Francis M Sessler

Francis M. Sessler, PhD, is a professor in the Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy at Drexel University College of Medicine. Currently, most of his effort is devoted to teaching, and designing web applications and other network-based teaching resources.

Dr. Sessler completed postdoctoral training at the University of Michigan, where he investigated the physiological role of renin isoforms in different models of hypertension, and at the University of Texas Health Sciences Center in Dallas, where he studied the neuromodulatory actions of monamines in the hypothalamus. As a researcher at Hahnemann University, he further explored the actions of monoamines and drugs of abuse in circuit function of the cerebellum, hippocampus and cerebral cortex.