Author name: Kristen Hartman

Lecourtier L, Leroux E, Cosquer B, Cassel JC (2008) A synergistic role for GABAergic and cholinergic neurons of the medial septum in spatial reference memory processing: assessment with the Morris water-maze and a novel double-H maze in rats. Neuroscience 2008 Abstracts 389.10/TT38. Society for Neuroscience, Washington, DC. Summary: The medial septum – from which GABAergic […]

Burjanadze M, Beselia G, Chkhikvishvili N, Kotaria N (2008) Learning strategy selection in the water maze in medial septal electrolytic and selective cholinergic neurons lesioned rats. Neuroscience 2008 Abstracts 389.5/TT33. Society for Neuroscience, Washington, DC. Summary: In this experiment the ability of medial septal electrolytic, selective ACh lesioned (by immunotoxin 192 IgG-saporin) and sham-operated rats,

Gulino R, Gulisano M (2008) Sonic hedgehog expression and glial reaction after neurotoxic lesion of adult mice spinal cord by Cholera Toxin-B Saporin. Neuroscience 2008 Abstracts 124.14/B14. Society for Neuroscience, Washington, DC. Summary: The spinal cord (SC) has ever been considered non-neurogenic because no neurons seem to be generated in the intact SC and only

Edelmayer RM, Vanderah TW, Majuta L, Fioravanti B, De Felice M, Chichorro JG, Ossipov MH, King T,Lai J, Kori SH, Nelsen AC, Cannon KE, Heinricher MM, Porreca F (2008) A brainstem generator for cutaneous allodynia associated with migraine headache. Neuroscience 2008 Abstracts 171.15/LL16. Society for Neuroscience, Washington, DC. Summary: Migraine patients often demonstrate cutaneous allodynia

Sikandar S, Dickenson AH (2008) Lumbosacral-bulbo-spinal loop relayed by RVM on-cells regulates visceral nociception and modulates inhibitory effects of pregabalin and ondansetron. Neuroscience 2008 Abstracts 269.4/GG19. Society for Neuroscience, Washington, DC. Summary: Descending controls from brainstem nuclei including the rostral ventromedial medulla (RVM) have been shown to play an important role in visceral pain, and

Croxson PL, Browning PGF, Gaffan D, Baxter MG (2008) Cholinergic depletion of the inferior temporal cortex interferes with recovery from episodic memory deficits. Neuroscience 2008 Abstracts 292.7/SS20. Society for Neuroscience, Washington, DC. Summary: Cholinergic innervation of the temporal lobe has been suggested to have a role in episodic memory, a function which is also disrupted

Baxter MG, Kyriazis DA, Croxson PL (2008) Cholinergic depletion of prefrontal cortex impairs acquisition of the delayed response task in rhesus monkeys. Neuroscience 2008 Abstracts 292.9/SS22. Society for Neuroscience, Washington, DC. Summary: The involvement of corticopetal cholinergic projections in cognition remains difficult to define. Some investigators have suggested that normal cortical function requires an intact

Pang K, Janke K, Servatius RJ (2008) Role of medial septum-diagonal band of Broca neurons in cognitive flexibility. Neuroscience 2008 Abstracts 89.20/SS37. Society for Neuroscience, Washington, DC. Summary: Cholinergic and GABAergic neurons are major components of the septohippocampal pathway, and comparisons between the two neuronal populations are important for understanding the function of medial septum

Wallace DG, Winter SS, Martin MM, Mcmillin JL (2008) 192-IgG Saporin lesions of the medial septum or nucleus basalis magnocellularis disrupt exploratory trip organization. Neuroscience 2008 Abstracts 90.15/SS57. Society for Neuroscience, Washington, DC. Summary: Previous work has demonstrated that rats use self-movement cues to organize their exploratory behavior. The hippocampus and several cortical areas have