Author name: Kristen Hartman

Walker BR, Klueger K (2006) Rodent models: Autism and fragile x syndrome. Neuroscience 2006 Abstracts 764.6. Society for Neuroscience, Atlanta, GA. Summary: While the exact etiology of autism is not known, autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are most commonly characterized by behavioral deficits in social interaction and communication, obsessional mannerisms, behavioral inflexibility, impairments in planning, attention, […]

Vaucher EJ, Dotigny F (2006) Cell type specificity of the c-Fos immunoreactive neurons of cortical layer IV after patterned visual stimulation. Neuroscience 2006 Abstracts 545.28. Society for Neuroscience, Atlanta, GA. Summary: The cortical processing of specific visual stimuli may be enhanced or suppressed by neuromodulators, such as acetylcholine or norepinephrine as early as in the

Miller JP, McAuley JD, Pang KC (2006) Effects of selective cholinergic NBM lesions on short-interval timing. Neuroscience 2006 Abstracts 572.24. Society for Neuroscience, Atlanta, GA. Summary: The nucleus basalis magnocellularis (NBM) and its connection to the frontal cortex are important for timing short durations and divided attention. Although the NBM provides the major cholinergic input

Wong YM, Webber MJ, Dickenson AH, Hunt SP (2006) Molecular changes in the dorsal horn that maintain inflammatory hyperalgesia are similar to those generated during long-term potentiation. Neuroscience 2006 Abstracts 642.17. Society for Neuroscience, Atlanta, GA. Summary: The generation of LTP in deep dorsal horn neurons by noxious stimulation may be one mechanism whereby acute

Kline IV RH, Wiley RG (2006) Role of spinal cord µ-opioid receptor expressing dorsal horn neurons in morphine analgesia. Neuroscience 2006 Abstracts 643.19. Society for Neuroscience, Atlanta, GA. Summary: The role of spinal cord μ-opioid receptor expressing dorsal horn neurons in morphine analgesia is not clearly understood. Using lumbar intrathecal (i.t.) injections of the targeted

Miller A, Martinez L, De LaCalle S (2006) Astrocytic reaction to a lesion, under hormonal deprivation. Neuroscience 2006 Abstracts 660.1. Society for Neuroscience, Atlanta, GA. Summary: The basal forebrain cholinergic system plays an essential role in cortical plasticity and functional recovery following brain injury, although the precise mechanism is not known. Earlier studies from our

Northrop LE, Erskine MS (2006) Noradrenergic nuclei involved in sensory input during mating project to the ventromedial hypothalamus and are involved in mating-induced pseudopregnancy in female rats. Neuroscience 2006 Abstracts 661.23. Society for Neuroscience, Atlanta, GA. Summary: The ventrolateral region of the ventromedial hypothalamus (VMHvl) is known to control female sexual receptivity through the activity

Lu J, Yoshida K, Fuller PM, Saper CB (2006) Absence of a systemic febrile response to PGE2 and LPS following targeted saporin lesions of the rostral raphe pallidus. Neuroscience 2006 Abstracts 662.18. Society for Neuroscience, Atlanta, GA. Summary: Anatomical studies have indicated that the rostral raphe pallidus (RPa) medullary area contains sympathetic premotor neurons that

Torner EK, Flesher MM, Chavez CM, Linton KD, Herbert MS, Butt AE (2006) 192 IgG-saporin lesions of the cholinergic basal forebrain disrupt attention and awareness in Pavlovian trace but not delay conditioning in rats. Neuroscience 2006 Abstracts 667.19. Society for Neuroscience, Atlanta, GA. Summary: Recent research suggests that Pavlovian trace conditioning, but not delay conditioning,