Neurosciences
Program

Examples of Neuroscience Conference Presentations:

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Note: Students are listed in boldface type.

• Bernstein, J.E., Kircher, D.M., and Brady, A.M.  (2011, June).  Developmental exposure to low doses of bisphenol-A:  Sex-dependent behavioral effects in adult offspring.  Poster presented at the Organization for the Study of Sex Differences (OSSD) Annual Meeting, Oklahoma City, OK.  Julie Bernstein (below, right) was awarded a Florence P. Haseltine Outstanding New Investigator Poster Award for this poster presentation.

• Bailey, A.M., Fomum-Mugri, L., McDowell, K.A., and Yarowsky, P.J.  (2010, November).  Investigation of non-motor related behavioral and cognitive changes in an enrironmentally-induced model of parkinsonism.  Poster presented at the Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA.

• Hernandez, A.E., Smith, E.S., Cammarata, E.M., and Brady, A.M.  (2010, November).  Behavioral abnormalities in the neonatal ventral hippocampal lesion model of schizophrenia following cocaine self-administration.  Poster presented at the Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA.  Alex Hernandez, Liz Smith, and Erin Cammarata are pictured above, left.

• Kircher, D.M., and Brady, A.M.  (2010, November).  An investigation of the behavioral effects of perinatal bisphenol-A exposure in comparison to disruptions observed in animal models of schizophrenia.  Poster presented at the Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA.  Dan Kircher and Julie Bernstein are pictured above, right.

• Konka, K.G., and Bailey, A.M. (2010, November).  Investigation of the effects of pup postnatal exposure to fluexetine on adult rat emotional and motor behavior.  Poster presented at the Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA.

• Bailey, A.M., Enos, J., and Medley, V.  (2009, October).  Damage to nucleus basalis magnocellularis (nBM) cholinergic target areas produce different effects on the acquisition of learning set.  Poster presented at the Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.

• Heiland, C.T., Hernandez, A.E., and Brady, A.M.  (2009, October).  An investigation of sex differences in behavior in the neonatal ventral hippocampal lesion rat model of schizophrenia.  Poster presented at the Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.  Alex Hernandez is pictured below.

• Ramcharitar, J.U., Smist, M.C., Selckmann, G.M., and Traven, S.A.  (2009, October).  Effects of gentamicin on the goldfish auditory system.  Poster presented at the Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.

• Blackwell, R.A., Gould, T.D., and Brady, A.M.  (2008, November).  Cognitive and behavioral deficits in beta-catenin knockout mice: an endophenotype approach to modeling bipolar disorder.  Poster presented at the Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, Washington, DC.  Rob Blackwell is pictured below.

• Brady, A.M., Bailey, A.M., Calhoon, G.G., Logan, T.T., McGill, J.A., Ruiz, C.T., and Saul, R.D.  (2007, November).  Impaired executive function and learning set formation in the neonatal ventral hippocampal lesion model of schizophrenia.  Poster presented at the Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA.

• Bailey, A. M., Kallarackal, A. J., Chen, M. , & Simard, J. M. (2006, October). Apamin significantly improves spatial cognition in a mouse model of Neurofibromatosis 1. Poster session presented at the Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA.  Angy Kallarackal is pictured below.

• Calhoon, G.G., & Brady, A.M.  (2006, October).  The effects of cognitive intervention in adolescence on behavioral abnormalities in a neurodevelopmental rat model of schizophrenia.  Poster session presented at the Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA.  Gwen Calhoon is pictured below, left.

• Saul, R.D., Wiest, M.K., & Brady, A.M.  (2006, October).  Spatial working memory deficits in the neonatal ventral hippocampal lesion rat model of schizophrenia.  Poster session presented at the Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA.  Ron Saul and Matt Wiest are pictured below, right.

• Calhoon, G.G., & Brady, A.M.  (2006, April).  The effects of cognitive intervention in adolescence on behavioral abnormalities in a rat model of schizophrenia. Poster session presented at the Symposium for Young Neuroscientists and Professors of the Southeast (SYNAPSE), Davidson, NC.<

• Saul, R.D., Wiest, M.K., & Brady, A.M.  (2006, April).  Effect of a neonatal ventral hippocampal lesion on working memory in rats.  Poster session presented at the Symposium for Young Neuroscientists and Professors of the Southeast (SYNAPSE), Davidson, NC.

• Bailey, A. M. & Kallarackal, A. J. (2006, March). Neurofibromatosis 1 (Nf1+/-) Spatial Learning Deficits in the Barnes Maze. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Baltimore, MD.