Author name: Kristen Hartman

Nagle RA, Liberatore MA, Zombon NJ, Pokala VN, Li PK, Pokala VN, Johnson DA (2002) Effect of selective cholinergic lesioning of basal forebrain with 192 IgG-saporin on neurotransmitter concentrations in hippocampus of rat. Neuroscience 2002 Abstracts 880.6. Society for Neuroscience, Orlando, FL. Summary: In vivo microdialysis techniques were used to examine the effects of lesioning

Watts AG, Sanchez-Watts G, Dinh TT, Ritter S (2002) Immunotoxic lesions of ascending catechoalminergic afferents abolish the CRH gene transcriptional response to 2-deoxyglucose in the rat paraventricular nucleus. Neuroscience 2002 Abstracts 865.2. Society for Neuroscience, Orlando, FL. Summary: CRH neurons in the medial parvicellular (mp) part of the paraventricular nucleus (PVH) are critical for the

Ritter S, Dinh TT, Pedrow C, Roellich K (2002) Immunotoxic lesion of catecholamine afferents to paraventricular hypothalamus (PVH) impairs the corticosterone response to glucoprivation but not the basal secretory rhythm or response to swim stress. Neuroscience 2002 Abstracts 865.4. Society for Neuroscience, Orlando, FL. Summary: Catecholamine afferents from the hindbrain densely innervate the medial parvicellular

Wang H, Guyenet PG (2002) Neurokinin-1 receptor immunoreactive (NK1R-ir) neurons control caudal ventrolateral medulla (VLM) gabaergic depressor neurons. Neuroscience 2002 Abstracts 862.4. Society for Neuroscience, Orlando, FL. Summary: Depressor responses to injection of DL-homocysteic acid (DLH) into the caudal VLM are attenuated after selective unilateral lesion of the NK1R-ir cells of the VLM with a

Fraley GS (2002) Role of hindbrain catecholaminergic afferents to the medial hypothalamus in the regulation of penile reflexes in the rat. Neuroscience 2002 Abstracts 681.4. Society for Neuroscience, Orlando, FL. Summary: The use of ex copula erections, or reflexive erections, has been used for decades in the study of the central pathways and neuroendocrinology of

Fox K, Wolff I, Curtis A, Pernar L, Van Bockstaele EJ, Valentino RJ (2002) Multiple lines of evidence for the existence of corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) receptors on locus coeruleus (LC) neurons. Neuroscience 2002 Abstracts 637.9. Society for Neuroscience, Orlando, FL. Summary: Several physiological and anatomical findings suggest that CRF acts as a neuromodulator of LC

Beach TG, Potter PE, Sue LI, Fisher A, Scott S, Layne KJ, Newell AJ, Roher AE, Walker DG (2002) Cerebral abeta deposition induced by cortical cholinergic deafferentation is reduced by cholinergic therapy. Neuroscience 2002 Abstracts 722.9. Society for Neuroscience, Orlando, FL. Summary: We have previously shown that cortical cholinergic deafferentation in rabbits results in cerebral

Schaevitz LR, Baxter MG, Stearns NA, Huang YY, Lappi DA, Berger-Sweeney J (2002) The efficacy of intraparenchymal anti-p75 immunotoxin on medial septal cholinergic neurons in mice. Neuroscience 2002 Abstracts 778.11. Society for Neuroscience, Orlando, FL. Summary: We have shown previously that anti-murine-p75-SAP (saporin conjugated to a rat monoclonal antibody against the mouse p75 nerve growth

Gerashchenko D, Blanco-Centurion C, Shiromani PJ (2002) Hypocretin2-saporin (HCRT2-SAP) lesions of the lateral hypothalamus does not affect the entrained or free-running rhythm of core body temperature. Neuroscience 2002 Abstracts 776.2. Society for Neuroscience, Orlando, FL. Summary: Hypocretin (HCRT)neurons are present only in the lateral hypothalamus (LH) from where they project heavily to major arousal centers.