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ABSTRACT MISFN 2015
Central Michigan University
Development
Session A
A1
Callan S.P,
Gestational exposure to abuse levels of inhaled toluene disrupts
acquisition of water T-maze learning but not in a subsequent reversal
task.
A2
Doyle D.
Role of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and other polyunsaturated fatty
acids on neural stem cell differentiation
A3
Hect J.L.
Susceptibility weighted imaging (SWI) study of age-related changes in
non-heme iron in children and adolescents
A4
Knouna K.M.
The role of adenylyl cyclases 1 and 8 in survival pathways in ethanoltreated neonatal mice: a FASD model
A5
Susick L.L
Neonatal ethanol exposure or lack of adenylyl cyclases 1 and 8
increases psd-95 expression in the striatum of mice
Session B
B1
Gupta S.
Developing a cell culture model to study neuropsychiatric diseases
B2
Huisingh N.
Nato3 induces the expression of key DA neurons in a regionally and
temporally specific manner in the developing CNS
B3
Mooney-Leber S.M. Repetitive neonatal pain with reduced maternal care: a novel approach
to mimicking NICU environmental stressors in rats
B4
Toupin N.
An experimental design: organizational effects of combined
developmental aromatase inhibition and endocrine disruption on brain
morphology & reproductive behavior in the Norway rat (Rattus
norvegicus)
Neural Excitability, Synapses, and Glia:
Cellular Mechanisms
Session A
A6
Michmerhuizen N.L. Effects of insulin in the nucleus accumbens
Session B
B5
Etnyre E.L.
Dexmedetomidine, a norepinephrine A2A receptor agonist, decreases
serotonin turnover in the rat brain
B6
Wing S.
Role of Slp4 in neuroendocrine vesicle docking and fusion
B7
Sherer K.R.
Functional consequences of amino acid variation in pain-pathway Kv1
channels in a wild rodent (onychomys) exhibiting reduced pain
sensitivity
Disorders of the Nervous System
Session A
A7
Altemus M.
Changes in polyglutamine repeat length alter disease progression in a
mouse model of Kennedy’s disease
A8
Iraji A.
A comprehensive connectome scale assessment of mTBI using
structural and functional connectivity
A9
Bielak J.T.
Effects of repeated yohimbine and yohimbine-baclofen combinations
on ethanol self-administration
A10
Bosse K.E.
Genetic deletion of adenylyl cyclase 1 impairs ethanol-mediated
neuroadaptive effects on locomotor sensitization and striatal NMDA
receptor function
A11
Combs B.
Characterization of tau aggregation induced by arachidonic acid and
eicosanoids
A12
Fischer D.L.
Canonical and non-canonical trkB signaling in the effects of longterm, high frequency subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation on
Parkinson’s disease.
A13
Huffman L.D.
The efficacy of bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells in
treating glioblastoma multiforme
A14
Kaska S.
Role of ventral tegmental area TORC2 signaling in stress-induced
morphine reward
A15
Kaya C.B.
Neuronal, glial and neural stem cell markers in wild-type and R6/2
(transgenic mouse model of Huntington's disease) mesenchymal stem
cells
A16
Killinger B.A.
Parkin knockout rats develop Parkinson’s disease-like motor
symptoms and pathology following exposure to methamphetamine
A17
Lansdell T.
The role of parkin on proteasome activity in brain regions containing
differentially susceptible central dopaminergic neurons
A18
Lombardo J.N.
Repeated toluene exposure does not increase activation of
dopaminergic cells in the nigrostriatal pathway of adolescent mice
A19
Thibault M.A.
Region-specific induction of FosB isoforms in mouse brain after stress
or chronic fluoxetine exposure
A20
Parker S.S.
The utilization of Engrailed 1 in the differentiation of mesenchymal
stem cells into dopamine-like neurons
A21
Polinski N.K.
Impact of aging on recombinant adeno-associated and lentiviral
vector-mediated transduction of the rat nigrostriatal and striatonigral
system
A22
Schneider B.L.
Enhanced fear conditioning and subregional changes in hippocampal
excitatory/inhibitory tone following mild traumatic brain injury in
mice
A23
Shall G.
Optimal generation of dopaminergic neurons from rat bone marrow
derived stem cells
A24
Taylor T.N.
Deciphering the role of neuroinflammation in the early events of
Alzheimer's disease
A25
Weinberg R.B.
Evidence for a neuroprotective microRNA pathway in mild cognitive
impairment
A26
Welchko R.M.
Trans-differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells into dopaminergic
neurons for cell transplantation
A27
Winner B.M.
UCH-L1 is dysregulated in neurotoxicant-treated parkin deficient mice
effects of insulin in the nucleus accumbens
Session B
B8
Bria J.A.
Can a drug for Alzheimer’s disease be of benefit in glaucoma? Results
from Ach release and cell culture experiments
B9
Bullock T.A.
Behavioral sensitization following concurrent exposure to MDPV and
cocaine in male mice
B10
Callan S.P,
Repeated exposure to the abused inhalant toluene alters stimulated
dopamine release in the accumbens
B11
Culver R.
Generation and characterization of mouse adenovirus induced
pluripotent stem cells utilized for transplantation ameliorates
behavioral deficits in the YAC128 mouse model of Huntington’s
disease.
B12
Deochand M.E.
Novel ablation assy reveals eye regenerative program
B13
Dunkerson J.A.
Does chronically placed embryonic neural stem cell therapy induce
restoration of function following cortical contusion impact in adult rats
reared in an enriched environment?
B14
Gajewski P.A.
Epigenetic regulation of the FosB gene in hippocampus
B15
Kechner M.
Induction of FosB following physical and emotional stress
B16
Kelly S.C.
Locus coeruleus projection system dysfunction in mild cognitive
impairment
B17
Learman C.
The effect of liraglutide, a glucagon like peptide-1 (GLP-1) analogue,
on streptozotocin induced neurodegeneration in cultured mouse
neurons: a tool to study sporadic Alzheimer's disease
B18
Lisiescki M.J.
Binge-pattern cocaine and single prolonged stress cause persistent
behavioral hyperarousal, but not increased anxiety-like behavior, in
rats.
B19
Marlow E.K.
Comparing the efficacy of adult mesenchymal stem cells engineered to
over-express human or mouse BDNF for the treatment of Huntington's
disease in the R6/2 mouse model
B20
Matchynski J.J.
Disruption of ethanol locomotor-sensitiation by severe, multimodal
stress is associated with decreased striatal cb1
B21
Patterson J.R.
Potential role of FosB and ΔFosB transcription factors in mediating
the differential expression of parkin in central dopaminergic neurons
in response to acute neurotoxicant exposure
B22
Pezzillo M.D.
Analysis of iba-1 and the inflammatory response in young adult mice
after mild traumatic brain injury
B23
Searles M.A.
Does acutely placed embryonic neural stem cell therapy induce
restoration of function following cortical contusion impact in adult rats
reared in an enriched environment?
B24
Shepard A.A.
Examining the intracellular breakdown of toxic tau fragments
B25
Stewart A.N.
Inducing chemotaxis with SDF-1 overexpressing mesenchymal stem
cells for repair following spinal cord
B26
Tiernan C.T.
Tau oligomer formation and phosphatase-activating domain exposure
in disease-related forms of tau
B27
Wiseman N.M.
A preliminary analysis of a pilot study of oxidative cerebral
metabolism following mild traumatic brain injury
B28
Wu Y.
The in vivo effect of oil palm phenolics (OPP) in atherogenic diet
induced rat model of Alzheimer's disease (AD)
Sensory and Motor Systems
Session A
A28
Hentig J.T.
Zinc sulfate affects ciliated olfactory sensory neurons more than
microvillous olfactory sensory neurons in the adult zebrafish
A29
Mooney L.N.
Examining chemosensory recovery post-atrazine exposure in the
crayfish (orconectes virilis)
A30
Matyas J.J.
Effects of bone marrow-derived MSC transplantation on a rat model of
spinal cord injury
Session B
B29
Groves T.
Responses across ocular and presumptive non-ocular cephalic visual
inputs in the leech
B30
Nwanze C.C.
Motor control in clinical populations: activity and motor unit
recruitment in seven proximal lower limb muscles
B31
Trimpe D.M.
Patterns of olfactory bulb cell genesis are altered with long-term,
partial deafferentation in adult zebrafish
Integrative Systems: Neuroendocrinology,
Neuroimmunology, and Homeostatic
Challenge
Session A
A31
Batchelor H.M.
Neurotensin regulates the dopamine system and locomotor activity
Cognition and Behavior
Session A
A32
Eagle A.L.
ΔFosbB regulation of hippocampal synaptic structural plasticity and
learning
A33
Figacz A.M.
Single prolonged stress in mice impairs extinction retention of
conditioned fear and increases serotonergic activity in the amygdala
A34
Fitzpatrick C.J.
Acute subanesthetic ketamine decreases sign-tracking behavior in rats
A35
Marquez G.M.
Psychological and physiological effects of gambling
B32
Miller D.M
To sting or not to sting?
B33
Mitchell C.L.
Locomotor stimulant effects of 3,4-methylenedioxypyrovalerone
(mdpv) and cocaine
B34
Wilkinson T.D.
The effects of training on the preception of stress when performing a
mental rotation task
Session B
Other
Session A
A36
Thompson N.A.
Teaching neuroscience concepts to elementary school students in a university
A37
Johnson J.I.
The claustrum of tursiops truncatus: an example of distinctive cetacean brain
morphology
Session B
B35
Gerhold L.M.
Bioluminescence-driven optogenetics for neuronal activation and inhibition
B36
Miller D.A.
Pre-computed optimal current stimuli evoke similar neuron membrane
voltage responses as non-optimal stimuli
B37
Salois G.J.
Housing complexity alters cellular and systemic anatomical characteristics in
the rodent dentate gyrus