SPOTLIGHT



We also invite you to view the latest edition of the Central Sulcus, the Emory Neuroscience program newsletter, to catch up on important happenings in our program.

We would like to congratulate our recent graduates:

  • KROSHONA TABB, David Weinshenker, Advisor: "A Rat Model of Depression and Epilepsy Co-morbidity" (9/08)
  • JENNIFER CALDWELL WILHELM, Pete Wenner, Advisor: "The GABAA receptor is a critical part of the sensing machinery that triggers homeostatic plasticity of synaptic strength and intrinsic excitability" (10/08)
  • ELIZABETH MARTIN, Charles Nemeroff, Advisor: "Corticotropin-Releasing Factor Overexpression in the Central Amygdala: Gene Expression, HPA Axis Function and Behavior" (2/09)
  • HEATHER ROSS, Larry Young, Advisor: "Oxytocin and Affiliative Behavior in Prairie Voles" (3/09)
  • SARAH EWING CORCORAN, Leonard Howell, Advisor: "Early Life Stress, HPA Axis Function and Sensitivity to Psychomotor Stimulants in Nonhuman Primates" (4/09)
  • LILIYA ISKHAKOVA, Yoland Smith, Advisor: "Microcircuitry of Group III Metabotropic Glutamate Receptors (mGluRs) in the Mouse Striatum" (4/09)
  • RAYNA BAUZO, Leonard Howell, Advisor: "Role of Glutamate of Dopamine Neurochemistry and the Behavioral Pharmacology of Cocaine" (4/09)
  • GUS DAVIS, Jim Lah and Allan Levey, Co-Advisors: "M1 Muscarinic Acetylcholine Receptor Signaling and Regulation of Amyloid Precursor Protein Processing" (5/09)
  • ZOE DONALDSON, Larry Young, Advisor: "Exploring the neurogenetics of sociality: Creation of models to assess the functional role of V1a receptor diversity" (5/09)
  • JUN LIU, Anthony Chan, Advisor: "Ferritin as a Transgenic MRI Reporter in Embryonic Stem Cells" (5/09)
  • REBECCA ROSEN, Lary Walker, Advisor: "Characterization of Naturally Occurring, Pathogenic and Benign Aβ Multimers, aka Why don't monkeys get Alzheimer's Disease" (07/09)





Laboratory photos courtesy of
Criss Hartzell - www.crisshartzell.org

Data photos courtesy of individual
Emory Neuroscience researchers

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