Rate My Professor Calvin Young

Young's research focuses on behavioural neuroscience, neural oscillations such as theta rhythms in the hippocampus, and their roles in learning, memory, anxiety, depression, and stress responses. He employs electrophysiological recordings, deep brain stimulation, behavioural tasks, and advanced data analysis techniques including Matlab and machine learning. Recent work utilizes imaging and computational approaches to map stress-related brain activities in zebrafish, exploring neural circuits in the hypothalamus and their links to affective disorders. Key publications include 'Ultradian rhythms of CRHPVN neuron activity, behavior, and stress hormone secretion' (PNAS, 2025, co-authored with Zheng, Iremonger et al.), 'Infraslow closed-loop brain training for anxiety and depression (ISAD): A pilot randomised, sham-controlled trial in adult females with internalizing disorders' (Cognitive, Affective & Behavioral Neuroscience, 2025, co-authored with Perez et al.), 'Supramammillary Theta Oscillations in Water Maze Learning' (2024), and 'Prefrontal and hippocampal theta rhythm show anxiolytic-like changes during periaqueductal-elicited “panic” in rats' (2022). His body of work comprises over 30 publications with 442 citations. Young has presented at conferences such as the Genetics Otago Symposium (2026) and the New Zealand Medical Sciences Congress (2024), and co-chairs neuroscience sessions.