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Alison Fleming (neuroscientist)

Canadian neuroscientist

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Fleming received her B.Sc. from Columbia University in 1968. She earned her Ph.D. in 1972 from Rutgers University under the mentorship of Jay S. Rosenblatt. Her dissertation research surrounded the effect of external factors on maternal behavior in rats. Fleming also later published an account of Rosenblatt's contributions to the field of maternal behavior relationships, entitled "The three faces of Jay S. Rosenblatt."

Fleming's work at St. Joseph's Hospital has involved using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to study postpartum depression. Fleming has also studied how teenage mothers respond to their infants. As of March 2020, she has published more than 170 journal articles.

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