Author name: Kristen Hartman

Pokala VN, Witt-Enderby PA, Johnson DA (2003) Effect of selective cholinergic lesion of the septohippocampal pathway on the carbachol stimulated GTPγS binding in rat hippocampus. Neuroscience 2003 Abstracts 799.7. Society for Neuroscience, New Orleans, LA. Summary: Previously we have shown that selective lesion of the septohippocampal cholinergic pathway in the rat resulted in a significant

Nattie EE, Li A (2003) Substance P-saporin lesions of NK1-receptor expressing neurons in the medullary raphe reduce central chemoreception in sleep and wakefulness. Neuroscience 2003 Abstracts 826.7. Society for Neuroscience, New Orleans, LA. Summary: Breathing, especially in sleep, depends on a CO2-related drive that comes from central chemoreceptors. Many brainstem chemoreceptor sites contain NK1-receptor expressing

Dinh TT, I’Anson H, Ritter S (2003) Poster: Immunotoxic destruction of distinct catecholaminergic neuron populations disrupts the reproductive response to glucoprivation in female rats. Neuroscience 2003 Abstracts 827.13. Society for Neuroscience, New Orleans, LA. Summary: Chronic glucoprivation suppresses estrous cyclicity in hamsters (Schneider et al. 1997) and rats (I’Anson et al. 2003). This suppression can

Zhang J, Speth RC, Simasko S, Ritter RC (2003) Hypothalamic injection of targeted toxin for cholecystokinin receptive neurons leads to increased 24 hour food intake and weight gain. Neuroscience 2003 Abstracts 830.3. Society for Neuroscience, New Orleans, LA. Summary: Peptides conjugated to the ribosomal toxin, saporin, bind to their specific G-protein coupled receptors, and are

Treece BR, Speth RC, Ritter RC, Burns GA (2003) Altered CCK binding in the dorsal vagal complex following cytotoxic lesion of the nodose ganglion. Neuroscience 2003 Abstracts 830.5. Society for Neuroscience, New Orleans, LA. Summary: CCK reduces meal size by activating a specific subpopulation (30%-38%) of vagal afferent neurons. MK-801, attenuates reduction of food intake

Hummer TA, Johnson AD, Givens B (2003) The effects of ethanol and cholinergic lesions on anxiety in mice. Neuroscience 2003 Abstracts 859.16. Society for Neuroscience, New Orleans, LA. Summary: Ethanol’s anxiolytic properties in mice are well-documented as measured with an elevated plus-maze. The effect of IP ethanol injections and cholinergic lesions on anxiety was investigated.

Carstens EE, Iodi-Carstens M, Simons CT (2003) Reduced scratching in rats receiving intracisternal substance-saporin to ablate cervical superficial dorsal horn neurons that express NK-1 receptors. Neuroscience 2003 Abstracts 908.2. Society for Neuroscience, New Orleans, LA. Summary: While glutamate and the neuropeptide substance P (SP) are involved in the spinal neurotransmission of nociceptive signals, little is

Sarter MF, Martinez V, Bruno JP (2003) Lateralization of the attentional functions mediated via cortical cholinergic inputs. Neuroscience 2003 Abstracts 921.20. Society for Neuroscience, New Orleans, LA. Summary: The role of basal forebrain (BF) corticopetal cholinergic projections in mediating attentional processing has been well established. For example, bilateral cortical cholinergic deafferentation produces robust impairments in