Graduate Student Publications

Graduate Students in bold; Mentors in italics.

Neurobiology

  • Hou Q, Y Huang, S Amato, SH Snyder, RL Huganir & H-Y Man. 2008. Regulation of AMPA receptor localization in lipid rafts. Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience, in press
  • Cheung MC, Carey RC, & Wachowiak M. 2008. A method for generating natural and user-defined sniffing patterns in anesthetized or reduced preparations. Chem Senses 34:63-76.
  • Carey RC, Wesson DW, Verhagen JV, Pirez N, & Wachowiak M. 2009. Temporal structure of receptor neuron input to the olfactory bulb imaged in behaving rats. J Neurophysiol 101:1073-1088.
  • Hou Q, D Zhang, L Jarzylo, RL Huganir & H-Y Man. 2008. Homeostatic regulation of AMPA receptor expression at single hippocampal synapses. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 105: 775-780
  • Martel KL & Baum MJ. 2008. A centrifugal pathway to the mouse accessory olfactory bulb from the medial amygdala conveys gender-specific volatile pheromonal signals. Eur J Neurosci 29:168-76.
  • Martel KL & Baum MJ. 2007. Sexually dimorphic activation of the accessory, but not the main, olfactory bulb in mice by urinary volatiles. Eur J Neurosci 26:463-75.
  • Martel KL, Keller M, Douhard Q, Bakker J & Baum MJ. 2007. Comparison of urinary odor-induced glomerular activation in the main olfactory bulb of aromatase knock-out and wild type female mice. Neurosci Lett 421:101-5.
  • Northop LE & MS Erskine. 2008. Selective oxytocin receptor activation in the ventrolateral portion of the ventromedial hypothalamus is required for mating-induced pseudopregnancy in the female rat. Endocrinology 149: 836-842
  • Northop LE, JL Shadrach & MS Erskine. 2006. Noradrenergic innervation of the ventromedial hypothalamus is involved in mating-induced pseudopregnancy in the female rat. Journal of Neuroendocrinology 18: 577-583
  • Oberlander JG & MS Erskine. 2008. Receipt of vaginal-cervical stimulation modifies synapsin
    content in limbic areas of the female rat. Neuroscience 153: 581-593
  • Pankevich DE, JA Cherry & MJ Baum. 2006. Effect of vomernasal organ removal from male mice on their preference for and neural Fos response to female urinary odors. Behavioral Neuroscience 120: 925-936
  • Pankevich DE, JA Cherry & MJ Baum. 2006. Accessory olfactory neural Fos responses to a conditioned environment are blocked in male mice by vomernasal organ removal. Physiology & Behavior 87: 781-788
  • Pong WW, R Stouracova, N Frank, JP Kraus & WD Eldred. 2007. Comparative localization of cystathionine beta-synthase and cystathionine gamma-lysase in retina: differences between amphibians and mammals. Journal of Comparative Neurology 505: 158-165
  • Pírez N & M. Wachowiak. 2008. In vivo modulation of sensory input to the olfactory bulb by tonic and activity-dependent presynaptic inhibition of receptor neurons. Journal of Neuroscience, 28(25):6360-6371.
  • McGann JP, N Pírez, MA Gainey, C Muratore, AS Elias & M Wachowiak. 2005. Odorant representations are modulated by intraglomerular but not interglomerular presynaptic inhibition of olfactory sensory neurons. Neuron 48(6):1039-1053.
  • Rhodes HJ, HJ Yu & A Yamaguchi. 2007. Xenopus vocalizations are controlled by a sexually differentiated hindbrain central pattern generator. Journal of Neuroscience 27: 1485-1497
  • Wesson DW, Verhagen JV, & Wachowiak M. 2009. Why sniff fast? The relationship between sniff frequency, odor discrimination and receptor neuron activation in the rat. J Neurophysiol 101:1089-1102.
  • Wesson DW, Donahou TN, Johnson MO, & Wachowiak M. 2008. Sniffing behavior of mice during performance in odor-guided tasks. Chem Senses 33:581-596.
  • Wesson DW, Carey RC, Verhagen JV, & Wachowiak M. 2008. Rapid encoding and perception of novel odors in the rat. PLoS Biology. 6:e82
  • Verhagen JV, DW Wesson, T Netoff, JA White & M Wachowiak. 2007. Sniffing controls an adaptive filter of sensory input to the olfactory bulb. Nature Neuroscience 10: 631-639
  • Wesson DW, RC Carey, JV Verhagen & M Wachowiak M. 2008. Rapid encoding and perception of novel odors in the rat. Public Library of Science Biology 6, in press
  • Yang JJ, JG Oberlander & MS Erskine. 2007. Expression of FOS, EGR-1, and ARC in the amygdale and hippocampus of female rats during formation of the intromission mnemonic of pseudopregnancy. Developmental Neurobiology 67: 895-908
  • Yu HJ & Yamaguchi A. 2009. 5-HT 2C-like receptors in the brain of Xenopus laevis initiate sex-typical vocalizations. Journal of Neurophysiology 102(2):752-65.