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UNDERGRADUATE SUMMER RESEARCH PROGRAM:  2008 NSSP Information
Neuroscience Scholars Program 2006

NSSP 2006 group photo


NSSP 2006 photos


Neuroscience Scholars

Carina Lewis

Mentor: Dr. Kimberly Simpson (Anatomy)

"Circuit Organization between Brainstem Modulatory Centers"

Final Presentation in PPT Format


Tempestt Gilmore

Mentor: Dr. Beata Karolewicz (Psychiatry)

"NMDA Receptor Subunits in the Prefrontal Cortex in Alcohol Dependent Subjects"

Final Presentation in PPT Format


Nora Hughes

Mentor: Dr. Ian Paul (Psychiatry)

"Neurodevelopmental Effects of Antidepressant Exposure"

Final Presentation in PPT Format


Nisma Mujahid

Mentor: Dr. Mark Austin (Psychiatry)

"The Serotonin System in Depression"

Final Presentation in PPT Format


Vignesh Shettar

Mentor: Dr. Elise Gomez-Sanchez (Endocrinology)

"Mineralocorticoid Receptor Activation in the CNS "

Final Presentation in PPT Format


Ryan Veach

Mentor: Dr. Rob Rockhold (Pharmocology/Toxicology)

"The Role of the Kappa-Opoid Receptor Subtype in Mediation of Interactions with Stress-Regulatory Brain Circuits / Drug Discovery of the Pharmacological Properties of Components of the Venom of the Red Imported Fire Ant "

Final Presentation in PPT Format


Erin Johnson

Mentor: Dr. James Shaffery (Psychiatry)

"The Role of Rapid Eye-Movement Sleep in Brain Maturation "

Final Presentation in PPT Format


Amy Loflin

Mentor: Dr. Ujjwal Rout (Surgery)

"Drug Effects on the Cellular Adhesion Machinery"

Final Presentation in PPT Format


Roshni Trehan

Photo Available Soon Mentor: Dr. Meng-Yang Zhu (Psychiatry)

"Agmatine, Neuroprotection and Depression "

Final Presentation in PPT Format


Scoty Hearst

Mentor: Dr. Jose Javier Miguel-Hidalgo (Psychiatry)

"Involvement of Astrocytes in Alcohol Preference and Abuse "

Final Presentation in PPT Format


Geoffrey Kennedy

Mentor: Dr. Ian Paul (Psychiatry), Dr. Rick Lin (Psychiatry), Dr. William Woolverton (Psychiatry)

"Brain Mechanisms in Drug Abuse / Anatomical Quantification "

Final Presentation in PPT Format


Sai Sruthi Veerisetty

Mentor: Dr. William Bennett (Pharmacology/Toxicology), Dr. Kedra Wallace (OB/GYN Research)

"The Response of Purkinje Cells in the Neonatal Rat Brain to Maternal Infection and Subsequent Treatment with Anti-Inflammatory Mediator Interleukin-10 "

Final Presentation in PPT Format


Branden Kooiman

Mentor: Dr. Craig Stockmeier (Psychiatry)

"Quantitation of Astrocytes in the Hippocampus in Major Depression"




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