Neurobiology Dissertations

2011

  • Ningdong Kang
    An anatomical pathway between the murine olfactory system and the medial amygdala and its role in conveying information about sex.
    Advisor: Baum

2010

  • Minh-Ha Thi Lieu
    Light-dependent subcellular translocation of TRPL channels and of an eye-specific protein, RP2-36, in Drosophila photoreceptors.
    Advisor: Tsunoda
  • Parthena D. Sanxaridis
    Rhabdomeric localization and membrane dynamics of signaling components in Drosophila photoreceptor cells.
    Advisor: Tsunoda
  • Angela M. Seliga
    Mating-induced changes in signal transduction in limbic regions of female rats.
    Advisors: Erskine, Widmaier
  • Heather Jane Yu
    Vocal initiation in Xenopus laevis (the African clawed frog); A role for serotonin.
    Advisor: Yamaguchi

2009

  • Thomas J. Giove
    Characterization of neuronal nitric oxide synthase in the mouse retina under normal and early diabetic conditions.
    Advisor: Eldred
  • Kristine L. Martel
    Functional interaction of the main and accessory olfactory systems in mice.
    Advisor: Baum
  • Joseph Glenn Oberlander
    Neural plasticity in response to mating stimulation in the female rat: Amygdalar AMPA receptor modulation in the establishment of pseudopregnancy.
    Advisor: Baum, Erskine
  • Nicolas Pirez
    In vivo control of olfactory receptor neuron input to the olfactory bulb by presynaptic inhibition.
    Advisor: Wachowiak
  • Winnie W. Pong
    Hydrogen sulfide as a gaseous neuromodulator in the retina.
    Advisor: Eldred
  • Daniel Wayne Wesson
    Sniffing and olfactory receptor neuron activation in the behaving rodent.
    Advisor: Wachowiak

2008

  • Jasmine J. Yang
    Mating-induced neuroendocrine changes of pseudopregnancy in the female rat and mouse: An examination of the role of progestin receptors.
    Advisor: Erskine

2007

  • Lesley E. Northrop
    Involvement of the noradrenergic system and the ventromedial hypothalamus in pseudopregnancy in the female rat.
    Advisor: Erskine

2006

  • Diana E. Pankevich
    Assessing the contribution of the accessory olfactory system to courtship and sexual motivation in male mice.
    Advisor: Baum

2005

  • Tariq Nissar Allana
    Calcium channel-synaptic vesicle organization at the crayfish inhibitory neuromuscular junction and its functional implication.
    Advisor: Lin
  • Michael L. Lehmann
    Formation of a neuroendocrine memory through glutamatergic stimulation of the medial amygdala in the female rat: An examination of stimulation interval timing and ovarian steroid modulation.
    Advisor: Erskine
  • Dou Yu
    Immunocytochemical investigation of the relationships between nitric oxide and the inhibitory transmitters GABA and glycine in the turtle retina.
    Advisor: Eldred