Laurel S. Morris

About

Laurel S. Morris is an Assistant Professor at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in the United States. Her research focuses on the neural mechanisms underlying depression and motivation, with recent articles addressing the modulation of the ventral tegmental area in relation to depressive disorders and anhedonia. She also explores the intrinsic and extrinsic factors influencing motivation and self-agency, as well as the connectivity of regions such as the hippocampus and amygdala in major depressive disorder.