Author name: Kristen Hartman

Loften A (2024) Cholinergic modulation of dopamine-related effects of ethanol in the rat. Univ Gothenburg Thesis. Objective: To explore the role of acetylcholine and cholinergic interneurons (CIN) in ethanol-induced dopamine (DA) release and in the reinforcing effects of ethanol. Summary: The author’s thesis supports an important role of accumbal CIN in ethanol ́s DA releasing […]

Ketabforoush A, Wang M, Smith C, Arnold WD, Nichols N (2024) Longitudinal assessment of outcome measures of diaphragm motor unit connectivity as biomarkers of phrenic motor unit degeneration and compensation. Am Physiol Summit 39(S1) doi: 10.1152/physiol.2024.39.S1.1402 Objective: Using CTB-SAP to lesion motor neurons and measuring motor neuron connectivity and cell death, as a model for

Meng XT, Song SY, Li Y, Peng S, Zhang LC (2024) Activation of alpha 2 adrenergic receptor of cerebrospinal fluid-contacting nucleus alleviates acute incision pain behavior in rats. Research Square doi: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-4258857/v1 Objective: To study the effects of Dexmedetomidine (DEX) on pain modulation. Summary: Dexmedetomidine is an alpha 2-adrenergic receptor agonist with sedative, analgesic, and

Shivakumar AB, Mehak SF, Jijimon F, Gangadharan G (2024) Extra-hippocampal contributions to social memory: The role of septal nuclei. Biol Psychiatry 6:835-847. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2024.04.018 PMID: 38718881 Objective: Review neural circuit mechanisms that underlie social memory, with a special emphasis on the septum. Summary: Understanding the complexities of the septohippocampal axis will allow targeted therapies to

Han I, Pandala N, Haefeli L, Lang MJ, Stone EM, Mullins RF, Tucker BA (2024) Development of chemically induced choroidal injury models for the study and treatment of AMD. ARVO Annual Meeting 65(7):5382. Objective: To describe the development of Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) models through the targeted injury of choroidal cells in the eye. Summary: