David Mokler Ph.D.

David Mokler, MD, is Professor Emeritus of Pharmacology at the University of New England. He has a dual Doctorate in Pharmacology/ Toxicology and Neurosciences from Michigan State University. Dr. Mokler teaches at the College of Osteopathic Medicine, the Westbrook College of Health Professions and the College of Dental Medicine. He has published widely on the serotonergic system of the brain and studied the effects of maternal malnutrition during gestation and infancy on the brain and behavior since 1995. His research, funded by the National Institute of Mental Health, focuses on the limbic (emotion/behavior) system of the brain.

What David knows that matters to you: The limbic brain is the emotion/behavior brain. It provides relevant and motivational information for more recent brain systems to regulate complex behaviors.