Student honors theses, 1990-99
1990
Todd D. Brandt, "The S100 Protein: A Possible Connection with Downs Syndrome"
Jesse D. Brodkin, "The Effect of Catecholamine Lesions of the Central Nucleus of the Amygdala on Potentiated Startle"
V. Sreenath Reddy, "An Investigation of Dopamine Release by Interplexiform Cells in Response to Light and Dark in the Teleost Fish Retina"
1991
Roben J. Fox. "Bilateral Lesions of the Central Nucleus of the Amygdala Attenuate Analgesia Induced by Environmental Challenges: Evidence That the Induced Analgesia Is a Fear-Related Response"
Juan S. Gonzalvo. "Immunocytochemical Localization of Octopamine in the Abdominal Ganglion, Cardiac Ganglion and Hean. Gut and Large Leg Nerve of Limulus polyphemus: A Light Microscopic Study"
Julian B. Gordon, "The Effect of 6-0HDA Microinfusions Within the Central Nucleus of the Amygdala with and Without Pretreatment with Desmethylimipramine on Potentiated Startle"
Rebecka Peebles, "Conditions for Whole-Cell Voltage Clamping to Study Membrane Potentials of Isolated Cells in Culture"
Ian G. Saunders, "Neither Xylamine Lesions of the Locus coeruleus nor Prazosin Pretreatment Prevent Mescaline-Induced Increases in the Acoustic Startle Response in Rats"
Jeona C. Steere, "Giant Axon System of the Earthworm: Effects of Na+IK+ Pump Blocker Ouabain on Afterpotentials and Supernormality"
Anis A. Tague, lIThe Effect ofXylamine Lesions of the Locus Coeruleus on Potentiated Stanle in Rats Before and After Yohimbine Administration"
1992
Elena Boley, "Oxidation and Protection Against Oxidation of the Membrane Phospholipids of Photoreceptor Cells: A Liposome Model'
Maurice P. Lee, "D1 and D2 Dopamine Receptor Distribution in the Neonatal 6-0HDA-Lesioned Rat: Examination of a Dopamine Deficiency Animal Model of Lesch-Nyhan Syndrome"
Brett M. Morrison, "Bilateral Lesions of the Central or Basolateral Nucleus of the Amygdala Attenuate in the Analgesia that Results from Fear-Inducing Stimuli: Implications for the Neural Mechanism of Fear and Fear-Induced Analgesia"
David Y. Park, "The Effect of Posttraining 6-0HDA Microinfusion Within the Central Nucleus of the Amygdala on Potentiated Startle"
Gretchen R. Parker, "Responses of Binocular Neurons in the Rana pipiens Optic Tectum: Effects of Ipsilateral Inputs"
1993
Wael F. Asaad, "Dopaminergic Systems in the Ontogeny of Learning and Memory: Amphetamine Improves Learning Performance and Alters Learning Strategy in Pre-Pubertal Rats"
Autumn M. Klein, "Development of a Sex Difference in the Rat Brain: The Bed Nucleus of the Stria Terminalis and the Medial Amygdala Vasopressin System"
Hong Yoon Lee, "Neurochemical Analysis of the Neonatal Rat Brain Using High Performance Liquid Chromatography: The Differential Effects of DextroAmphetamine and Methylphenidate"
Sandro Santagata, "Studies on the Physiology and Plasticity of the Binocular Visual Pathway in the Frog, Rana pipiens"
Sushrut S. Waikar, "Pharmacology and Electrophysiology of the Earthworm Giant Axon System: Atropine Attenuates Impulse Aftereffects"
1994
Asim A. Ahmed. "Effects of Two Types of Flank Simulation on the Activity of Neurons in Ovariectomized. Hormonally Primed, Female Rats: A Study Using Fos-Immunoreactivity"
Matthew W. Arnold. "Neurochemical Changes Following Amphetamine and Methylphenidate Administration in Neonatal Rats"
Jeffrey R Greenfield. "The Role of Visual Cortex and Perirhinal Cortex in Analgesia Induced by Exposure to a Conditioned Stimulus and a Natural Predator”
Trevor L. Hoffman, "The Short- and Long-Term Effects of Multiple Episodes of Spreading Depression on Rat Brain Cortex”
Haitao Huang. "A Computational Model of Sodium Ion Channel Activation Based on the Sliding Helix Concept: Exact Energy levels and Mechanical Forces”
Charmalie G. Jayasekera, "Characterization of Wrong Way Jack: A Gene Involved in Neuromuscular Junction Development in Drosophila melanogaster"
Jean-Christophe A. Leveque, "Effects of Bilateral Infusion of 6-Hydroxydopamine into the Central Nucleus of the Amygdala on Analgesia Induced by Vocalization or Cat Exposure"
Heather A. Mason, "Gene Expression During the Programmed Cell Death of Muscle Following Pupation in the Tobacco Hawkmoth Manduca sexta"
Laura L. Schulz, “Tryptophan Fluorescence as a Probe in the HIV-1 Protease”
Rajit S. Shetty, “Effects of Basolateral vs. Lateral Nucleus of the Amygdala Lesions on Cat-Induced vs. Vocalization-induced Analgesia”
Baber Younas, “The Role of the Bed Nucleus of the Stria Terminalis in Cat-induced Analgesia”
(1995 to be added)
1996
Monish Bhatia, "Physiological Investigation of Neurons in the Nucleus Lentiformis Mesencephali Implicated in Horizontal Optokinetic Nystagmus in the Frog, Rana pipiens"
Chris Bouton, "Effects of Beta-Amyloid(25-35) on CA1 Pyramidal Neuron Electrical Activity Recorded Extracellularly from in vitro Rat Hippocampal Slices"
Alyssa Earle, "A Study of Fine Motor Capabilities in Children with Attention Deficity Hyperactivity Disorder"
Brandon Erdos, "6-OHDA Lesions of the Medial Prefrontal Cortex Potentiate Vocalization-Induced Analgesia: Reversal by 6-OHDA Lesions of the Mesolimbic Dopamine Pathway"
Jeremy Richmon, "Induction of Stress Proteins (HSP70 and HO-1) After Hyperosmotic Breakdown of the Blood-Brain Barrier in the Rat"
Joshua Roffman, "Behavioral and Neurochemical Treatment Effects of d-Amphetamine and Methylphenidate in the Young Rat: A Model for Stimulant-Induced Stereotypy in Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder"
Jeffrey Winterfield, "A Pilot Study of Frog Optokinetic Nystagmus (OKN) Using the Search Coil Technique"
1997
Elizabeth Bauer, "The Role of NMDA Receptors in the Plasticity of Horizontal Optokinetic Nystagmus of the Frog, Rana pipiens"
Jennifer Blum, "Behavioral Sensitization to Amphetamine is Not Accompanied by Changes in the Number of Striatal Cells Expressing c-Fos"
Doris Chacón, "The Role of Gamma-Aminobutyric Acid in the Plasticity of Horizontal Optokinetic Nystagmus in the Frog, Rana pipiens: An Immunohistochemical and Behavioral Study"
Peter Grossi, "The Effect of Prenatal Exposure to Cocaine on Dopamine-Sensitive Adenylyl Cyclase in the Juvenile Rat Striatum"
Hojoong Kim, "Acute Effects of Phencyclidine on c-Fos Expression and Behavior"
Daniel Sahlein, "Mechanism of Nerve Impulse Aftereffects in a Giant Axon: Conductance Change or Electronic Effects?"
1998
Asim A. Ahmed. "Effects of Two Types of Flank Simulation on the Activity of Neurons in Ovariectomized. Hormonally Primed, Female Rats: A Study Using Fos-Immunoreactivity"
Matthew W. Arnold. "Neurochemical Changes Following Amphetamine and Methylphenidate Administration in Neonatal Rats"
Jeffrey R Greenfield. "The Role ofVisual Cortex and Perirhinal Cortex in Analgesia Induced by Exposure to a Conditioned Stimulus and a Natural Predator"
Trevor L. Hoffman, "The Short- and Long-Term Effects of Multiple Episodes of Spreading Depression on Rat Brain Cortex"
Haitao Huang. "A Computational Model of Sodium Ion Channel Activation Based on the Sliding Helix Concept: Exact Energy Levels and Mechanical Forces"
Charmalie G. Jayasekera, "Characterization of Wrong WayJack: A Gene Involved in Neuromuscular Junction Development in Drosophila melanogaster"
Jean-Christophe A. Leveque, "Effects of Bilateral Infusion of 6-Hydroxydopamine into the Central Nucleus of the Amygdala on Analgesia Induced by Vocalization or Cat Exposure"
Heather A. Mason, "Gene Expression During the Programmed Cell Death of Muscle Following Pupation in the Tobacco Hawkmoth Manduca sexta"
1999
Dan Chandler, "The Delayed Effects of a Single High Dose of Phencyclidine on Latent Inhibition in Rats using a Conditioned Emotional Response Paradigm"
Terry Holekamp, "Excitotoxic Lesions of the Central Nucleus of the Amygdala Attenuate both Classically Conditioned and Unconditioned Fear in Rats"
Melissa Ketunuti, "The Behavioral and Neurochemical Effects of Acute Amphetamine Co-administration with DTG and MK801"
Ethan Segal, "Mesolimbic Hyperdopaminergia and Fear: Effects of Medial Prefrontal Cortex and Nucleus Accumbens Lesions on Anxious Behavior"
Arlene Silva, "Delayed Effects of the NMDA Receptor Antagonist MK801 and Sigma Antagonist DTG on Amphetamine-Induced Behaviors and Anterior Cingulate Cortex c-Fos Expression"
Ben Smith, "Effect of Monocular Deprivation on N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Receptor Density in the Optokinetic Nystagmus System of Rana pipiens"
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