UNDERGRADUATE SUMMER RESEARCH PROGRAM
2010 NSSP Information
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Neuroscience Scholar's Final Presentations
Mac Abernathy
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Mentor: Dr. Ujjwal Rout (Surgery) "Genes and Behavior" Final Presentation in PPT format |
James Brock
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Mentor: Dr. Aimin Liu (Biochemistry) "Mapping the Active Site of a-amino-ß-carboxy-muconic-e-semialdehyde decarboxylase (ACMSD) of the Human Tryptophan Biodegradative Pathway" Final Presentation in PPT format |
Matthew Burford
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Mentor: Dr. Hong Zhu (Otolaryngology) Matthew presented a poster and gave a brief oral presentation entitled "Effects of Butorphanol on Neuronal Activities in the Locus Coeruleus" at the 70th Annual Meeting of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences, February 22-24, 2006 in Vicksburg. The CPN would like to congratulate Matthew on taking home the 3rd place award! The Mississippi Academy of Sciences (MAS) is an organization of scientists, engineers, technicians, science educators and others from schools and universities, government, industry and business. These individuals, joined by the state's academic institutions and other MAS institutional members, support science in our state. For the MAS 70th Annual Meeting Agenda go to: http://www.msstate.edu/org/MAS/jan06journal/mas06.pdf Final Presentation not available |
Cory Carter
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Mentor: Dr. Meng-Yang Zhu (Psychiatry) "The Neuroprotective Effects of Agmatine Against Neuronal Damage Caused by Prolonged Stress and Treatment with Dexamethasone in the Rat Hippocampus" Final Presentation in PPT format |
Benjamin Downer
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Mentor: Dr. Jonathan Fratkin (Pathology) "Neuronal Degeneration in Spinocerebellar Ataxias (SCA)" Final Presentation in PPT format |
Lauren Galmiche
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Mentor: Dr.Javier Miguel-Hidalgo (Psychiatry) "A Study of Astroglial Glutamate Transporters’ Area Fraction in the Prefrontal Cortex of Alcohol-Naïve and Alcohol-Drinking Alcohol Preferring Rats as Compared with Alcohol-Nonpreferring Rats" Final Presentation in PPT format |
Kirsten Gambrell
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Mentor: Dr. Elise Gomez-Sanchez (Medicine) "Neuroscience Scholars Summer Program Project" Final Presentation in PPT format |
Michelle Hatch
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Mentor: Dr. Ian Paul (Psychiatry), Dr. William Bennett/Kedra Wallace
(OB/GYN) "Cytokine Expression in the RUPP Rat Model" Final Presentation in PPT format |
Heather Kooiman
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Mentor: Dr. Craig Stockmeier (Psychiatry) "Hippocampal Changes from Depression" Final Presentation in PPT format |
Gregory Sartor
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Mentor: Dr. Ian Paul (Psychiatry) "The Effects of Antidepressants on Neonatal CNS Development" Final Presentation in PPT format |
Vignesh Shetter
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Mentor: Dr. Tangeng Ma (Pharmacology) "Levels of α1 Subunit of GABAA Receptor in μ-opioid Receptor Knockout Mice" Final Presentation in PPT format |
Marko Tadros
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Mentor: Dr. James Shaffery (Psychiatry) "Rem Sleep" Final Presentation in PPT format |
Christopher Taylor
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Mentor: Dr. Laura Stoppelbein (Psychiatry) "The Role of Hypocortisolism in the development of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder" Final Presentation in PPT format |
Scott Tran
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Mentor: Dr. Parminder Vig (Neurology) "The Role of Glial Cells in Neurodegeneration" Final Presentation in PPT format |
Helga Vamenta
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Mentor: Dr. Mark Austin (Psychiatry) "Preliminary Characterization of the TPH2 Gene Promoter" Final Presentation in PPT format |
Matthew VanLandingham
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Mentors: Dr Ian Paul (Psychiatry), Dr. Rob Rockhold
(Pharmacology) "The Modulatory Effects of Water Deprivation on the PVN" Final Presentation in PPT format |