J. Leigh Leasure, Ph.D.
Professor
Director of Brain Health & Plasticity Lab
Developmental, Cognitive, & Behavioral Neuroscience
Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
Health 1, Room 434
713-743-8616
jlleasure@uh.edu
Research Interests
- Exercise-driven neuroplasticity
- Binge alcohol effects on brain and behavior
- Prevention and treatment of alcohol use disorder
Teaching
- PSYC 2330: Biological Psychology
- PSYC 4308: Psychopharmacology
- PSYC 4354: Brain and Behavior
- PSYC 6344: Functional Neuroanatomy
Laboratory
Selected Publications
Perez EC, Gehm KH, Lobo VG, Olvera M & Leasure JL (2024) Adulthood effects of developmental exercise. Developmental Psychobiology, 66(1):e22444.
Wooden JI, Spinetta MJ, Nguyen T, O’Leary CI & Leasure JL (2021) A sensitive homecage-based novel object recognition task for rodents. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 15:680042. doi: 10.3389/fnbeh.2021.680042
West RK, Najjar LZ & Leasure JL. (2019) Exercise-driven restoration of the alcohol damaged brain. International Review of Neurobiology, 147:219-267.
Leasure JL, Neighbors C, Henderson CE & Young CM (2015) Exercise and alcohol consumption: what we know, what we need to know and why it is important. Frontiers in Psychiatry 6: Article 156, doi: 10.3389.