2008 Grant Recipients

Abstract
Name
Institution
Title of Project
Year

Joseph Burdo, Ph.D.

Bridgewater State College
The Effect of Fisetin on the Glutamate Mediated Increase in Toxic Neuronal Glycation Products
2008

Melissa Glenn, Ph.D.

Colby College
Capacity for Dietary Choline to Ameliorate Symptoms of Depression in a Rat Model
2008

Karl Johnson, Ph.D.

Pomona College

Elucidating the Function of Syndecan in CNS Development

2008

Gary Muir, Ph.D.

St. Olaf College

The “Subway Effect”: Neural Basis of Reorientation and Navigational Decision-Making

2008

Onarae Rice, Ph.D.

Furman University

The Evaluation of the Rewarding Effects of Inhaled Toulene Vapors in Mice

2008

Jeffrey Smith, Ph.D.

University of Portland

The Impact of Enriched Environment and Transplantatoin of Neuronal and Glial Precursors on Recovery from Controlled Cortical Contusion Injury

2008

2007 Grant Recipients

Abstract
Name
Institution
Title of Project
Year

Hadley Horch, Ph.D.

Bowdoin College
Molecular Basis of Compensatory Neuronal Regeneration in the Cricket Auditory System
2007

Sarah Leupen, Ph.D.

Ohio Wesleyan University
Reproductive development and gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) expression in estradio-and-atrazine-treated salamanders
2007

Oné Pagan, Ph.D.

West Chester University of Pennsylvania

Biochemical and behavioral characterization of cocaine effects in planaria

2007

Maureen Peters, Ph.D.

Oberlin College

Molecular dissection of a unique neuroendocrine system

2007

Michael Smith, Ph.D.

Western Kentucky University

Testing the Equal Energy Hypothesis in Noise-exposed Fishes

2007

Kevin Wilson, Ph.D.

Gettysburg College

Neural Correlates of Object-Based Shifts of Visuospatial Attention

2007

 

2006 Grant Recipients

Abstract
Name
Institution
Title of Project
Year

Barresi, Michael J.F. Ph.D.

Smith College
Roundabouts mediate Slit axon and glial cell guidance at the midline of the zebrafish forebrain
2006

Brady, Anne Marie,  Ph.D.

St. Mary's College of Maryland
Cognitive Function in an Animal Model of Drug Addiction:  Instrumental Learning in Rats Behavioral Sensitized to Methamphetamine
2006

Brumberg, Joshua, C. Ph.D.

Queens College, CUNY
Sensory Input’s Role in the Development of Layer VI of Mouse Barrel Cortex
2006

Crisp, Kevin, Ph.D.

St. Olaf College

Role of calmodulin in activation of the swim central pattern generator in the leech

2006

de Bellard, Maria Elena Ph.D.

California State University Northridge

Effect of Slit on Neural Crest Migration

2006

Morrison, Mary E., Ph.D.

Lycoming College

Purkinje neuron dendrite structure: regulation by the MAP kinase pathway

2006

 

2005 Grant Recipients

Abstract
Name
Institution
Title of Project
Year
Bayline, Ronald J., Ph.D.
Washington & Jefferson College
Is Motor Innervation Required for the Development of a Unique Somatic Muscle?
2005
Cameron, Katherine A. Ph.D Washington College
Brain Areas and Timing of Implicit and Explicit Activation of Social Knowledge; Event-related Potential Study of Gender Stereotypes in Healthy Undergraduates
2005
Korey, Christopher A. Ph.D.
College of Charleston
Drosophila as a Model for Batten Disease
2005
O’Dell, Laura E. Ph.D.
University of Texas at El Paso
Neurobehavioral Correlates of Nicotine Withdrawal in Adult versus Adolescent Rats
2005
Ramus, Seth J. Ph.D.
Bowdoin College
Hippocampal-dependence of Anticipatory Neuronal Firing in the Rat Orbitofrontal Cortex
2005
Sandstrom, Noah J. Ph.D.
Williams College
Modulation of Place Learning by Ovarian Hormones
2005

 

 

   
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