Neuroscience
Contact
Department Chair:
Janice Thornton

Administrative Assistant:
Kristi Gibson

Department Email:


Phone: (440) 775-8768
Fax: (440) 775-5397

Location:
Science Center A261
119 Woodland St.
Oberlin, OH, 44074

Office Hours:
Monday - Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 12:45 p.m.

Winter Term

Winter Term

Neuroscience Winter Term 2012 (on campus) students and their projects:

STUDENT PROJECT PROFESSOR
Amlie-Wolf, Alex Research in Artificial Neural Networks Downing
Cooke, Elizabeth Work with Honors Students on a variety of ongoing Neuropharmacology Research Projects Paine
Montgomery, Silas Decision Making and EEG Loose
Owen, Matt Research in Artificial Neural Networks Downing
Panka, Jacob Telencephalic Connection with the Optic Tectum in Teleost Fish Braford
Stewart, Blair Behavioral Neuroendocrine Techniques Thornton
Wexler, Joe Work with Honors Students on a variety of ongoing Neuropharmocology Paine

 

Neuroscience Winter Term 2011 (on campus) students and their projects:

STUDENT PROJECT PROFESSOR
Sam Asinof Neuropharmacology research experience Paine
Josh Ballard Connections of the amygdala in goldfish Braford
Seung Yun Jee Comparison of Telencephalic Cell Groups Amongst Coral Reef Acathomorphs with Enlarged Telencephala Braford
Zoe Klar Neuropharmacology research experience Paine
Joe Leffler Caloric restriction and neurogenesis in teleost fish Braford
Nathan Michaelson Localization of the serotonin 5-HT2c receptor within the rat striatum Caldwell

 

Neuroscience Winter Term 2010 (on campus) students and their projects:

STUDENT PROJECT PROFESSOR
Caroline Alfen Neuroscience and Neural Engineering in Northeast Ohio: Journal Club with Seminars and Tours Kile
Sam Asinof Ability of Desipramine to Alleviate Attentional Deficits Caused by Cortical PKA Inhibition Paine
Brianna Carroll Investigation of the Lateral Line Organs in the Hatchetfish McCormick
Joshua Cohen Luteinizing Hormone and memory: Implications for Alzheimer's Disease Thornton
Alex Edwards Serotonin 2C Receptor Localization in the Dorsal Striatum: Testing the Specificity of the Primary Antibody Caldwell
Shannon Gallagher Confocal Analysis of Lateral Line Inputs to Primary Lateral Line and Auditory Nuclei in the Goldfish, Carassius auratus McCormick
Eli Goshorn Neuroscience and Neural Engineering in Northeast Ohio: Journal Club with Seminars and Tours Kile
Matt Hartsock Connections of the Amygdala in Goldfish Braford
Jacob Mallott Deconvolution of ERP Traces Loose
Claire McGregor Luteinizing Hormone and Memory: Implications for Alzheimer's Disease Thornton
Cynthia McKelvey Immunocytochemical Investigation of a Class of Axon Terminals Contacting Auditory Neurons in the Goldfish, Carassius auratus McCormick
Allison Richards Testing for Colocalization of Serotonins2c Receptors and Cholinergic Markers in the Rat Striatum Caldwell
Matt Segal Connections of the Amygdala in Goldfish Braford
Scarlet Woodrick Confocal Analysis of Lateral Line Inputs to Primary Lateral Line and Auditory Nuclei in the Goldfish, Carassius auratus McCormick
Jeff Zahratka Neuroscience and Neural Engineering in Northeast Ohio: Journal Club with Seminars and Tours Kile
Louie Zamora Immunocytochemical Investigation of a Class of Axon Terminals Contacting Auditory Neurons in the Goldfish, Carassius auratus McCormick

 

Neuroscience Winter Term 2009 (on campus) students and their projects:

STUDENT PROJECT PROFESSOR
Evan Atwell Studying Alzheimer's Disease Thornton

Mary Burke

Behavioral Neuroendocrine Research Thornton
Alex Ducey

Computerized Alignment of Digital Images of the Telencephalon of Teleost Fishes

Braford
Anna Frackman In vitro Hippocampal Brain Slice Techniques Kile
Zoe Gravitz

Neuroanatomy of Auditory Pathways in a Fish WithSpecialized Hearing Abilities

McCormick
Andrea McQuate A Simulation Testing the Effects of Non-Linear GABAb-Based Inhibition on Two Pools of Spontaneously Active Neurons Loose
Eliza Milner A Simulation Testing the Effects of Frequency of GABAa-Based Inhibition on Recurrently-Connected Excitatory Neurons Loose
Mari Monsoff-Richards Localization of Serotonin Receptors in the Rat Brain Using Immunofluorescence Techniques Caldwell
Teddy Pallis Play Fighting and Aggressive Fighting Behaviors in Long Evans Hooded Rats Braford
Barbara Percival Construction of a Digital Database of Brain Sections for Comparative Studies McCormick
Allison Richards Localization of Serotonin Receptors in the Rat Brain Using Immunofluorescence Techniques Caldwell
Taylor Soderborg Behavioral Neuroendocrine Research Thornton
Elizabeth YoheMoore Localization of Serotonin Receptors in the Rat Brain Using Immunofluorescence Techniques Caldwell