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2006 Society for Neuroscience Chapters Graduate Student Travel Award Winners

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Rachel Allred
University of Texas, Austin Chapter

 


Matthew Banks
Western North Carolina Chapter


 


Jing Bi
Minnesota Voyagers Chapter

Focused training of the "good" forelimb following unilateral sensorimotor cortex lesions worsens impaired forelimb function and alters peri-infarct neuroplasticity in rats

 

Interaction between ambient temperature, 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) reinforcement and thermoregulation in rhesus monkeys

 

 

Axonal transport and localized translation of kappa opioid receptor mRNA and its regulation in primary neurons of dorsal root ganglia



Corina O. Bondi
San Antonio Alamo Chapter

 


Emmanuel Botzolakis
Middle Tennessee Chapter

 

 


Alison Burgess
Southern Ontario Chapter

Chronic unpredictable stress induces a cognitive deficit and anxiety-like behavior in rats



 

Insight into the Assembly of aß and aß? GABAA receptors using flow cytometry and Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer


 

Polysialic acid limits choline acetyltransferase activity induced by brain-derived neurotrophic factor


Danny Galleguillos Caro
Chile Chapter

 


Angela Coderre
Kingston Chapter

 


Maria Guadalupe Flores Cruz
Mexico Chapter

Using chromatin immunoprecipitation assays to explore Nurr1 binding to the tyrosine hydroxylase promoter in the ventral midbrain of adult rats


 

Probing the influence of hand position on force representation in primary motor cortex


 

5-HT nuclei derangement due to early life dietary tryptophan restriction


Atul Deshpande
University of California, Irvine Chapter

 


Laxmikant Deshpande
Central Virginia Chapter

 

 


Megan Detloff
Central Ohio Chapter

 

Synaptic Targeting and Toxicity of ß-amyloid Soluble Species in Human Cortical Neurons

  Disruption of endocannabinoid tone results in status epilepticus- like activity in the hippocampal neuronal culture model of acquired epilepsy  

SCI-induced neuropathic pain: mechanisms of microglial activation in segmental and supraspinal centers





Janel Funk
Front Range Chapter

 


Katherine Galvin
Southern Minnesota Chapter


 


Ayman Hamouda
West Texas Chapter

A potential role for ADF/cofilin in presynaptic nerve terminal function at the Drosophila neuromuscular junction

 

Is Gli1 required for neural stem cell proliferation?

 

Affinity-purification and structural analysis of the human a4ß2 neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptor I: FTIR spectroscopic analysis


Wei-Li Hsu
Delaware Chapter


 


Jamie Johansen
Michigan Chapter


 


Joshua Johansen
UCLA Chapter

Multi-joint coordination underlies control and estimation of CM during quiet stance



 

Motor Axon Loss in Transgenic Male Mice But not in Transgenic Female Mice with Spinal Bulbar Muscular Atrophy

 

Neural coding of prediction error in lateral amygdala neurons during auditory fear conditioning


Penelope Kostopoulos
Montreal Chapter

 

 


Megan Kozisek
Midlands Chapter


 


Alexxai Kravitz
Philadelphia Chapter

The role of the midventrolateral prefrontal cortex in the active retrieval of auditory stimuli

 

Effects of desipramine and escitalopram on BDNF levels in juvenile and adult rats

 

Session-Long Modulations in the Orbitofrontal Cortex during Sucrose Self-Administration


Young-Don Kwak
North Florida Chapter

 

 


Hyungbae Kwon
New York Mainland Chapter


 


Ni Lan
British Columbia Chapter

APP induces glial differentiation of neural progenitor NT-2/D1 cells via upregulation of BMP4

 

Postsynaptic LTP at hippocampal mossy fiber to CA3 pyramidal cell synapses

 

Role of ovarian steroids in hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal function across the estrus cycle in female rats prenatally exposed to ethanol


Penny Lea
Dallas Chapter


 


Xu Liu
Houston Chapter


 


Natasha Lugo-Escobar
Puerto Rico Chapter

Bold changes in cerebellum and hippocampus during pseudo- and trace- eyeblink conditioning in adult humans

 

GABA receptor RDL plays an inhibitory role in Drosophila olfactory associative learning

 

 

Environmental conditions during prenatal and neonatal development alters motivational components of addictive behavior


Sean Masterson
Louisville Chapter

 

 


W. Hamish Mehaffey
Calgary Chapter


 


Noha Nassar
East Carolina Chapter

Synaptic integration of corticothalamic and tectothalamic inputs in the lateral posterior nucleus of the rat

 

Regulation of spike train segregation in the ELL of weakly electric fish

 

Enhanced A2A and reduced A1 adenosine receptor signaling in the aortic barodenervated rat


Judith Pachuau
Vermont Chapter

 

 


Lucy Palmer
Brisbane, Australia Chapter


 


Michelle Potter
Baltimore Chapter

Regulation of low voltage-activated calcium channels by cell-cell interactions in chick nodose ganglion neurons

 

Voltage imaging in dendritic spines

 

Improved behavioral performance of kynurenine aminotransferase II-deficient mice in hippocampus-based learning and memory paradigms


Leah Reznikov
South Carolina Chapter


 


William Ruzicka
Chicago Chapter


 


Sandra Schaal
Miami Chapter

Acute stress mediated increases in extracellular glutamate levels in the rat amygdale are inhibited by Tianeptine

 

 

Selective epigenetic dysfunction of layer I GABAergic interneurons (GIs) in schizophrenia patient (SZP) prefrontal cortex sampled with laser assisted microdissection (LAM)

 

 

Spatial and temporal distribution of TNF-a message and protein after cervical spinal cord injury


Rachel Self
Bluegrass Chapter


 


Patrick Sheets
Indianapolis Chapter


 


Yang Shi
Riverside/Inland Empire Chapter

HIV-1 Tat Protein & alcohol: Additive Insult to Rat Hippocampal-dependent learning

 

 

Reduced lidocaine sensitivity of a Nav1.7 mutation associated with painful hereditary erythromelalgia

 

Integrins and focal adhesion kinase regulate dendritic spine and synapse remodeling in cultured hippocampal neurons


Parul Sikand
Sangamon Chapter

 

 


Courtney Stevens
Oregon Chapter


 


Kay Tye
San Francisco Bay Area Chapter

Resiniferatoxin-Induced Neuronal Cell Death in Cultured DRG Neurons

 

Mechanisms of selective auditory attention are both deficient and remediable in children with specific language impairment: Evidence from event-related brain potentials

 

Evidence suggests that the cue-reward association is neurally represented by basolateral amygdala neurons during cue-induced reinstatement


Jon Williams
Ohio-Miami Valley Chapter

  Charlotte Yates
Arkansas Chapter


  Christina Zamzow
Winnepeg Chapter

EGFR signaling identifies an embryonic peripheral nerve progenitor cell amplified by mutation in the Nf1 gene

 

Onset of hyperreflexia in the rat after complete spinal cord transection


 

Astrocytes influence N-methyl-d-aspartate-evoked release of adenosine from neurons


Lilia Zurkovsky

Central Illinois Chapter

 


 


 


 

Slow vs. rapid effects of intrastriatal estrogen on response learning