Ben Schwartz, Ph.D.

Education

Ph.D., University of Arizona, 2021

B.S., UCLA, 2016

Academic Interests

My interests have always centered around neural plasticity and the functions it regulates such as learning and memory, development, and recovery from central nervous system damage. I am looking forward to teaching Learning and Behavior and Affective Neuroscience here at Baylor.

Representative Publications

Schwartz, B. A., Wang, W., & Bao, S. (2020). Pharmacological DNA Demethylation Weakens Inhibitory Synapses in the Auditory Cortex and Re-opens the Critical Period for Frequency Map Plasticity. Neuroscience, 440, 239–248.

Kapellusch, A. J., Lester, A. W., Schwartz, B. A., Smith, A. C., & Barnes, C. A. (2018). Analysis of learning deficits in aged rats on the W-track continuous spatial alternation task. Behavioral Neuroscience, 132(6), 512–519. https://doi.org/10.1037/bne0000269

Fraley, E. R., Burkett, Z. D., Day, N. F., Schwartz, B. A., Phelps, P. E., & White, S. A. (2016). Mice with Dab1 or Vldlr insufficiency exhibit abnormal neonatal vocalization patterns. Scientific Reports, 1–12. DOI: 10.1038/srep25807

McConnell, M., Grinspan, L. T., Williams, M. R., Lynn, M. L., Schwartz, B. A., Fass, O. Z., Schwartz, S.D., Tardiff, J. C. (2017). Clinically Divergent Mutation Effects on the Structure and Function of the Human Cardiac Tropomyosin Overlap. Biochemistry, 56, 3403–3413. DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.7b00266

Baylor Courses Taught

• PSY/NSC 3323 - Sensation & Perception
• PSY/NSC 3370 - Affective Neuroscience
• PSY/NSC 3320 - Learning & Behavior
• NSC/PSY 5V51- Supervised Teaching