Author name: Kristen Hartman

Tarpley JW, Martin WJ, Baldwin BS, Forrest MJ, MacIntyre DE (2000) Contribution of IB4-positive sensory neurons to NGF-induced hyperalgesia in the rat. Neuroscience 2000 Abstracts 633.18. Society for Neuroscience, New Orleans, LA. Summary: Sensory information is transmitted from the periphery to the spinal cord by distinct subsets of primary afferent neurons, including two major classes […]

Yezierski RP, Yu CG, Wiley RG (2000) Prevention and treatment of a spontaneous pain-like behavior following excitotoxic spinal cord injury (SCI) by ablation of neurons expressing the substance P receptor. Neuroscience 2000 Abstracts 733.9. Society for Neuroscience, New Orleans, LA. Summary: Intraspinal injection of the AMPA/metabotropic agonist quisqualic acid (QUIS) leads to the onset of

Mattsson A, Ögren SO, Olson L (2000) 192 IgG-saporin immunolesioning causes marked facilitation of dopamine-mediated locomotor activity in adult rats. Neuroscience 2000 Abstracts 563.7. Society for Neuroscience, New Orleans, LA. Summary: Recent studies have indicated a possible link between changes in cholinergic mechanisms and schizophrenia. However there is limited information regarding the functional consequences of

De Rosa E, Hasselmo ME, Baxter MG (2000) Contribution of the cholinergic basal forebrain to proactive interference between stored odor memories during associative learning in rats: 192 IgG-saporin immunotoxic lesions. Neuroscience 2000 Abstracts 563.8. Society for Neuroscience, New Orleans, LA. Summary: Previous electrophysiological studies and a computational model suggest that cholinergic neuromodulation may reduce olfactory

Blanco-Centurion CA, Salin-Pascual R, Gerashchenko D, Greco MA, Lappi DA, Kilduff TS, Shiromani PJ (2000) DBH-saporin lesions the locus coeruleus, but does not produce cataplexy or abnormal REM sleep triggering. Neuroscience 2000 Abstracts 566.17. Society for Neuroscience, New Orleans, LA. Summary: Recently, canine narcolepsy was associated with a mutation in the hypocretin-2 receptor (Lin et

Ritter S, Dinh TT, Bugarith K (2000) Anti-dβh-saporin injection into the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus selectively abolishes 2DG-induced feeding without causing nonspecific tissue destruction. Neuroscience 2000 Abstracts 502.8. Society for Neuroscience, New Orleans, LA. Summary: The toxin-antibody complex, saporin conjugated to a monoclonal antibody against dopamine-β-hydroxylase (anti-dβh-sap), selectively destroys dβh-containing catecholamine neurons. Previously we

Siddiq MM, Tsirka SE (2000) Elimination of microglia suggests their involvement in neuronal plasticity. Neuroscience 2000 Abstracts 507.2. Society for Neuroscience, New Orleans, LA. Summary: Reorganization of mossy fibers occurs in the mammalian hippocampus during consolidation of learning and memory. Induced low level seizures with kainic acid (KA) result in the development of new synapses

Rogers SD, Salak-Johnson JL, Schwei MJ, Pomonis JD, Mantyh PW (2000) Reduced anxiety related behavior following ablation of amygdala neurons expressing substance P receptor. Neuroscience 2000 Abstracts 571.2. Society for Neuroscience, New Orleans, LA. Summary: The neurokinin substance P (SP) is localized in brain regions that coordinate stress response and may play a role in

Janni G, Moallem T, Lappi DA, Ohara PT, Jasmin L (2000) Schwann cells are removed from the rat spinal cord after effecting recovery from paraplegia. Neuroscience 2000 Abstracts 516.8. Society for Neuroscience, New Orleans, LA. Summary: Remyelination of the CNS is necessary to restore neural function in a number of demyelinating conditions such as multiple

Berger-Sweeney JE, Murg SL, Baxter MG, Stearns NA, Lappi DA (2000) A specific cholinergic immunotoxin in mice. Neuroscience 2000 Abstracts 563.13. Society for Neuroscience, New Orleans, LA. Summary: We have shown previously that 192 IgG-saporin, a p75 (nerve growth factor [NGF] receptor) antibody linked to the ribosome-inactivating protein saporin, is an effective lesioning agent for