Department of Psychology and Neuroscience

Libby Myles

Email: libby.myles@dal.ca
Mailing Address:

Dalhousie University Life Sciences Centre, 6287 Alumni Crescent P.O Box 15000 Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 4R2

Research Topics:

BSc Honours, Bio-Psychology UNB Saint John
MSc, Neuroscience Dalhousie
PhD, Neuroscience Dalhousie

Myles, E. M., Hamm, S. I., Allden, S. N., Romkey, I. D., O’Leary, M. E., & Perrot, T. S. (2023). A comparative study of Western, high-carbohydrate, and standard lab diet consumption throughout adolescence on metabolic and anxiety-related outcomes in young adult male and female Long-Evans rats. Behavioural Brain Research, 438, 114184.
Aziz, J. R., Oprea, A., Bissonnette, J. N., Hull, K. M., Napier, K., Schryver, B., Myles, E. M.,Newman, R. L., Perrot, T. S., & Fisher, D. J. (2022). Effect of caffeine on resting-state alpha activity across the human menstrual cycle. Psychopharmacology 239, 3161–3170.
Myles, E. M., O’Leary, M. E., Smith, R., MacPherson, C. W., Oprea, A., Melanson, E. H., Tompkins, T. A., & Perrot, T. S. (2020). Supplementation with combined Lactobacillus helveticus R0052 and Bifidobacterium longum R0175 across development reveals sex differences in physiological and behavioural effects of Western diet in Long–Evans rats. Microorganisms, 8(10), 1527.
Myles, E. M.*, O’Leary, M. E.*, Romkey, I. D., Piano, A., de Carvalho, V., Tompkins, T. A., & Perrot, T. S. (2020). Guidelines for best practice in placebo-controlled experimental studies on probiotics in rodent animal models. Beneficial Microbes, 11(3), 245-254. *Contributed equally.

Developmental Origins of Health and Disease (PSYO/NESC 3271): Instructor
Honours Foundation (PSYO/NESC 4901): Instructor
Honours Thesis (PSYO/NESC 4902): Instructor
Hormones and Behaviour (PSYO/NSEC 3170): Guest Lecturer
Principles of Human Neuropsychology (PSYO/NESC 3227): Guest Lecturer/TA
Methods in Experimental Psychology and Neuroscience (PSYO/NESC 2000): Lab Instructor
Introduction to Cognitive Psychology (PSYO/NESC 2130): TA