Author name: Kristen Hartman

Pan S, Borowski T, de Lacalle S (2003) Sleep deprivation impairs retention performance on an olfactory discrimination task. Neuroscience 2003 Abstracts 616.21. Society for Neuroscience, New Orleans, LA. Summary: Sleep deprivation is known to adversely affect learning and memory. We examined the effects of sleep deprivation on attentional and memory processes in rats that received […]

Lee R, Gallegos RA, Crawford EF, Wills DN, Zhukov VI, Huitron-Resendiz S, Criado JR, Henriksen SJ (2003) Ventral tegmental area lesions alter EEG power spectrum across the sleep/wake cycle. Neuroscience 2003 Abstracts 616.5. Society for Neuroscience, New Orleans, LA. Summary: The ventral tegmental area (VTA) has long been implicated in reward and drug abuse. We

Reynolds JN, Sutherland JM, Sutherland RJ (2003) A novel nitrate ester enhances performance in a spatial memory task in rats with forebrain cholinergic depletion. Neuroscience 2003 Abstracts 626.11. Society for Neuroscience, New Orleans, LA. Summary: Forebrain acetylcholine (ACh) depletion is associated with a variety of cognitive problems, including memory deficits. Here we evaluate the efficacy

Kim I, Wilson RE, Wellman CL (2003) Cholinergic deafferentation increases expression of the glur-1 subunit of the AMPA receptor in frontal cortex of young adult but not aging rats. Neuroscience 2003 Abstracts 633.9. Society for Neuroscience, New Orleans, LA. Summary: Previously, we demonstrated that plasticity of frontal cortex is altered in aging rats: cholinergic lesions

Yoder RM, Pang KCH (2003) Medial septal and entorhinal cortical involvement in hippocampal theta rhythm. Neuroscience 2003 Abstracts 719.19. Society for Neuroscience, New Orleans, LA. Summary: Hippocampal theta rhythm (HPCΘ) may be involved in various phenomena, including attention and the acquisition of sensory information. Two projections to HPC, the medial septum-diagonal band of Broca (MSDB)

Sherren N, Pappas BA (2003) Dendritic dysgenesis in midline cortical regions following selective acetylcholine and dopamine lesions in neonatal rats. Neuroscience 2003 Abstracts 457.11. Society for Neuroscience, New Orleans, LA. Summary: Both acetylcholine (ACh) and dopamine (DA) afferents reach their cortical targets during periods of synaptogenesis, and are perfectly positioned to influence the cytoarchitectural development

Neale JJ, Goodchild AK, Dampney RAL, Pilowsky PM (2003) Destruction of brainstem catecholamine neurons attenuates somatosympathetic reflex and responses to cholecystokinin. Neuroscience 2003 Abstracts 501.11. Society for Neuroscience, New Orleans, LA. Summary: The integrity of the rostral ventrolateral medulla (RVLM) is essential for the expression of many sympathetic reflexes and the maintenance of vasomotor tone.

Recabarren MP, Valdes JL, Seron-Ferre M, Torrealba F (2003) Tuberomammillary nucleus lesion decreases the anticipatory events induced by restricted feeding in rats. Neuroscience 2003 Abstracts 510.19. Society for Neuroscience, New Orleans, LA. Summary: Our previous studies indicate that the histamine-containing neurons of the tuberomammillary nucleus (TMN) become active in anticipation to feeding time in rats