Author name: Kristen Hartman

Horner KA, Logue JB, Jenrette TA (2017) Patch compartment lesions reduce habitual sucrose consumption. Neuroscience 2017 Abstracts 689.16 / II23. Society for Neuroscience, Washington, DC. Summary: The striatum mediates habit formation and reward association. The striatum can be divided into the patch and matrix compartment, which are two neurochemically and anatomically distinct regions that may […]

Falquetto B, Oliveira LM, Moreira TS, Takakura AC (2017) Role of orexinergic neurons in the chemosensory control of breathing in a Parkinson’s disease model. Neuroscience 2017 Abstracts 779.08 / HH1. Society for Neuroscience, Washington, DC. Summary: Parkinson´s disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by progressive loss of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra compacta

Del Rio R, Andrade DC, Toledo C, Diaz HS (2017) RVLM C1 neuron ablation normalizes cardiorespiratory control in heart failure. Neuroscience 2017 Abstracts 507.13 / NN21. Society for Neuroscience, Washington, DC. Summary: Heart failure (CHF) is characterized by sympathoexcitation and breathing disorders. The rostral ventrolateral medulla (RVLM) is hyperactive in CHF. However, there is no

Suarez AN, Hsu TM, DeLartigue G, Kanoski SE (2017) Gastrointestinal vagal afferent signaling promotes hippocampal-dependent memory function in rats. Neuroscience 2017 Abstracts 510.22 / PP13. Society for Neuroscience, Washington, DC. Summary: The vagus nerve is the primary conduit of communication between feeding-relevant gastrointestinal (GI) signals and the brain. Vagally-mediated GI satiation signals, including gastric distension

Hulsey D, Shedd M, Mong J, Rennaker RL, Hays SA, Kilgard MP (2017) Vagus nerve stimulation dependent enhancement of motor cortex plasticity requires noradrenergic innervation. Neuroscience 2017 Abstracts 317.06 / HH5. Society for Neuroscience, Washington, DC. Summary: Pairing forelimb movements with vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) drives robust plasticity within primary motor cortex (M1). VNS activates

Krajewski-Hall SJ, Blackmore EM, McMinn JR, McMullen NT, Rance NE (2017) Increased core temperature following ablation of neurokinin 3 receptor-expressing neurons in the mouse median preoptic nucleus and adjacent preoptic area (MnPO/POA). Neuroscience 2017 Abstracts 414.02 / PP19. Society for Neuroscience, Washington, DC. Summary: We have previously proposed that KNDy neurons play a role in

Tapp D, McMurray M (2017) Serotoninergic projections to the OFC and BLA modulate reversal learning. Neuroscience 2017 Abstracts 423.01 / TT12. Society for Neuroscience, Washington, DC. Summary: Behavioral flexibility, the ability to adapt to changing reward contingencies, is a critical aspect of choice behavior. Such ability is disrupted in numerous psychiatric disorders, such as substance