Student honors theses, 2000-09
2000
Tregony Bucknell-Pogue, "Effects of Septal Injections of Vasopressin or Vasopressin Antagonist on Parental Behavior in Virgin Male and Female Prairie Voles (Michrotus ochrogaster)"
Lauren Case, "Effects of Acute and Chronic Phencyclidine Administration on Amphetamine-Induced Behavior and c-Fos Expression in the Rat"
Josh Dudman, "Phase-locking of Neuronal Activity to Sinusoidal Driving Currents: A Study of the Purkinje Cells of Rana pipiens"
Molly Eaton, "Role of Electrical Activity in Optokinetic Nystagmus Plasticity in Rana pipiens"
Yan Karklin, "Neuronal Phase-Locking to Sinusoidal Driving Currents: A Study of Rana pipiens Spinal Cord Motoneurons"
Gary Kegel, "Electrolytic Lesions of the Medial Septal Nucleus Restore Latent Inhibition as Assessed by a Conditioned Taste Aversion Paradigm"
Tatiana Lamia, "The Effect of Hormones on Cognition in Menstruating Women, Women Taking Oral Contraceptives, and Pregnant Women"
Meghna Misra, "Neural Plasticity of the Adult Brain: Time Course of the Induced Symmetry of Horizontal Optokinetic Nystagmus in Rana pipiens"
Megan Tschudy, "The Delayed Effects of Phencyclidine Do Not Disrupt Latent Inhibition in a Conditioned Emotional Response Paradigm"
Arthur Yan, "The Effects of Hypothyroidism on the Development of the Cortical Laminae"
2001
Anna Bender, "CD8+ Cell Antiviral Activity and Murine AIDS"
Matt Bevers, "Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor and Visuomotor Plasticity in the Frog, Rana pipiens: Development of an in situ Hybridization Protocol"
Marin Mannix, "An Evaluation of the Effects of 6-OHDA Lesions of the Medial Prefrontal Cortex on Anxious Behavior"
Bill Thistlethwaite, "Calcium in the Medial Giant Axon of Lumbricus terrestris: Effects on Supernormality and Afterpotentials"
Lindsay Thomas, "Effects of 6-OHDA Lesions of the Medial Prefrontal Cortex on Latent Inhibition as Assessed in a Conditioned Taste Aversion Paradigm"
2002
Ali Bickford, "Generation of Circadian Rhythms in the Absence of Oscillating Clock Gene Expression in the Periphery: Sufficiency of the Suprachiasmatic Nucleus"
Maya Davis, "Early Detection of Amyloid Formation Using Fluorescence: the Sup35p Model"
Catharine Eleey, "Regulation of NMDA Receptors During Deprivation-Induced Plasticity of Optokinetic Nystagmus in Rana pipiens: A Western Blot Analysis"
Kim Ferrante, "Latent Inhibition in Ratswith High Versus Low Response to Novelty"
Nyssa Francis, "Haloperidol Blocks Acquisition but not Expression of Ethanol-Induced Conditioned Place Aversion in Mice"
Ben Kozyak, "An Electrophysiological Investigation of the Plastiticy of Optokinetic Nystagmus in the Frog, Rana pipiens
Diana Pang, "Effect of RNA Inhibition on ATPaseII Synthesis and Plasma Membrane Translocase Activity"
Adriane Sandler, "Lesions of the Prefrontal Cortex Block the Ability of Phencyclidine to Enhance Amphetamine-Induced Behavior but not Striatal c-Fos"
Rachael Youngs, "The Role of Delta-Opioid Receptors in the Expression of Ethanol-Induced Conditioned Place Preference in Mice"
2003
Forogh Hakimzada, "Administration of phencyclidine into the medial prefrontal cortex and its delayed effects on amphetamine-induced behavior and expression of striatal c-Fos." (Advisor: Prof. Turgeon)
Chris Vecsey, "The effect of the sigma receptor antagonist BD1047 in a phencyclidine model of schizophrenia." (Advisor: Prof. Turgeon)
2004
Young May Cha, "Morphine sensitization and its effects on lipopolysaccharide-induced c-fos expression in the rat brain" (Advisor: Prof. Sulie Chang, Seton Hall University)
Erin Kirkham, "The delayed effects of phencyclidine on the expression of morphine-induced conditioned place preference in mice and rats" (Advisor: Prof. Turgeon)
Jason Smucny, "Regulation of the AMPA receptor subunit GluR4 in monocular deprivation-induced horizontal optokinetic nystagmus plasticity in the frog, Rana pipiens" (Advisor: Prof. George)
Jade Tam, "Sexual differentiation through neuronal apoptosis: an investigation into methods to compare the vasopresinergic system in the bed nucleus stria terminalis and the lateral septum of bax knockout mice and wild-type mice" (Advisor: Prof. Geert DeVries, University of Massachusetts)
Laura Tochen, "The effects of phencyclidine on preference for an estrous odor cue" (Advisor: Prof. Turgeon)
2005
Yoona Chung, "Effects of chlordiazepoxide on gustatory coding in the parabrachial nucleus" (Advisor: Prof. Baird)
Mike Erkkinen, "The differential role of the striatum and the Nucleus accumbens in the neural coding of latent inhibition using a conditioned aversive response paradigm" (Advisor: Prof. Turgeon)
Emily Foran, "Interaction of Cdc50 family proteins with a subfamily of lipid transporters that control recognition of apoptotic cells" (Advisor: Prof. Williamson)
Nora Gray, "Reversible blockade of conditioned taste aversion formation by Zingiber officinale" (Advisor: Prof. Baird)
Rachel King, "The generation and characterization of a defined set of neutralizing antibodies against Toxic Shock Syndrome toxin-1" (Advisor: Prof. Goldsby)
Albert Lee, "Testing a possible role for APH-1 in C. elegans vulval neurons" (Advisor: Prof. Goutte)
Kevin Yang, "Phosphorylation of the CREB transcription factor in monocular deprivation-induced horizontal optokinetic nystagmus plasticity in Rana pipiens" (Advisor: Prof. George)
Lindsey Young, "Investigating the role of SAO-1 by searching for protein interactions with components of gamma-secretase in C. elegans" (Advisor: Prof. Goutte)
2006
Mridu Kapur, "Karl Mediated Transformation: Characterization of the Drs2 and Cdc50 Families in Saccharomyces cerevisiae" (Advisor: Prof. Williamson)
Alyssa Katzenelson, "An Immunohistochemical Examination of the State of Glutamate Receptor Subunits After the Development of Horizontal Optokinetic Nystagmus Symmetry in Rana pipiens" (Advisor: Prof. George)
Christopher Kim, "The Effects of the Gap Junction Uncoupler Flufenamic Acid and Stimulus Strength on Supernormality in the Median Giant Axon of Lumbricus terrestris" (Advisor: Prof. George)
Sameer Nagpal, "Astroglial Derived Tumor Necrosis Factor-Alpha: A Model for Homeostatic Plasticity After Monocular Deprivation in the Frog, Rana pipiens" (Advisor: Prof. George)
Ashley Pecora, "Effects of Orexigenic Peptides in the Parabrachial Nucleus on Intake and Licking Microstructure" (Advisor: Prof. Baird)
Jahanett Ramirez, "Medial Prefrontal Cortex Electrolytic Lesions and their Role in the Effect of PCP on AMPH-Induced Behavior" (Advisor: Prof. Turgeon)
2007
Suma Chandra, "The Effects of Protein Synthesis' Inhibitors Cycloheximide and Anisomycin on Conditioned Taste Aversion Memory" (Advisor: Prof. Turgeon)
Faaiza Siddique, "An Examination of the Role of Phosphatidylinositol in Cortical Granule Membrane Fusion" (Advisor: Prof. Poccia)
Jacob Thomas, "Object Preference and the Rat: Behavioral Differences by Sex" (Advisor: Prof. Turgeon)
Michael Yang, "Effects of Progesterone Receptor on the Sexually Dimorphic Expression ofVasopressin in Male and Female Mice (Mus musculus)" (Advisor: Prof. Geert DeVries, UMass)
Mark Yarchoan, "Nerve Impulse Aftereffects in the Median Giant Axon of Lumbricus terrestris: The Role of Gap Junction Gating" (Advisor: Prof. George)
2008
Ben Blond, "Interactions between phencyclidine and injection stress on behavior and c-Fos in response to novel environment and forced swim." (Advisor: Prof. Turgeon)
Angela Choe, “The role of hindbrain orexin-A in consummatory feeding responses” (Advisor: Prof. Baird
Amy DiPilato, “The Effects of Hypothalamic Neuropeptides in the Parabrachial Nucleus on Feeding Behavior" (Advisor: Prof. Baird)
Steven Feng, "Characterization and isolation of post-golgi secretory vesicles in Saccharomyces cerevisiae" (Advisor: Prof. Williamson)
Casey Guenthner, “Regulation of the Mammalian Circadian Clock by Casein Kinase Ie and Heme" (Advisor: Prof. Mary Harrington, Smith College)
Natalie Hong, "Chronic intermittent adolescent exposure to 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA, "Ecstasy") enhances neuroendocrine response to 5-HT2A receptor agonist DOI." (Advisor: Prof. Baird)
Ray Hu, "The Effects of Single-Dose and Chronic Phencyclidine (PCP) Treatment on NR-1 Expression” (Advisor: Prof. Turgeon)
Mike Lariviere, "Effects of MTII on Gastric Distension- Reponsive Neurons of the Nucleus of the Solitary Tract and on Lick Microstructure" (Advisor: Prof. Baird)
Brendan Milliner, “The Effect of Pharmacologically Induced Spontaneous Retinal Activity on Horizontal Optokinetic Nystagmus Plasticity in Rana pipiens” (Advisor: Prof. George)
Rohit Raj, “Modification of Behavior and Serum Corticosterone Concentration in Response to Novel Environment and Forced Swim Test Following Subchronic Phencyclidine Administration” (Advisor: Prof. Turgeon)
Karina Zaveri, “The behavioral and neuroendocrine effects of exposure to the phytoestrogen genistein in male Siamese fighting fish (Betta splendens)" (Advisor: Prof. Clotfelter)
2009
Hua Chai, "Putative Ionotropic Receptor Regulates Dopamine-specific Behavior in Caenorbabditis elegans" (Advisor: Prof. Daniel Chase, UMass)
VanessaWen-Xi Chen,"Dexamethasone Suppression of Serum Corticosterone in the 5-day and 14-day Subchronic Phencyclidine Rat Models of Schizophrenia" (Advisor: Prof. Turgeon)
Caroline Kim, "Nucleus Accumbens D3 Dopamine Receptors and Bingeing Behavior in Rats Under Limited Access Conditions" (Advisor: Prof. Baird)
Tomas Kiselak, "Protein Synthesis Inhibition in the Fourth Ventricle or Parabrachial Nucleus Spares Short-term but Disrupts Long-term Conditioned Taste-aversion Memory Processing" (Advisor: Prof. Baird)
Elizabeth Newman, "The Role of GluR2/3-containing AMPA Receptors in the Plasticity of Horizontal Optokinetic Nystagmus in the Frog (Rana pipiens)" (Advisor: Prof. George)
Maria Rosasco, "Explorations of PCP-induced Enhancement of HPA Axis Activation in Response to Novel Environment Stress in Rats" (Advisor: Prof. Turgeon)
Holly Saltrelli, "Modeling Ion Channel Activation: The Tilting Screw Hypothesis" (Advisor: Prof. George)
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