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Michael Bellew, M.D.Email: mbellew@tulane.edu Advisor: Darwin Prockop, M.D./Ph.D. |
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Johannes Bohacek, M.SEmail: jbohacek@tulane.edu Advisor: Jill Daniel, Ph.D. Lab Location : Psychology Research Interests : I am studying the effects of estrogen on cognition in rats. I am interested in the behavioral and molecular effects of estrogen replacement and its potential in counteracting negative effects of chronic stress. Publications: Bohacek J, Daniel JM (2007) Increased daily handling of ovariectomized rats enhances performance on a radial-maze task and obscures effects of estradiol replacement. Hormones and Behavior 52: 237-243. |
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Sara ClarkEmail: sclark4@tulane.edu Advisor: Fiona Inglis Lab Location : Cell and Molecular Biology |
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Crescent Combe (Somers)Email: csomers@tulane.edu Advisor: Fiona Inglis Lab Location : Cell and Molecular Biology |
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Chantelle FerlandEmail: cferland@tulane.edu Advisor: Laura Schrader, Ph.D. Lab Location : Cell and Molecular Biology |
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Rebecca F. Foltz, M. S.Email: rfoltz@tulane.edu Advisor: Donald G. Phinney PhD Lab Location : Center for Gene Therapy Research Interests : Investigation of the engraftment properties of mesenchymal stem cells and the use of stem cell therapy to treat neuropathological conditions. Molecular characterization of neural guidance cue expression and associated migration behavior of mesenchymal stem cells following intracranial stem cell injections into developing murine and non-human primate brains. Publications: Bardgett, M.E.., Griffith, M.S., Foltz, R.F.., Hopkins, J.A.., Massie, C.M.., O’Connell, S.M.. The effects of clozapine on delayed spatial alternation deficits in rats with hippocampal damage. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, 85 (2006), 86-94 |
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Jessica ForakerEmail: jforaker@tulane.edu Advisor: Dr. Darwin Prockop Lab Location : Center For Gene Therapy Research Interests : I am interested in the therapeutic potential of adult stem cells in the treatment of central nervous system disorders and diseases. Publications: Reyes M, Li S, Foraker J, Kimura E, Chamberlain JS. Donor origin of multipotent adult progenitor cells in radiation chimeras.Blood. 2005 Nov 15;106(10):3646-9. Lazaro CA, Croager EJ, Mitchell C, Campbell JS, Yu C, Foraker J, Rhim JA, Yeoh GC, Fausto N.Establishment, characterization, and long-term maintenance of cultures of human fetal hepatocytes. |
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Gena GuidryEmail: gguidry@tulane.edu Advisor: Bradley Taylor, Ph.D. and James Zadina, Ph.D |
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Nathan S. IveyEmail: nivey@tulane.edu Advisor: Andrew Lackner, Ph.D. Lab Location : Pathology Research Interests : Signal transduction events at tight junctions in response to SIV and related blood-brain barrier permeability. Publications: Pending: Nathan S. Ivey, Andrew G. MacLean*, Terri Moroney-Rasmussen, Mahesh Mohan, Reza Izapdpanah, Dana N. Bieniemy, Nicole A. Renner, and Andrew A. Lackner. Dependence of FAK activation for lentivirus-induced disruption of blood-brain barrier tight junction-associated zo-1 protein expression. 2007. Papers: Nathan S. Ivey. B.S., Edward N. Martin, Jr., M.S., William M. Scheld, MD and Barnett R. Nathan, MD., University of Virginia. Charlottesville, VA. A new method for measuring blood-brain barrier permeability demonstrated with Europium-bound albumin during experimental lipopolysaccharide (LPS) induced meningitis in the rat. J Neurosci Methods. 2005 Mar 15;142(1):91-5. Abstracts: Nathan S. Ivey, B.S. Edward N. Martin, Jr.. M.S., W. Michael Scheld, MD, Barnett Nathan, MD. University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia. Adenosine receptor (AR) A2A agonist ATL 146-e attenuates cytokine and chemokine release in microglial cultures. Abstract presented at 42nd Annual Infectious Disease Society of America conference. Christopher C. Moore, Edward N. Martin, Jr., Nathan S. Ivey, and W. Michael Scheld. University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA. The effect of Adenosine A2A Receptor Agonists on Circulating Cytokines During Experimental Sepsis. Presented at 42nd Annual Infectious Disease Society of America Conference. |
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Elizabeth A. JensenEmail: ejensen@tulane.edu Advisor: Catherine Cusick, Ph.D. Research Interests : Calbindin and other histochemical staining techniques show a distinct banded appearance delineating subdivisions in the inferior pulvinar. Our lab compares total pulvinar, inferior pulvinar, and PIM (one of the inferior pulvinar subdivisions) volumes using brain sections from squirrel monkeys, macaques, chimpanzees, and humans. Strong connections of PIM with area MT suggest an involvement of PIM in visual motion processing. Differing PIM/total pulvinar volume ratios suggest a correlation between thalamic structure and different visual abilities in different species of primates.
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Benjamin LevyEmail: blevy@tulane.edu |
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Celine McConvilleEmail: cmcconvi@tulane.edu |
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Ethan Hamilton McIlhennyEmail: emcilhen@tulane.edu Advisor: Bradley Taylor, Ph.D. Lab Location : Pharmacology Research Interests : Calcium imaging of dorsal root ganglion, NPY's influence on nociception and mechanosensitivity |
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Ardalan MinokadehEmail: aminoka@tulane.edu Co-Advisors: James Zadina, Ph.D. Tulane University Vivian Hook, Ph.D., University of California, San Diego ( UCSD) Lab Location : Currently working at UCSD. Research Interests : Opioid peptides, proteolytic mechanisms in peptide neurotransmission |
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Jenny MorgenweckEmail: jmorgenw@tulane.edu Advisor: Bradley Taylor, Ph.D. |
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Jeremy NelsonEmail: jnelson1@tulane.edu Advisor: Dr. Ed Golob, Ph.D. Lab Location : Psychology |
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Kelly PetersEmail: kpeters@tulane.edu Advisor: Dr. Joseph Constans, Ph.D. Lab Location : Psychology Research Interests :Generally, my research interests focus on examining cognitive processes believed to underlie the development and maintenance of mood and anxiety disorders. Currently, I am interested in developing procedures to modify these processes and examining the subsequent effects on symptomatology, and the role that this may have in recovery and prevention of these disorders. |
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Niki RennerEmail: nrenner@tulane.edu |
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Andrew RobinsonEmail: arobins@tulane.edu Advisor: Darwin Prockop, Ph.D. Lab Location : Center for Gene Therapy Research Interests : I am interested in the potential therapeutic use of adult human mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) from bone marrow in neurological diseases and insults. Publications: Munoz,J.R., Stoutenger,B.S., Robinson,A.P., Spees,J.L., Prockop,D.J. Human stem/progenitor cells from bone marrow (MSCs) promote neurogenesis of endogenous neural stem cells in the hippocampus of mice. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U S A. 2005 Dec 13;102(50):18171-6. |
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Clayton SmithEmail: csmith3@tulane.edu Advisor: Paul Colombo, Ph.D. Lab Location : Psychology Research Interests : My research focuses on systems consolidation of memories that become independent of the hippocampus over time and distributed among areas of the neocortex. Publications: Brightwell, J.J., Smith, C.A., Neve, R.L., and Colombo, P.J. (2008). Transfection of mutant CREB in the striatum, but not the hippocampus, impairs long-term memory for response learning. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, 89, 27-35. Smith, C.A., Countryman, R.A., Sahuque, L.L., and Colombo, P.J. (2007). Time-courses of fos expression in rat hippocampus and neocortex following acquisition and recall of a socially transmitted food preference. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, 88, 65-74. Brightwell, J.J., Smith, C.A., Neve, R.L., and Colombo, P.J. (2007). Long-term memory for place learning is facilitated by expression of cAMP response-element binding protein in the dorsal hippocampus. Learning & Memory, 14, 195-199. Brightwell, J.J., Smith, C.A., Countryman, R.A., Neve, R.L., & Colombo, P.J. (2005). Hippocampal overexpression of mutant CREB blocks long-term, but not short-term, memory for a socially transmitted food preference. Learning & Memory, 12, 12-17. |
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Brian SolwayEmail: bsolway@tulane.edu Advisor: Bradley Taylor, Ph.D. |
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Steven SpringerEmail: sspringe@tulane.edu Advisor: Laura Schrader, Ph.D. Lab Location : Cell and Molecular Biology Research Interests : Ion channels and signal cascades that underlie changes in neuronal excitability, and the changes of each that contribute to learning and memory. Publications: Malingering in toxic exposure: classification accuracy of reliable digit span and WAIS-III Digit Span scaled scores.Assessment. 2007 Mar;14(1):12-21 Greve KW, Springer S, Bianchini KJ, Black FW, Heinly MT, Love JM, Swift DA, Ciota MA.
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Brooke Stoutenger SnyderEmail: bstouten@tulane.edu Advisors: Darwin Prockop, M.D./Ph.D. and Dr. Andrew Chan Lab Location: Center for Gene Therapy Research Interests: My research focuses on the therapeutic potential of hMSCs (human mesenchymal stem cells) in Huntington's Disease on a molecular, cellular and behavioral level. Publications: Munoz,J.R., Stoutenger,B.S., Robinson,A.P., Spees,J.L., Prockop,D.J. Human stem/progenitor cells from bone marrow (MSCs) promote neurogenesis of endogenous neural stem cells in the hippocampus of mice. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U S A. 2005 Dec 13;102(50):18171-6. |
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Brian WitkinEmail: bwitkin@tulane.edu Advisor: James Zadina, Ph.D. Lab Location : Medicine Research Interests : Dissociation of analgesia and reward from a novel analog of the endogenous ligand endomorphin. Publications: Ikemoto, S., Witkin, B. M., Morales, M. Rewarding injections of the cholinergic agonist carbachol into the ventral tegmental area induce locomotion and c-Fos expression in the retrosplenial area and supramammillary nucleus.Brain Res. 2003 Apr 18;969(1-2):78-87. PMID: 12676367 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] Ikemoto, S., Witkin, B. M., Zangen, A., Wise, R.A. Rewarding effects of AMPA administration into the supramammillary or posterior hypothalamic nuclei but not the ventral tegmental area. Ikemoto, S., Witkin, B. M. Locomotor inhibition induced by procaine injections into the nucleus accumbens core, but not the medial ventral striatum: implication for cocaine-induced locomotion.
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