleep, compared to men. But the understanding of why s*x differences in sleep exist -- and how th...

04/21/2014

Check out this clip from the recent GSA newsletter highlighting our graduate students (Katrina and Sarah) poster presentations at the Graduate Research Conference on methamphetamine-induced proceptivity in rats! Congratulations on each of your poster awards, ladies!

03/14/2014

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0_muZIqxlk

Watch as Dr. Jessica Mong explains why sleep problems affect women more often than men.

Why do sleep disruptions affect women more often than men? Research at the University of Maryland School of Medicine is shedding light on that question. The ...

01/10/2014

Congratulations to Danielle for her recent publication in Endocrinology! Check out the paper to learn more about how gonadal steroids modulate sleep and wakefulness, and why s*x differences in sleep are important.

http://press.endocrine.org/doi/abs/10.1210/en.2013-1624

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