Author name: Kristen Hartman

Ma J, Tai S, Leung LWS (2007) Ketamine-induced gating deficit of hippocampal auditory evoked potentials in rats is alleviated by medial septum inactivation and antipsychotic drugs. Neuroscience 2007 Abstracts 498.12/GG19. Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, CA. Summary: Gating of sensory responses is impaired in schizophrenic patients and animal models of schizophrenia. Ketamine, an N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor […]

Haller J, Toth M, Zelena D, Halasz J (2007) Molecular basis of violent behavior: The role of NK1 receptors. Neuroscience 2007 Abstracts 531.22/GGG24. Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, CA. Summary: Background. Neurons expressing Neurokinin1 receptor (NK1 or Substance P receptor) are abundant in limbic areas crucial for different emotional behaviors. In recent years, NK1 receptor

Stornetta RL, Takakura AC, Moreira TS, Mulkey DP, Bayliss DA, Guyenet PG (2007) Phox2b-expressing neurons of the retrotrapezoid nucleus (RTN) and central respiratory chemoreception in rats. Neuroscience 2007 Abstracts 230.9. Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, CA. Summary: The RTN contains glutamatergic interneurons that are strongly activated by CO2 via acidification. These chemosensitive neurons are non-catecholaminergic

Masawaki A, Sugiyo S, Shimoda T, Sakai Y, Ohyamaguchi A, Uehashi D, Moritani M, Yoshida A, Niwa H, Takemura M (2007) Effects of systemic bicuculline on the formalin-induced nociceptive response in the lip and c-Fos expression in the SP-Saporin-treated rats. Neuroscience 2007 Abstracts 186.16/RR16. Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, CA. Summary: This study examines the

Gray PA, Vandunk C (2007) Developmental origins of ventral medullary NK1r neurons. Neuroscience 2007 Abstracts 187.15/SS7. Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, CA. Summary: Breathing is a fundamental neural behavior generated by neurons within the brainstem. In the adult rat, bilateral injection of substance P conjugated to saporin (SSP) in the preBötzinger Complex (preBötC) eliminates normal

Radley JJ, Sawchenko PE (2007) Noradrenergic denervation of dorsal medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) modulates paraventricular hypothalamic responses to acute restraint stress. Neuroscience 2007 Abstracts 198.4/ZZ13. Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, CA. Summary: The dorsal mPFC is implicated in restricting the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis response to acute emotional stress via its influence on neuroendocrine effector mechanisms

Sparrow AW, Lowery EG, Thiele TE (2007) Amygdalar neuropeptide Y (NPY) signaling modulates stress-induced reductions of food intake in Balb/cJ mice. Neuroscience 2007 Abstracts 270.10/X24. Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, CA. Summary: The existing literature suggests that NPY signaling in the amygdala modulates anxiety-like behaviors and ethanol consumption in rodents, but does not modulate food

Hains BC, Zhao P, Waxman S (2007) ERK1/2 regulates microglia-neuron signaling and pain by PGE2 following SCI. Neuroscience 2007 Abstracts 287.16/LL14. Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, CA. Summary: We recently showed that microglia become activated after experimental SCI and dynamically maintain hyperresponsiveness of spinal cord nociceptive neurons and pain-related behaviors. Mechanisms of signaling between microglia

Ferguson AS, Sengelaub DR (2007) Dendritic atrophy following partial motoneuron depletion: time course of recovery and protection with testosterone. Neuroscience 2007 Abstracts 56.24/S18. Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, CA. Summary: In male rats, motoneurons of the spinal nucleus of the bulbocavernosus (SNB) project to the bulbocavernosus and levator ani (BC/LA) muscles, and both the motoneurons