Palomares E, Hernandez Perez O, Crespo Ramirez M, Aguilar Roblero R, Fuxe K, Perez de la Mora M (2015) Selective ablation of the intercalated neurons of the amygdala increased the anxiety-like behavior in the Elevated Plus Maze. Neuroscience 2015 Abstracts 694.14/N4. Society for Neuroscience, Chicago IL. Summary: The intercalated (ITC) islands of the amygdala are […]
Nam H, Kerman I (2015) A2 noradrenergic neurons regulate forced swim test immobility. Neuroscience 2015 Abstracts 718.10/Y20. Society for Neuroscience, Chicago IL. Summary: The Wistar-Kyoto rat (WKY) is a well-established animal model of depression- and anxiety-like behavior, characterized by high immobility during the forced swim test (FST) along with a generally inhibited phenotype on related
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Buhr E, Yue W, Ren X, Jiang Z, Liao H, Mei X, Vemaraju S, Nguyen M, Reed R, Lang R, Yau K, Van Gelder R (2015) Neuropsin (OPN5)-mediated photoentrainment of local circadian oscillators in mammalian retina and cornea. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 112:13093-13098. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1516259112 PMID: 26392540 Summary: Circadian clocks are found
Horner KA, Logan M, Murray RC (2015) Ablation of the patch compartment reduces cocaine-induced stereotypy. Neuroscience 2015 Abstracts 506.23/M12. Society for Neuroscience, Chicago IL. Summary: Repeated exposure to cocaine (COC) induces stereotypy, which is characterized as inflexible, repetitive behavior. Enhanced relative activation of the patch compartment of the striatum has been shown to positively correlate
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Alenciks E, Frazier K, Porter A, Fraley G (2015) Immunolesions of melanopsin receptive neurons attenuates the hormonal reproductive axis in the adult but has no effect on growth in immature Peking ducks. Neuroscience 2015 Abstracts 613.05/R20. Society for Neuroscience, Chicago IL. Summary: Several light sensitive receptors have been described in the avian brain that are
Porter LM, Alenciks E, Frazier K, Porter A, Fraley GS (2015) Lack of effects on growth and body weight gain after elimination of the leptin receptor from the brain of immature Pekin drakes. Neuroscience 2015 Abstracts 613.04/R19. Society for Neuroscience, Chicago IL. Summary: The presence of the hormone leptin (LEP) is a controversial topic in
Lee J, Jeong D, Chang W, Chang J (2015) Neuroprotective effects of placenta-derived mesenchymal stem cell for rat model of dementia. Neuroscience 2015 Abstracts 626.12/AA3. Society for Neuroscience, Chicago IL. Summary: Introduction: The neuroprotective effects of mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) in neurodegenerative disease have been recently reported. In contrast of the transplantation effect of MSC
Carnes B, DeLacalle S (2015) Compensatory cortical sprouting across the lifespan of the rat. Neuroscience 2015 Abstracts 391.10/C34. Society for Neuroscience, Chicago IL. Summary: To investigate the plastic capacity of the cholinergic system in a partial animal model of Alzheimer’s disease, adult and aged rats received unilateral lesions of the horizontal diagonal band of Broca
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Jones JL, Pitchers KK, Robinson TE, Sarter M (2015) Basal forebrain cholinergic lesions attenuate the reinstatement of cocaine-seeking produced by a discriminative stimulus in goal-trackers but not sign-trackers. Neuroscience 2015 Abstracts 411.15/L-15. Society for Neuroscience, Chicago IL. Summary: Goal-trackers (GTs), compared to sign-trackers (STs), express higher levels of acetylcholine when performing a cue detection and
Wiley RG (2015) Nociceptive effects of neurotensin(NTS)- and somatostatin(SST)-toxin conjugates applied to the lumbar dorsal horn in rats. Neuroscience 2015 Abstracts 418.11/O12. Society for Neuroscience, Chicago IL. Summary: Intrathecal injections of NTS or SST have been reported to be anti-nociceptive, and in the case of SST, analgesic in humans. Preliminary experiments in our lab previously