Neuroscience Research Showcase
The Neuroscience Research Showcase is an annual event, sponsored by the Interdisciplinary Neuroscience Minor as part of Brain Awareness Week, and supported by the Department of Biology, the College of Liberal Arts, and the faculty of the Neuroscience Minor.
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Mechanistic insights into conformational changes that accompany the binding of negative allosteric modulators to the cannabinoid receptor 1
AyoOluwa Aderibigbe, Pankaj Pandey, and Robert J. Doerksen
Graduate students: AyoOluwa Aderibigbe, Department of BioMolecular Sciences, Division of Medicinal Chemistry; Pankaj Pandey, National Center for Natural Products Research
Major/Minor: Pharmaceutical Sciences
Faculty advisor: Robert J. Doerksen, Department of BioMolecular Sciences, Division of Medicinal Chemistry, Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy -
No Sex Differences in Spatial Memory Ability or Response to Aromatase Inhibition after Cerebellar Lesion in Zebra Finches
Chyna-Rae Dearman, Logan Boutwell, Zahra Jiwani, and Emily McFatridge
Graduate students: Chyna-Rae Dearman, Department of Biology; Logan Boutwell, Department of Biology; Zahra Jiwani, Department of Biology, Neuroscience Minor; Emily McFatridge, Department of Biology; Jervia Powell, MS INBRE Scholar, Department of Biology, Alcorn State University; Tre Echoles, Department of Psychology, Neuroscience Minor, McNair Scholar
Major/Minor: Biology
Faculty advisor: Lainy B. Day, Department of Biology, Neuroscience Minor -
Effects of intermittent episodes of social stress on reward-seeking and avoidance behaviors
Elizabeth Hewitt, Christopher Lemon, and Alberto del Arco
Undergraduate students: Elizabeth Hewitt, Department of Psychology, Neuroscience Minor; Christopher Lemon, Department of Psychology, Neuroscience Minor
Major/Minor:
Major: Psychology; Minor: Chemistry, Neuroscience
Faculty advisor: Alberto del Arco, Department of Health, Exercise Science, and Sports Recreation Management, School of Applied Sciences -
Exploration of Cerebellar Function in Taeniopygia Guttata Using Spatial Maze and Log Roll
Zahra Jiwani, Catherine Kania, and Perry Mullins
Undergraduate students: Zahra Jiwani, Department of Psychology, Neuroscience Minor; Catherine Kania, Department of Biology; Perry Mullins, Department of Biology
Major/Minor: Minor: Neuroscience
Faculty advisor: Lainy B. Day, Department of Biology, Neuroscience Minor -
Effects of Intermittent Episodes of Social Stress on the Motivation to Seek Rewards
Christopher Lemon and Alberto del Arco
Undergraduate students: Christopher Lemon, Department of Psychology, Neuroscience Minor
Major/Minor: Major: Psychology; Minor: Chemistry, Neuroscience
Faculty advisor: Alberto del Arco, Department of Health, Exercise Science, and Sports Recreation Management, School of Applied Sciences -
Neuroprotective Effects of Estradiol and Genistein in Zebra Finch Cerebellum
Emily McFatridge, Sarah Chong, Ethan G. Zadrozny, and Estelle Blair
Undergraduate students: Emily McFatridge, Department of Biology; Sarah Chong, Department of Biology, MS INBRE Scholar; Ethan G. Zadrozny, Department of Psychology, MS INBRE Scholar; Estelle Blair, Department of Biology, Neuroscience Minor, CORE NPN Research Scholar; Chyna-Rae Dearman, Department of Biology
Major/Minor: Minor: Neuroscience
Faculty advisor: Lainy B. Day, Department of Biology, Neuroscience Minor -
HIV-1 Tat Dysregulates the Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Stress Axis and Potentiates Oxycodone-mediated Psychomotor and Anxiety-like Behavior of Male Mice
Salahuddin Mohammed, Fakhri Mahdi, Alaa N. Qrareya, and Jason J. Paris
Graduate students: Salahuddin Mohammed, Department of BioMolecular Sciences, School of Pharmacy; Fakhri Mahdi, Department of BioMolecular Sciences, School of Pharmacy; Alaa N. Qrareya, Department of BioMolecular Sciences, School of Pharmacy
Major/Minor: Major: Pharmaceutical Science, School of Pharmacy
Faculty advisor: Jason J. Paris, Department of BioMolecular Sciences,Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Science, School of Pharmacy -
Novel Understanding of Avian Biomechanics and Sonations Using High-Speed Video of the White-Ruffed Manakin (Corapipo Altera Altera)
Luke Nguyen, W. Alice Boyle, Elsie Shogren, and Natasha Bergevine
Undergraduate students: Luke Nguyen, Department of Biology; W. Alice Boyle, Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS; Elsie Shogren, Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS; Natasha Bergevine, Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS
Major/Minor: Major: Biochemistry
Faculty advisor: Lainy B. Day, Department of Biology, Neuroscience Minor -
HIV-1 Tat Promotes Age-Related Cognitive, Anxiety-like, and Antinociceptive Impairments in Mice that are Moderated by Aging Endocrine Status
Alaa Qrareya, Fakhri Mahdi, Marc Kaufman, and Nicole M. Ashpole
Graduate students: Alaa N. Qrareya, Department of BioMolecular Sciences, School of Pharmacy; Fakhri Mahdi, Department of BioMolecular Sciences, School of Pharmacy; Marc Kaufman, Translational Imaging Center, The McLean Hospital, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard University; Nicole M. Ashpole, Department of BioMolecular Sciences, Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Science
Major/Minor: Major: Biology, Neuroscience Minor
Faculty advisor: Jason J. Paris, Department of BioMolecular Sciences,Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Science, School of Pharmacy -
Effects of repeated intermittent episodes of social stress on the acquisition and extinction of a reward-seeking task
Nikki Sullivan, Hannah Shaffer, and Alberto del Arco
Undergraduate students: Nikki Sullivan, Department of Biology, Neuroscience Minor; Hanna Shaffer, Department of Biology
Major/Minor: Major: Biology, Neuroscience, Chemistry
Faculty advisor: Alberto del Arco, Department of Health, Exercise Science, and Sports Recreation Management, School of Applied Sciences -
Validating Methods for Estimating Endocranial Volume in Manakins (Aves, Pipridae)
Derrick Thornton and Lainy B. Day
Undergraduate students: Derrick Thornton, Department of Biology, Neuroscience Minor
Major/Minor: Major: Biology, Psychology
Faculty advisor: Lainy B. Day, Department of Biology, Neuroscience Minor