Honors Projects from 2024
The combinatorial effects of temperature and salinity on the nervous system of the American lobster, Homarus americanus, Katrina Carrier
The role of pubertal hormones on female rats' sensitivity to acute ketamine treatment in an early-life-adversity model, Nuanxi (Sissi) Feng
Modulation of the crustacean cardiac neuromuscular system by the SLY neuropeptide family, Grant Griesman
Effects of the plasticizer tributyl phosphate (TBP) on the intrinsic properties of mammalian lumbar motor neurons, Connor Joseph Latona
Characterizing the Motor Activity Patterns of the Mammalian Thoracic Spinal Cord Neural Network, Sam McClelland
Early life adversity induces sex-specific behavioral changes and does not alter precocial neural recruitment in response to basolateral amygdala stimulation, Zackery D. Reynolds
Neural compensation in response to salinity perturbation in the cardiac ganglion of the American lobster, Homarus americanus, Josephine P. Tidmore
Modulation of the stretch feedback pathway in the cardiac neuromuscular system of the American lobster, Homarus americanus, Karin van Hassel
Honors Projects from 2023
Ultrasonic vocalization playback as an affective assay at both neural and behavioral levels: Implications for understanding adversity-induced emotional dysfunction, Sydney M. Bonauto
Rhythmic behaviors: Understanding neuromodulation at the neuromuscular level, Kenneth Garcia
Characterizing the Roles of Toll7 in the Gryllus Bimaculatus Peripheral Nervous System Development, Rowland Luo
An unbiased glimpse into the sex-specific effects of ketamine treatment on rats who have experienced early life adversity., Lucia Marie O'Sullivan
The effect of early life adversity on basolateral amygdala projections to the prefrontal cortex in male and female rats during development, Khushali N. Patel
Peripheral modulation of cardiac contractions in the American lobster, Homarus americanus, by the peptide myosuppressin is mediated by effects on the cardiac muscle itself, Isabel Stella Petropoulos
Neurophysiological Effects of Temperature on the Mammalian Spinal Central Pattern Generator (CPG) Network for Locomotion, Eliza M. Rhee
The impact of plastic contaminants and neuroprotectants on spinal neural circuits controlling vertebrate locomotion, Violet Louise Rizzieri
The Impact of Toll 6-1 Function on the Maintenance and Plasticity of the Gryllus bimaculatus Auditory System, Jada Scotland
The role of modulation on the pyloric neurons and the neuromuscular junction in a pattern generator-effector system, Jackie Seddon
The modulation of calcium-activated potassium channels for the stabilization of mammalian spinal locomotor activity, Hattie Sargent Slayton
Effects of Picrotoxin Application on the Cardiac Ganglion of the American Lobster, Homarus americanus, John T. Woolley
Honors Projects from 2022
Directed Information Flow During Episodic Memory Retrieval at Theta Frequency, Patrick F. Bloniasz
Characterizing Toll Receptors in the Mediterranean Cricket, Warsameh Bulhan
Sex- and age-specific susceptibility of parvalbumin neurons to DNA methylation in a model of early life adversity, Alissa Chen
The sex specific effects of acute ketamine treatment on parvalbumin and anxiety and depression following early life adversity, Seneca N. Ellis
Role of the Dopamine Subtype 1 Receptor (D1R) Modulation of the Ih Current in Rhythmic Spinal Mammalian Motor Networks, Grace Soeun Lee
The Current Hunt for Nitric Oxide's Effects on the Homarus americanus Cardiac Ganglion, Joanna Lin
Characterizing and Investigating the Electrophysiological Properties of the Plastic Cricket Auditory System in Response to Cooling, Hannah Tess Scotch
Effects of myosuppressin, a peptide neuromodulator, on membrane currents in the crustacean cardiac ganglion, Anthony Yanez
Honors Projects from 2021
Determining the sites at which neuromodulators exert peripheral effects in the cardiac neuromuscular system of the American Lobster, Homarus americanus, Audrey Elizabeth Jordan
Modulation of ionic currents by nitric oxide negative feedback in the lobster cardiac ganglion, Emily Renee King
Noninvasive Memory Modulation Via Targeted Theta TACS Entrainment of the Frontoparietal Network, Brandon S. Lee
Honors Projects from 2020
Interaction of stretch feedback and beat regularity in response to AMGSEFLamide in the heart of Homarus americanus, William Allen
The Role of the Nitric Oxide Negative Feedback Loop in the Stability of the Lobster Cardiac Ganglion Homarus americanus, Marie Marjorie Bergsund
That’s DOPE: the delayed-onset, prolonged excitation response of a primary auditory interneuron in Gryllus bimaculatus, Samuel G. Brill-Weil
The role of behavioral diversity in determining the extent to which central pattern generators are modulated, Jacob Salman Kazmi
Non-genomic effects of steroids on teleost fish olfaction: behavioral and anatomical approaches, Leah B. Kratochvil
Mechanisms underlying variable responses to the neuropeptide C-type allatostatin (AST-C) across isoforms and among individuals in the American lobster, Homarus americanus, Audrey J. Muscato
Differential modulation of the Homarus americanus cardiac neuromuscular system across cell types and among neuropeptide isoforms, Emily R. Oleisky
Directed interactions during episodic memory, Rhianna J. Patel
Characterization of negative phonotactic behavior in the adult cricket, Gryllus bimaculatus, Julianne Scholes
Differential gene expression during compensatory plasticity in the prothoracic ganglion of the cricket, Gryllus bimaculatus, Felicia F. Wang
Responses of central pattern generators in the American lobster STNS to multiple members of a novel neuropeptide family, Benjamin Harley Wong
Honors Projects from 2019
Effects of octopamine and tyramine on the cardiac system of the lobster, Homarus americanus, Casey Breslow
Active and Passive Spatial Learning and Memory in Human Navigation, Caroline Rice
Context-specific effects of vasotocin on social approach in the male common goldfish, Carassius auratus, Katharine Torrey
Honors Projects from 2018
Characterization of expression of Sema1a variants in high-plasticity areas of the Gryllus bimaculatus nervous system, Sara Spicer
Honors Projects from 2016
Effect of Mindfulness Meditation on Long-Term Memory, William Andrew Engel
Characterization and distribution of allatostatin type-C (AST-C) neuropeptides and receptors in crustaceans, Tess Lameyer
Attentional Inhibition of a Distractor on Memory Facilitation, Jacob M. MacDonald
Honors Projects from 2015
Selective Attention and Memory: Event Related Potentials and the IOR Effect, Leigh A. Andrews
Honors Projects from 2014
Dendrites of Cardiac Ganglion Regulate Heartbeat of American Lobster, Homarus americanus, Through Stretch Feedback, Mara R. Chin-Purcell
The Effects of Temperature on the Cardiac System of the American Lobster, Homarus americanus, Elizabeth A. Owens