Author name: Kristen Hartman

Prefrontal executive and cognitive functions in rodents: neural and neurochemical substrates

Dalley JW, Cardinal RN, Robbins TW (2004) Prefrontal executive and cognitive functions in rodents: neural and neurochemical substrates. Neurosci Biobehav Rev 28(7):771-784. doi: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2004.09.006 Objective: To review current progress in our understanding of the rodent prefrontal cortex, especially evidence for functional divergence of the anatomically distinct sub-regions of the rat prefrontal cortex. Summary: A greater […]

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The medial septum mediates impairment of prepulse inhibition of acoustic startle induced by a hippocampal seizure or phencyclidine.

Ma J, Shen B, Rajakumar N, Leung LS (2004) The medial septum mediates impairment of prepulse inhibition of acoustic startle induced by a hippocampal seizure or phencyclidine. Behav Brain Res 155(1):153-166. doi: 10.1016/j.bbr.2004.04.010 Summary: Deficits in sensorimotor gating, suppression of a motor response by a sensory stimulus are found in schizophrenic patients, as well as

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Involvement of brainstem catecholaminergic inputs to the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus in estrogen receptor alpha expression in this nucleus during different stress conditions in female rats.

Estacio MA, Tsukamura H, Reyes BA, Uenoyama Y, I’anson H, Maeda K (2004) Involvement of brainstem catecholaminergic inputs to the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus in estrogen receptor alpha expression in this nucleus during different stress conditions in female rats. Endocrinology 145(11):4917-4926. doi: 10.1210/en.2004-0469 Summary: Norepinephrine release in the paraventricular nucleus (PVN) is increased during periods of

Involvement of brainstem catecholaminergic inputs to the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus in estrogen receptor alpha expression in this nucleus during different stress conditions in female rats. Read More »

Large lesions in the pre-Botzinger complex area eliminate eupneic respiratory rhythm in awake goats.

Wenninger JM, Pan LG, Klum L, Leekley T, Bastastic J, Hodges MR, Feroah TR, Davis S, Forster HV (2004) Large lesions in the pre-Botzinger complex area eliminate eupneic respiratory rhythm in awake goats. J Appl Physiol 97(5):1629-1636. doi: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00953.2003 Summary: Previously the authors demonstrated that lesioning the pre-Bötzinger Complex (pre-BötzC) with SP-SAP (Cat. #IT-07) resulted

Large lesions in the pre-Botzinger complex area eliminate eupneic respiratory rhythm in awake goats. Read More »

Small reduction of neurokinin-1 receptor-expressing neurons in the pre-Botzinger complex area induces abnormal breathing periods in awake goats.

Wenninger JM, Pan LG, Klum L, Leekley T, Bastastic J, Hodges MR, Feroah T, Davis S, Forster HV (2004) Small reduction of neurokinin-1 receptor-expressing neurons in the pre-Botzinger complex area induces abnormal breathing periods in awake goats. J Appl Physiol 97(5):1620-1628. doi: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00952.2003 Summary: Previous work has shown that lesion of the pre-Bötzinger Complex (pre-BötzC)

Small reduction of neurokinin-1 receptor-expressing neurons in the pre-Botzinger complex area induces abnormal breathing periods in awake goats. Read More »

Intraventricular injection of CRF receptor 2 antisense oligonucleotide reduces burn-induced hypermetabolism

Chance WT, Dayal R, Friend L, Sheriff S (2004) Intraventricular injection of CRF receptor 2 antisense oligonucleotide reduces burn-induced hypermetabolism. Neuroscience 2004 Abstracts 890.22. Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, CA. Summary: Following major burn trauma, mammals exhibit a prolonged hypermetabolic response proportional to the size of the burn. The ability to control metabolic rate would

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PVN anti-SERT-SAP injections reduce body weight gain, normal and glucoprivic feeding, and hypoglycemia- and stress-induced corticosterone responses

Zhou D, Levin BE (2004) PVN anti-SERT-SAP injections reduce body weight gain, normal and glucoprivic feeding, and hypoglycemia- and stress-induced corticosterone responses. Neuroscience 2004 Abstracts 893.14. Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, CA. Summary: Hindbrain serotonin (5HT) neurons are highly ramified with single neurons innervating several forebrain and hypothalamic areas such as the paraventricular nucleus (PVN).

PVN anti-SERT-SAP injections reduce body weight gain, normal and glucoprivic feeding, and hypoglycemia- and stress-induced corticosterone responses Read More »

Injection of the targeted-toxin, neuropeptide Y-saporin (NPY-SAP), into the basomedial hypothalamus (BMH) disrupts leptin and ghrelin signaling

Bugarith KH, Li A, Dinh TT, Ritter S (2004) Injection of the targeted-toxin, neuropeptide Y-saporin (NPY-SAP), into the basomedial hypothalamus (BMH) disrupts leptin and ghrelin signaling. Neuroscience 2004 Abstracts 893.17. Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, CA. Summary: NPY-SAP, a conjugate of the peptide NPY and saporin, a ribosomal inactivating toxin, specifically lesions NPY receptor-expressing cells.

Injection of the targeted-toxin, neuropeptide Y-saporin (NPY-SAP), into the basomedial hypothalamus (BMH) disrupts leptin and ghrelin signaling Read More »

Local striatal deletions of neurokinin-1 receptor-expressing neurons protect against methamphetamine-induced neural damage

Xu W, Zhu JPQ, Angulo JA (2004) Local striatal deletions of neurokinin-1 receptor-expressing neurons protect against methamphetamine-induced neural damage. Neuroscience 2004 Abstracts 908.8. Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, CA. Summary: Recent collective evidence from our laboratory and others has implicated the peptidergic system involving the neuropeptide substance P (SP) and its receptor, neurokinin-1 (NK-1), in

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Modulation of late long-term potentiation in the hippocampus: Effect of cholinergic and GABAergic medial septal lesions

Montoya DA, Pang K (2004) Modulation of late long-term potentiation in the hippocampus: Effect of cholinergic and GABAergic medial septal lesions. Neuroscience 2004 Abstracts 972.12. Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, CA. Summary: Long Term Potentiation (LTP) is an endurable change in synaptic efficacy produced by brief repetitive stimulation of specific afferents and is a cellular

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