Neuroscience Senior Project Titles
* denotes students awarded the "Neuroscience Faculty Prize."
This award is given to the student (or students) writing the best senior project
in neuroscience.
Abstracts of the senior projects, for May 2002 and later, are linked via the students name
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May 1997
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| * Wells, Cynthia M. | A longitudinal study of carbonic anhydrase activity in embryonic and neonatal rat nasal cavities: A histochemical localization. |
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May 1998
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| Bevan, Cassandra | The effect of flurocitrate, a glia-specific metabolic inhibitor, on olfactory transduction in Rana catesbeiana. |
| Bruhn, Amy Lin | The Role of the Paraventricular Nucleus of the Hypothalamus Upon the Anorectic Effects of Nicotine in Male Sprague-Dawley Rats. |
| Huselton, Brett | Pramipexole, a specific D3 preferring agonist and bromocriptine, a general D2 dopamine agonist in a unilateral 6-hydroxydopamine animal model of Parkinsonian akinesia: |
| Joseph, Amy Marie | A Neuropsychological Perspective on Multiple Chemical Sensitivity. |
| Kiser, Timothy | Determination of a Restricted Growth Conditional Mutator Phenotype in the G3 Cell Line. |
| Kovacevic, Emiliya | Mixed agonist and antagonist dosage related properties of nicotine on fixed-interval schedule of reinforcement in rats: animal model of schizophrenia induced by d-amphetamines. |
| Mantella, Rose C. | The Effects of Chunk Septo-Hippocampal Grafts versus Cell Suspension Septo-Hippocampal Grafts on the Spatial Behavior of Rats with Aspiration Lesions versus Electrolytic Lesions of the Dorsal Hippocampus |
| * Murray, Barbara Ann | Immunohistochemical Analysis of Fetal Grafts and Traumatic Lesions in the Red Hippocampus |
| Payne, Arthur Elliot | Development of Audiogenic seizures in Sprague Dawley rats |
| Solosko, Alexandra | Drug effects on animal model of ADHD: the Stargazer Rat |
| Sundarraj, Sonali | Electrophysiological responses to odorants recorded from the olfactory and vomeronasal epithelium of the bullfrog, Rana catesbeiana. |
| Tapyrik, Lauren E. | The effects of maternal stress on the spatial ability anbd SDN-POA of male rats. |
| Wells, Jason Eric | Restoration of Lindane depleted glia by fetal transplants from the subventricular zone in rats. |
| Wilson, Raymond | The effect of glial impairment on hippocampal-dependent learning. |
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May 1999
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| Blake, Kristen M. | EEG activity in foreign language acquisition: the relationship between alpha desynchronization and the recall of English-German cognates. |
| Buchanan, David | An animal model of Huntington's disease uing 3-Nitropropionic acid: testing motor function and startle reflex deficits. |
| Buffalari, Deanne | Sex and estrus effects on nicotine-induced antinociception in male and female rats. |
| Burgess, Brooke G. | The Behavioral Effects of Clozapine Preceeding Oral cocaine Self-Administration in Sprague-Dawley rats. |
| Chowdhry, Farrah | An analysis of the use and efficacy of spinal cord stimulation as a non-destructive procedure following failure of conservative treatments for chronic pain. |
| Connell, Erin M. | The developmental effects of CHS-modeled epilepsy on spatial acquisition and mossy fiber sprouting. |
| Fertig, Kristofer | Effect of materanl caffeine on the ventilatory response to inspired CO2 in neonatal rats: Possible implication for sudden infant death syndrome. |
| Kennedy, Sara L. | The effects of impaired glial function of the hippocampus on spatial memory in the rat. |
| Koger, Alicia J. | Effects of Lindane pesticide on myelinogenesis in the developing neonatal rat brain: a possible animal model of Multiple Sclerosis. |
| Kovscek, Annastasia | Effects of bilateral 6-OHDA lesions in themedial prefrontal cortex of rats on nonrecurring items delayed-match-to-sample-task. |
| Matta, Mark Ayad | The effects of amiloride and DIDS on ventilation in awake rats during hypercapnia. |
| McQuaide, Julie A. | Dopamine and working Memory: Effects of 6-OHDA Lesions of the Medial Prefrontal Cortex on an IRT>t Behavioral Task |
| * Nottingham, Stephanie | Intracellular pH regulation of neurons in the medullary chemosensitive site, the retrotrapezoid nucleus |
| O'Horo, Cristine Ann | Glial pH regulation in the retrotrapezoid nucleus of the medulla. |
| * Overman, Amy A. | Comparison of melody and tempo procesing in musicians and nonmusicians and the effect of classical music on spatial test performance. |
| Palmer, Eric | Effects of ethanol on the REM sleep cycle. |
| Smith, Kristin Anne | The effects of Ginko biloba on spatial memory in Sprague Dawley rats as exhibited through Morris water Maze performance. |
| Williams, Maurice K. | The effects of sleep deprivation, caffeine, nicotine, anger and gender on cardiovascular reactivity to stress |
| Zajac, Holly L. | The effects of familiarity, sex of participant, and sex of face stimuli on face recognizability and localization of face recognition using EEG alpha desynchronization. |
| Zdaniewski, John | The Effects of Acute Stress and Corticosterone on Spatial Memory of Rats in Morris Water Maze |
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May 2000
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| Baldwin, Keith | Effect of Stransfarnesylthiosalicylic acid (FTS), a Potent ras Dislodging Chemical,on the Progression of Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease (ADPKD) in the rat. |
| Breier, Joseph M. | The influence of Bisindolymaleimide 1 and Diltiazem on theexporession of behavioral sensitization to cocaine: a neuropharmacological study. |
| Burns, Megan Marie | The Psychological and Physiological Effects of Dolphin-Assisted Therapy |
| * Clarke, Richard Joseph | Electrophysiological effects of Cocaine or Gamma vinyl GABA on mesencephalic Dopamine and GABAergic Cells |
| Elmendorf, Adrienne | The Effects of Naloxone, Injected Into the Mediodorsal Nucleus of the Thalamus, on B-endorphin Induced Catatonia in Rats |
| Feathers, Angela | The Role of Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Activation in Mediating Migration in the Forebrain. |
| Fierst, Beth Ann | Effects of Low Doses of Bisphenol A on the Frog Sciatic Gastrocnemius Nerve Muscle Preparation. |
| Liptak, Rachel | "The use of amphetamine and electrical stimulation to enhance the effects of fetal grafts of rat dopamine-containing neurons implanted into the lesion of a 6-OHDA animal model of Parkinson's disease" |
| Malloy, Megan | The effects of mediodorsal thalamic and mammillary body lesions on learning and memory in rats. |
| Morgante, Daren | The role of dopamine in the central nucleus of the amygdala in the fear-potentiated startle response of the Sprague-Dawley rat. |
| Ryan, Melissa | The effects of basolateral amygdala and mediodorsal thalamic lesions on aversively conditioned rats. |
| Seigworth, Bryan | The effects of chronic phencyclidine administration on pre-pulse inhibiiton and dopamine cell activity in the rat. |
| Stewart, Tara | Responses of female rats to odors of males: The effects of estrus and major histocompatibility complex variations in determining mate preferences |
| Warner, Gandhari | The examination of connections from fetal mesencephalic grafts to the striatum using an anterograde tracer, Biotinylated Dextran Amine, in rats. |
| West, Nichol Jo | Assessment of hostility and cardiovascular reactivity to Stroop test using blood pressure, heart rate, the spielberger state trait anger expression Inventory-2, and the NEO -- PI-R |
| Wiedl, Denise Lyn | Casein Kinase II Phosphorylation of the Heavy Molecular Weight Neurofilament Subunit. |
| * Wilson, Caroline | Identification and characterization of nasal turbinate carbon dioxide receptors using single-unit recordings in rats. |
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May 2001
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| Batykefer, Heather | Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and the Effects of methylphenidate and d-amphetamine on Normal, Male Rats |
| Brill, Susan Marie | Epilepsy-Linked Neuronal Plasticity: The Progression of Mossy Fiber Reorganization in Response to Hippocampal Neuron Loss |
| Brown, Emily Lauren | The Effects of DHEA-S on Staurosporine-Induced Apoptosis of Neuronal PC-12 Cells |
| Buhay, Sarah Marie | The Effects of Cyclosporin A on Apoptotic Neuronal Cell Death In Vitro |
| * Burrier, Candice | Behavioral and Electrophysiological Characterization of the Lewis and Fischer Rat: Implications for an Animal Model of Alcoholism |
| Carfagna, Brian | Proprioceptive Sensibility: the electrophysiology of movement rehersal. |
| Cooper, Jill Suzanne | The Time-Dependent Expression of Amyloid Precursor Protein Following Traumatic Brain Injury and the Effects of Pharmacological Muscarinic Regulation |
| Dioguardi, Karen | The Effects of Prenatal Alcohol Exposure on Neuron Death and Spatial Learning in the Rat |
| Fitzsimmons, Tiffany | The Distribution and Level of a-Synuclein in the Hippocampus of Aged, Behaviorally Characterized Rats |
| Hartwig, Kathryn Carlie | The Effect of Restraint Stress on the Self-Administration of Cocaine in Rats |
| Hayter, Kathryn Marisa | An Investigation Into the Effects of Human Pheromones Versus Animal Pheromones in Perfumes on Sexual Attractiveness |
| Kolodziej, Erin | The Neurochemical and Hormonal Profiles Underlying the Regression of the Gonadal Axis and the Decline in Copulatory Behavior Induced by a Short Photoperiod in Male Siberian Hamsters. |
| Kourakos, Maria | Inhibition of Endogenous NOS in the Nucleus Tractus Solitarius (NTS) Reduces Ventilatory Responsiveness to Hypercapnia: A Sose-Response Study in Sprague-Dawley Rats |
| Madoni, Corey Allan | Effects of Fluorocitrate Inhibition of Amygdaloid Glial Cells on Conditioned Taste Aversion |
| Miller, Lindsay Anne | bFGF as a Function of Fetal Nigral Graft Survival in the 6-OHDA Rat Model of Parkinson's Disease |
| Nowak, Kelly Ann | Effects of MK-801 Haloperidol on Striatal DA Concentration and Reaction to Stress as Measured by In Vivo Microdialysis and Swimming Task in the Rat |
| Reinke, Erin Elizabeth | Effects of fluorocitrate perfusion of dorsal hippocampus on spatial learning in rats |
| Rossman, Nicole Lynn | The Effects of Depression on the Perception of Health and Frontal Brain Electrical Activity |
| Rusiski, Briana Jean | Ginko biloba: memory aid for elderly or young? |
| Stone, Meredith Ann | The Effects of Acute and Chronic Methylphenidate Administration as Commonly Used in the Treatment of ADHD on Spatial Learning in Normal Sprague-Dawley Rats |
| Teets, Pamela Diane | Resting Frontal EEG Asymmetry in Depressed Versus Nondepressed Subjects |
| Waldron, Brigid Rose | The Effects of Pre-Exposure to Toluene on Acquisition of Cocaine Self-Administration and Performance on a Progressive Ratio Schedule of Reinforcement |
| Widmer, Jessica Lynn | An Animal Model of Parkinson's Disease: An Electrophysiological Study of Grafted Fetal Dopamine Cells in the Striatum |
| Williams, Elizabeth | Social and Physical Enrichment Influences on the Hippocampus and Limbic System: Memory, Fear, and Aggression |
| Wooditch, Angela | Modulation of Apoptotic Neuronal Cell Injury by Pregnenolone Sulfate: Role of the Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase (ERK) |
| Worley, Vanessa | Prenatal Exposure of Rats to Methylazoxymethanol: Exploring the Viability of an Animal Model of Schizophrenia |
| Wright, Kevin | The Effects of Cyclosporin A Administration on Microglial Activation Following Traumatic Brain Injury in Rats |
| Zotis, JoAnn Marie | The effect of Soy protein on Diabetes Mellitus and diabetic neuropathy. |
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December 2001
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| Ramous, Melissa | Motion and emotion:An electrophysiological investigation into the possible convergent pathwayss of the limbic and motor systems in the striatum. |
| Ibrahim, Hassana | Effects of combined treatment with selective adenosine and dopamine agonists on the unilateral 6-hydroxydopamine model of Parkinson's disease. |
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May 2002
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| Aman, Teresa K. | The Effect of the Ketogenic Diet on Rat Dentate Gyrus Neuronal Excitability and Learning. |
| Balbach, Marcie L. | Psychophysiological Differences Between Two Different Versions of Dracula. |
| Barron, Joseph K. | Audiogenic Seizures: Induced in male Sprague-Dawley Rats by a microinjection of Glutamate into the Inferior Colliculus. |
| Boehm, Matthew W. | Lateralization of Prefrontal Cortex Brain Waves with the Presentation of Music as a form of Therapy. |
| Brown, Lori M. | Role of Angiotensin II in Cardiovascular Responses Evoked from the Rostral Ventrolateral Medulla in Rats Consuming High Levels of NaCl. |
| Budden, Suzanne N. | Behavioral and Social Effects of Prenatal Valproic Acid Exposure in the Sprague Dawley Rat: An Assessment of a Model of Autism. |
| Cecala, Aaron L. | Spatial Analysis of CO2 responses in the rat nasal cavity. |
| DelTondo, Joseph A. | Behavioral assessment of valproic acid-induced cerebellar abnomalities in the Sprague Dawley rat: a possible animal model of autism. |
| Fink, Julie A. | The effects of fluoxetine on aggressive behavior. |
| Goldshmidt, Anna | In vivo neuromodulation by an immune-derived polypeptide: The inhibitory effect of local interleukin-2 injections on neuronal firing rates in the dorsal hippocampal formation. |
| Hammers, Dustin B. | The Effects of Inhibition of Trigeminal Chemoreceptors via Capsaicin Administration on Olfactory Receptor Response to Odorants and CO2 in Neonatal Sprague-Dawley Rats. |
| Hipkiss, Jamie | The Influence of Caffeine on the Behavioral Sensitization to Cocaine. |
| * Hollingsworth, Heather | Interactions between N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) and three of its antagonists: ketamine HCl, (-)eticlopride, and CGS 19755 and their effects on learned behavior. |
| Klein, Kyra C. | Glucocorticoids, Age and Cognition: the Effects of Stress on Spatail Memory in Aged Rats. |
| Klimaz, Tracy L. | The Spontaneously Hypertensive Rat (SHR) as an Animal Model of Child Hyperactivity (ADHD): Effects of Methylphenidate and Haloperidol on Fixed-Interval Behavior Via a Cumulative Dosing Procedure. |
| Martin, Lauren E. | The Spontaneously Hypertensive Rat (SHR) as an animal model of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and the Sprague Dawley (SD): Comparative Effects of Methylphenidate on Response Behavior. |
| McGinnis, Lacey M. | An Animal Model of Huntington's disease: The efficacy of unilateral nitropropionic acid lesions and fetal tissue grafts in Sprague Dawley rats. |
| Morini, Brian J. | Polysomnographic Recordings: The Effects of Sleep Quality on Heart Rate, Arterial Blood Oxygen Saturation, and the Electroencephalogram. |
| Olson, Lindsey M. | The Effects of Massage on Anxiety, Blood Pressure, and Alpha Rhythms. |
| Paustenbach, Erika L. | An animal model of Huntington''s disease using quinolinic acid: A comprehensive study assessing behavior and treatment via fetal tissue grafts. |
| Price, Megan L. | The effects of acute and chronic ketamine and nicotine administration on the startle response of the rat. |
| Radkowski, Meghan L. | The Addictive Nature of Eating Disorder Behavior and the Activity-Stress Paradigm. |
| Ramous, Melissa A. | Motion and emotion: An electrophysiological investigation into the possible convergent pathways of the limbis and motor systems in the striatum. |
| Redman, Patrick T. | Altering Cocaine Reinforced Behavior by Changing the Economic Conditions of the Drug. |
| Schindelar, Jessica A. | The effects of b-estradiol on graft survival in an animal model of parkinson''s disease. |
| Sikora, Carolyn R. | The effects of short-term rapid eye movement sleep deprivation on learning and memory in the Sprague Dawley rat. |
| * Walsh, Heidi E. | Cloning of Dopamine Receptors from the Nervous System of Panulirus interruptus, the Spiny Lobster. |
| Wilson, Andrea C. | Multiple Sclerosis: Various Case Studies. |
| Young, Jessica L. | Physical and psychological cardiovascular reactivity as a measure of gender, hostility, and conditions. |
| Zayac, Ryan M. | The role of dopamine in reference memory: 6-OHDA lesions of the medial prefrontal cortex and rodent response on IRT>t task. |
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December 2002
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| Chaluvadi, Siresha | The Progression of Schizophrenia Explored by Voxel-Based Morphometry and Region of Interest Studies. |
| Cole, Leah |
The psychological and physiological effects of disordered eating on the inhibition of romantic arousal as assessed through the analysis of EEG, EKG, and SCR responses. |
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May 2003
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| Banks, Gregory B. | The effects of Methylphenidate on the working memory of the Spontaneously Hypertensive Rat (SHR), a model of Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. |
| Bell, Nicole L. | The Effects of Exercise and Sibutramine on the Weight of the Zucker and Fatty Rat |
| Berry, Heather L. | Altered rates of liquid consumption with the excitatory amino acid agonist N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA): Effects of the competitive antagonist CGS-19755 and non-competitive antagonist MK-801. |
| Blasiole, Julie A. | The Effects of Music Exposure and Training on Aural Correlations of Triads and Isolated Pitches. |
| Brost, Devon R. | Behavioral and anatomical effects of prenatal valproic acid exposure and the effects of intraventricular administration of oxytocin on social recognition: An animal model of autism in sprague-dawley rats. |
| Castellani, Joeseph | The Detection of Carbon Dioxide in The Trained Rodent: Determination of the Threshold Level of Detection and Neural Input Via Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibition. |
| Chenoweth, Robert E. | An Investigation to Find a Conotoxin Peptide that Targets a Ca++ Activate K+ Channel. |
| Christie, Sharon R. | The Effect of Hippocampal Kindling on Learning and the Interaction Between Hippocampal Kindling and the Antiepileptic Drugs: Phenobarbital and Dilantin on Memory. |
| Condon, Ian M. | The Effect of the Initial Ictus and Subsequent Intervention on Long Term Outcomes in Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. |
| Dahlkemper, Nicole | The effect of intranigral, intrastriatal, and double solid fetal tissue grafting on the reconstruction of the nigrostriatal pathway. |
| DeFrancesco, Alicia | A Schizophrenia Model: The effects of Ketamine and Nicotine on the startle response of the rat |
| Fabich, Megan L. | Activational Differences of the Auditory and Visual Cortices in Response to Textual, Auditory and Signed Stimuli Between Deaf, Hearing and ASL Competent Individuals. |
| Frey, Lisa D. | The effects of methylphenidate on a simple task and prepluse inhibtion in normal sprague-dawley rats. |
| Gebhardt, Rebecca L. | Prenatal Stress and the Effects on ADHD and Schizophrenia. |
| Jenco, Elizabeth M. | The Effects of Prenatal Nicotine Exposure on the Ventilatory Response of Neonatal Sprague-Dawley Rats to Inspired CO2 |
| Kaiser, Corinne L. | The effects of chronic methylphenidate administration on spatial learning and behavior in normal Sprague-Dawley rats. |
| Ketcham, Katie M. | Duration of oxygen consumption in Zucker obese, Zucker non-obese, and Sprague-Dawley rats. |
| * Kompel, Andrew J. | Identification of CO2 chemoreceptors in mice and the effects of carbonic anhydrase and adenylyl cyclase inhibition on odorant and CO2 signal transduction. |
| Mattarochia. Marc T. | A review of the assessment of the elderly based on cognitive ability. |
| McCatty, Lauren M. | Alterations of the Dopamine system induced by chronic moderate ethanol exposure: A comparison of the effects of methamphetamine on a fixed-ratio schedule of teinforcement in rats before and after ethanol exposure. |
| McClure, Erin A. | The effects of oxycodone and selective receptor antagonists on negatively reinforced behavior in six sprague-dawley rats. |
| Morandi, Nicole K. | The Long Term Effect of Creatine and Caffine on Increased Muscle Mass. |
| Nalevanko, Adam R. | Prevention of 6-OHDA induced parkinsonism with the monoamine oxidase inhibitor l-deprenyl. |
| An examination of a calcium-activated potassium channel (IK(Ca)) and Conus peptides that modulate the channel. | |
| Roble, Traci L. | The social and behavioral effects of prenatal valproic acid exposure in the zucker rat: an assessment of an autistic model. |
| Scott, Jeremy R. | Effects of Personality on Physiological Reactions To Exercise and Recovery Times. |
| Shadle, Erica L. | The effects of malathion exposure on post-natal male and female sprague-dawley rats and resultant behavioral consequences as measured by performance on schedules of reinforcement. |
| * Sholtis, Bethany L. | Cognitive and Motor Assessments of an Acute Progressive Animal Model of Huntington's Disease |
| Stablein, George J. | The effects of dietary sodium chloride on levels and potency of angiotensin II in ratus norvegicus. |
| Staudt, Liza A. | The Effects of D1 and D4 Receptor Antagonist, SCH 23390 and U 101958, on Cocaine-Induced Locomotor Activity. |
| Surace, Jennifer L. | Determination of the carbon dioxide detection threshold in two rat strains: Hilltop sprague dawley and Zucker rats. |
| Trillis, Christina M. | Effects of eyestalk ablation on molting and reproduction in grass shrimp, Palaeomonetes pugio. |
| Vinciguerra, Jennifer | The Effects of Prenatal Stress on Learning, Memory and Stress Response in Childhood. |
| Weed, Lisa A. | EEG analysis of music and emotion reactivity among depressed and non-depressed college students. |
| Whitehair, Brea E. |
The Behavioral Effects of Sedative, Antidepressant and Antipsychotics in People with aTraumatic Brain Injury. |
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December 2003
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| Akram, Taimur | Using Prenatal Exposure of Sprague-Dawley Rats to Valproic Acid to Create an Animal Model of Autism. |
| Gray, Rachel L. | Behavioral Effects of Short-term, Chronic Administration of Oxycodone on Six Sprague-Dawley Rats: A Model of Behavioral Dependence |
| Muhleman, Alissa A. |
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May 2004
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| Altieri, Stefanie C. | The Effectiveness of Dopaminergic Fetal Tissue Grafting and Neuroprotective Agent Deprenyl in 6-OHDA Animal Models of Parkinson's Disease. |
| Andrzejczyk, Kelly S. | Some Behavioral Teratogenic Effects of All-Trans-Retinoic Acid on Schedule Control Responding in Rattus norvegicus. |
| Avolio, John D. | EEG and EMG Analysis of the Effect of Harmonically Consonant and Harmonically Dissonant Music between Depressed and Non-Depressed College Students. |
| Bergman, Rachel J. | The Effects of Chocolate on Cortical Activity. |
| Day, Lori A. | A Valproic Acid Rat Model of Autism: Behavioral and Pharmacological Investigations of Prenatal Valproic Acid Exposure. |
| Dixon, Molly A. | The Effects of Oxytocin and Vasopressin in Varied Housing Conditions on Social Behavior Tasks: A Valproic Acid Model of Autism. |
| Donnelly, Megan T. | Traumatic Brain Injury Induced Hypopituitarism and the Subsequent Acute Loss Of The Stress Response and Diurnal Variation of ACTH and Cortisol. |
| Dubich, Erin L. | Alpha Hemispheric Processing in a Stuttering Speaker and a Non-stuttering Speaker during Single-Word and Sentence Reading Tasks. |
| Ferry, Michelle J. | Electroencephalogram of Music and Visual Art As a Function of Musical Training. |
| Glass, Christina S. | Effects of Prenatal Stress and Pubescent Hormone Injections on the Sex Differentiated Brain Structures of the Sprague-Dawley Rat. |
| Greene, Tara B. | The Affects of Neonatal Oxygen Deprivation on Neuroanatomy and Dopamine Mediated Behaviors within Sprague Dawley Rats. |
| Hecker, Suzanne C. | Effects of Prenatal Lead Exposure During the Third Week of Gestation in the Sprague Dawley Rat. |
| Kajder, Victoria A. | An Animal Model of Acquired Epilepsy: Characteristics of Autism with Behavioral Effects of Amygdala Kindling. |
| Keith, Kristi M. | A Disease Model of Dementia of the Alzheimer''s Type: The Effects of Nicotine Administration and Acetylethylcholine mustard HCl (AF64A)-Induced Lesions of the Hippocampus on Spatial Memory of Rats in Morris Water Maze. |
| Kryston, Kasia E. | Inflicted Childhood Neurotrauma (Shaken Baby Syndrome) |
| Larko, Julie L. | The Comparative Effects of Deprenyl on Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Sod1 Mice Models in Behavioral Tasks. |
| McKinsey, Matthew W. | Neuroprotective Properties of Magnesium Sulfate in Surgically Induced Brain Ischemia: A Behavioral and Histofluorescent Evaluation. |
| Monti, Jessica C. | The Behavioral, Social Recognition and Anatomical Effects of Autism: A Valproic Acid Animal Model in Sprague-Dawley Rats. |
| Moore, Brian M. | Failure to Reduce Self-Injurious Behavior in an Autistic Adult Using Administration of Naltrexone Following Results of a Functional Analysis. |
| Munroe, Benjamin M. | Efficacy of Magnesium Sulfate as a Neuroprotective Agent in Surgically Induced Acute Brain Ischemia: A Behavioral and Histofluorescent Evaluation. |
| Parlavecchio Holly M. | Size Ratios in Ruptured versus Unruptured Intracranial Aneurysms. |
| Prostko, Amy L. | The Effects of L-Deprenyl and bFGF on Fetal Nigral Graft Survival in the 6-OHDA Rat Model of Parkinson's Disease. |
| Puskar, Alicia H. | Assessment of neurological differences of individuals with high anger expression tendencies as determined by the Speilberger state trait anger expression inventory-2 compared to those with low anger expression tendencies. |
| * Runyan, Caroline A. | An Investigation of the Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid Composition of the Schizophrenic Anterior Cingulate Cortex and its Clinical Implications. |
| Schlorff, Danielle L. | Localization of a peptide from the venom of the Conus snail that blocks the current of a calcium-activated potassium channel encoded from hSlo. |
| * Siebert, Aubrey A. | Electrophysiological Explorations into Taste: Recordings from Maxillary Styloconic Sensilla of Gypsy Moth Larvae, Lymantria dispar (L.) |
| Skivers, Julie A. | Effects of Therapeutic Touch and Stress on Pregnant Sprague-Dawley Rats and Their Pups. |
| Turi, Kristen M. | Postacquisition Glucose Administration and Modality of Presentation: Memory Tasks in College Students. |
| Watson, W. Keith | The Effects of Deprenyl, Nordeprenyl, and Fetal Tissue Grafting in Animal Models of Parkinson's Disease |
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December 2004
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| Bebko, Genna M. | In vivo magnetic resonance imaging of the neuroanatomy of the budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulates) song system. |
| Kelly, Laural A. | The effects of prenatal stress and neonatal excitotoxic lesions on acoustic startle response and pre-pulse inhibition: Animal models of schizophrenia. |
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May 2005
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| Fmr1 knockout mice, A model for Fragile X Syndrome, show abnormalities in the hippocampus suggesting deficits in context discrimination learning. | |
| Almquist, Erika L. | The immediate and long term effects of physical activity on emotional well being: Effectiveness of varying exercise modes in altering mood states. |
| Blose, Jessica D. | Cloning of the Panulirus interruptus low voltage-activated T-type calcium channel alpha1 subunit. |
| Bradshaw, Katie E. | A case study of autism: effects of pharmacotherapy, applied behavior analysis, among other variables on autistic female adolescent over a period of four years. |
| Gilliland, Elizabeth A. | The effects of an oxytocin antagonist on maternal behavior in first pregnancy female rats. |
| Greca Cara A. | Effects of perinatal ephedrine exposure on learning acquisition in the Sprague-Dawley rat. |
| Hennessey, Thomas M. | An examination into the effects of valproic acid as a model for autism in sprague-dawley rats on myelination and oligodendrocytes. |
| Mauk, Rhiannon L. | Effects of ablation and cholinergic deafferentation of the rhinal cortex on one-trial object-reward association memory in monkeys. |
| Muir, Elizabeth A. | The effects of maternal zinc deficiency on the ventilatory responses to inspired CO2 in neonatal rats: Implications for SIDS. |
| Nemeth, Jaime L. | The effects of intracerebral rotenone administration into the substantia nigra in Sprague-Dawley rats: A behavioral and histological analysis. |
| Oblak, Adrian L. | Periconceptual supplementation of folic acid in an animal model of Autism. |
| Schmoutz, Chris D. | Reduction of ethanol self-administration by treatment with monoamine oxidase inhibitors |
| Scholl, Bethany S. | The effects of caffeine and anger during the stroop color-word conflict test on EEG, skin conductance levels, heart rate, and Stroop performance in college students. |
| Sulai, Nanna H. | The effects of minocycline and environmental enrichment on stroke recovery: a behavioral and histological analysis. |
| Tanguay, Crystal M. | P300 wave's response to a stimulus which invokes guilty knowledge. |
| * Thomas, Lisa A. | The search for a conopeptide target to the calcium-activated potassium channel hSlo. |
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December 2005
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| Hamilton, Heidi E. | Neuronal Connectivity in Valproic Acid Exposed Sprague Dawley Rats: Neuroanatomical Abnormalities in an Animal Model of Autism. |
| Wood, Amber, A. | The Teratological Effects of Paternal Ethanol Exposure: Behavioral Observations. |
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May 2006
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| Bushmire, Victoria E. | Effects of Punished Responding of Feeding Behavior in PVN Lesioned Rats |
| Ferris, Katheryn E. | Effects of Topical Nasal Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibition on CO2 Detection Threshold in Rats |
| Flynn, Sean P. | Effects of Haloperidol, Clozapine, and Combined 8-OH-DPAT/Haloperidol Treatment on Prepulse Inhibition in the Rat Neonatal Ventral Hippocampal Lesion Model of Schizophrenia. |
| Geffert, Laura. M | Comparison of Startle Response in Spontaneously Hyperactive Rats (SHR) after injection of treatments that affect the 5-HT, NE, and DA systems. |
| Geiser, Kyle S. | Neonatal Ethanol Exposure and Treatment with the 5-HT1A Agonist Buspirone in an Animal Model of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. |
| *Grant, Abigail R. | The effects of temperature on the ventilatory responses of Sprague-Dawley rat pups to carbon dioxide and the implications for sudden infant death syndrome. |
| Groth, Daniel C. | Conus venom mediated effects on a Voltage-gated K+ channel found in the STG of the spiny lobster Panulirus interruptus |
| John, Tamara N. | A comparitive study on the effects of Valporate, Carbamazepine, and Lamitrogine in PTZ- induced seizure rats |
| Knaus, Eric R. | Pre and Post-surgical Administration of Minocycline for Increasing Efficacy of Fetal Dopamine Grafts to Alleviate Parkinsonian Symptoms in 6-hydroxydopamine Lesioned Rats |
| Kozlosky, Heather L. | The Antinociceptive Effects of Massage-like Stimulation on the Zucker Rat: An Investigation of the Involvement of Endogenous Oxytocinergic Mechanisms |
| Marlowe, Autumn K. | Testing the Mirror Neuron Hypothesis of Autism Using Observational Learning and an Animal Model. |
| McIlvried, Lisa A. | Treatment potential of minocycline in solid fetal tissue grafting for Parkinson's disease |
| McShea, Megan E. | Continuing the search for Conus venom peptides specific to the Ca2+- and voltage-gated K+ channel, hSlo |
| Medwid, Valery A. | Effects of Castration and Subsequent Hormone Replacement Therapy on the Sexually Dimorphic Brain Structures and Sexual Orientation of the Sprague-Dawley Rat |
| *Mickley, Katherine R. | An Electrophysiological Comparison of the Retrieval of Words in Emotional and Non-emotional Context |
| Myers, Wayne P. | Behavioral Evaluation of Neurotoxin-Induced Dopamine Neuronal Death in Caenorhabditis elegans. |
| Nguyen, Hanh T. | The neuroprotective effects of isoflurance in awake ischemic vs. anesthetized ischemic animals using diffusion and perfusion imaging. |
| Pajak, Chelsea E. | Comparing the treatment effects of direct GABA agonist and NMDA partial agonist for the treatment of pilocarpine induced seizures |
| Paravati, Anthony J. | Gene Expression for Carbonic Anhydrase Isoenzymes in Rat Olfactory Epithelium |
| Parker, October L. | The Effects of a-MSH on the Weight and Food Consumption in MSG- treated Zucker Rats |
| Reoli Rachel A. | An examination of the neuroprotective properties of 5-HT1A receptor agonist, BAY x 3702, on hippocampal CA1 neurons in a rat model of transient global ischemia |
| Rogerson, Ashley L. | The Effects of Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibition on pH Response to CO2 in Rats |
| Rongo, Eleonor P. | Investigation of the Effects of Prenatal Stress on the Sexual Behavior and the Sexually Dimorphic Nucleus of the Sprague-Dawley Rat. |
| Schuh, Laura C. | The Effects of MK-801 and PCPA on the Developing Neuromuscular Junctions in Mice |
| Stein, Kelly A. | Treatment of Fetal Alcohol Exposure with 5-HT1A Receptor Agonist, Buspirone in order to Reverse Developmental Arrest |
| Stotsky, Bradley A. | The Effects of Testosterone Propionate and Progesterone Steroid Treatment on Acoustic Startle Response in the Rat |
| Thomas, Michael G. | Evaluating Advanced Neuroprotective Strategies in Response to Stroke: developing an extended pharmaceutical timeline. |