Author name: Kristen Hartman

Laplante FP, Dufresne M, Lappi DA, Sullivan RM (2009) Depletion of cholinergic neurons in the nucleus accumbens impairs dopamine function in the prefrontal cortex in the rat. Neuroscience 2009 Abstracts 341.7/O16. Society for Neuroscience, Chicago, IL. Summary: Studies of post mortem schizophrenic brains have revealed a selective loss of cholinergic interneurons, most pronounced in the […]

Brink TS, Khasabov SG, Fliss PM, Simone DA (2009) Ablation of NK-1 expressing neurons in the rostral ventromedial medulla attenuates inflammatory hyperalgesia. Neuroscience 2009 Abstracts 361.5/BB31. Society for Neuroscience, Chicago, IL. Summary: Substance P (SP) is a neuropeptide synthesized by many nociceptive primary sensory neurons and is released into the spinal cord following noxious stimulation

Li A-J, Wang Q, Dinh TT, Ritter S (2009) Leptin-saporin injection into the arcuate nucleus lesions NPY/AGRP and POMC neurons and produces hyperphagia, obesity and changes in diurnal feeding patterns in rats. Neuroscience 2009 Abstracts 374.5/EE116. Society for Neuroscience, Chicago, IL. Summary: Leptin-saporin (Lep-SAP), a conjugate of leptin with a ribosomal inactivating toxin, saporin (Advanced

Carvalho AF, Reyes AS, Van Bockstaele EJ (2009) The role of limbic norepinephrine in cannabinoid-induced aversion. Neuroscience 2009 Abstracts 449.3/V29. Society for Neuroscience, Chicago, IL. Summary: The endocannabinoid system has been implicated in diverse physiological mechanisms including modulation of pain and analgesia, learning and memory and feeding, among others. Thus, targeting the cannabinoid system has

Freiria-Oliveira AH, Blanch GT, De Paula PM, Colombari E, Menani JV, Colombari DS (2009) Role of A2 noradrenergic neurons and angiotensinergic mechanisms on hypotension induced by hemorrhage. Neuroscience 2009 Abstracts 467.18/DD70. Society for Neuroscience, Chicago, IL. Summary: The A2 catecholaminergic neurons in the commissural subdivision of the nucleus tractus solitarii (cNTS) are activated by hemorrhage.

Macleod JE, Ackerman CM, Bucci DJ (2009) Contributions of the medial prefrontal cortex to negative occasion setting. Neuroscience 2009 Abstracts 477.2/FF61. Society for Neuroscience, Chicago, IL. Summary: The medial prefrontal cortex of rats has a role in many aspects of cognitive function, and especially forms of inhibitory learning. Recent research has revealed heterogeneous functions of

Datta S, Chatterjee K, Kline IV RH, Wiley RG (2009) CCK receptor- expressing dorsal horn neurons: Role in pain and morphine analgesia. Neuroscience 2009 Abstracts 265.13/Z37. Society for Neuroscience, Chicago, IL. Summary: Spinal intrathecal cholecystokinin (CCK) has anti-opiate activity, and the CCK antagonist, proglumide potentiates opiate analgesia. In the present study, we sought to determine

Vetrivelan R, Anaclet C, Fuller PM, Yoshida K, Lu J, Saper CB (2009) Comparison of sleep-wake changes after lesions of two sleep-promoting cell groups in the preoptic region in rats. Neuroscience 2009 Abstracts 277.2/EE14. Society for Neuroscience, Chicago, IL. Summary: Previous studies have shown that two cell groups within the preoptic region viz., median preoptic

Morin LP, Studholme KM (2009) Saporin lesions that target suprachiasmatic cells bearing NPY receptors eliminate or greatly impair circadian rhythm generation and entrainment. Neuroscience 2009 Abstracts 278.7/EE49. Society for Neuroscience, Chicago, IL. Summary: General destruction of the SCN caused by electrical lesions produce loss of circadian rhythmicity and entrainment. More specific, cell-directed lesion methods, such

Janke KL, Fazelinik S, Roland JJ, Servatius RJ, Servatius RJ, Servatius RJ, Pang K (2009) Role of the medial septum on navigational strategy and shifting between strategies: Effects of selective cholinergic and GABAergic lesions. Neuroscience 2009 Abstracts 283.5/EE134. Society for Neuroscience, Chicago, IL. Summary: Cholinergic and GABAergic neurons are major components of the septohippocampal pathway,