Dimorphic Expression Of Medial Basal Hypothalamic-Preoptic Area Calbindin-D28k mRNA During Perinatal Development In Sprague-Dawley Rats

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Emily Brinton Stuart and Dr. Edwin D. Lephart, Neuroscience Introduction Calbindin-D28K (CALB), a calcium binding protein, is one of the most abundant proteins found in neurons of certain brain areas. It is potentially important in neuron formation and may play a protective role against programmed cell death [1]. CALB helps regulate the amount of calcium […]

The Influence of Migraine Pain and Analgesic Effects of Pharmaceuticals in Visual Field Serial to Parallel Processing, based upon the P300 Event Related Potential and Reaction Time.

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Benjamin C Ringger and Dr. Donovan Fleming, Psychology and Neuroscience The p300 event related potential is a particular wave of the measured electrical activity of the brain. This wave may be evoked by a visual stimulus presented to the subject and occurs approximately 300 msec. following presentation of the stimulus. In previous studies, it has […]

Assessment of Cingulate Gyrus Integrity in Patients with Alzheimer’s Disease

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Michael J Larson and Dr. Ramona O Hopkins, Psychology and Neuroscience Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a neurogenerative disease that is characterized by memory loss, language impairments, impaired visuospatial skills, poor judgment, and mood changes. The pathophysiology of AD is typified by a loss of cholinergic cells in the basal forebrain, development of neuritic plaques in […]

Are there Memory Deficits Among High School Participants from Heading Soccer Balls?

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John R Dayton and Dr. Donovan E Fleming, Neuroscience Center A unique aspect of soccer is the use of the player’s head to direct the ball. Participants can “head” the ball to score a goal, pass to a teammate or gain control of possession. Studies performed on soccer players at the international2,5,7,10,12 and Olympic1 levels […]

Intra-cranial Overstimulation of the Brain Reward System

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Lael J. Stander and Dr. Scott C. Steffensen, Psychology and Neuroscience Intra-cranial self stimulation (ICSS) has been well documented in both animal models and humans. Stimulation of various centers in the brain creates a very powerful reinforcement. Subjects will prefer ICSS to food, mating behavior, and drugs of abuse. One such pleasure center is the […]

Effects of Harmony and Dissonance with Two-Tone Narrow and Wide Range Frequencies on Auditory Evoked Potentials

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Richard J. McMurtrey and Dr. Donovan Fleming and Scott Steffensen—Psychology and Neuroscience The purpose of this research was to explore the mechanisms of how the brain is able to distinguish harmony and dissonance. The understanding of how sound is converted to neural messages began with Békésy, who discovered how sound is transduced in the cochlea. […]

Sex Differences

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Cheryll Garn Abstract This study investigates whether males and females use distinct brain systems while performing a picture naming task. Previous neuroimaging studies have shown that in some cognitive processing domains, such as spoken language comprehension, males and females differ in terms of brain hemisphere activation, with a tendency for stronger left hemisphere lateralization in […]

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Jordan Yorgason We had four main objectives when I applied for the mentoring grant: to measure locomotor habituation to an environment, acoustic prepulse/startle inhibition, memory with a morris land maze, and to present findings in a neuroscience journal and on a poster for a convention. The results are as follows: Locomotor Habituation I created software […]

Myelin Basic Protein and Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein Antibodies in Autism

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Edward Stevenson and Dr. Erin Bigler, Psychology and Neuroscience Introduction Autism is a developmental disorder. There has been an increasing trend in the diagnosis of autism in the past 15 years. After years of research there is still little agreement as to the causes of autism. It has been hypothesized that autistics could be the […]