Faculty for Undergraduate Neuroscience

 Fall Newsletter -  Special Edition, SFN '00

October  2000                                                                                                                    Editor - Jean Hardwick

•    Schedule of Student Presentations and Posters
•    Schedule of FUN-member Teaching Posters
•    Schedule of FUN Faculty Posters
•    Other Posters of Potential Interest to Undergraduates
•    Business Meeting
•    FUN Social and Poster Session

Sunday Morning:

57.17  SPATIAL TRANSFORMATIONS IN THE WITHDRAWAL REFLEX OF THE RAT TAIL. R.E. Bauer, B.C. Belyea, S.M.
Gentile, I.G. Welsford* and C.L. Cleland, Dept. of Biology, James Madison University,
Harrisonburg, VA 22807 Board II-61

73.16  DEPRIVATION-INDUCED PLASTICITY IN OPTOKINETIC NYSTAGMUS:  TIME COURSE AND ROLE OF ELECTRICAL ACTIVITY.  M. V. Misra, M.E. Eaton , S.A. George.  Biology Dept., Amherst College, Amberst MA 01002.  Board LL-64

77.6 HYPOTHALAMIC NEURONS COEXPRESS STEROID RECEPTORS AND NUCLEAR RECEPTOR COACTIVATORS IN FEMALE RATS.  U.M. Imtiaz, S.R. Wessels, M.J. Tetel. Center for Neuroendocrine Studies, UMass, Amherst, MA 01003.
Board MM-71

77.7 NUCLEAR RECEPTOR COACTIVATORS MODULATE ESTRADIOL INDUCTION OF PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR GENE EXPRESSION IN RAT HYPOTHALAMUS.  H.A. Molenda, A.L. Griffin, M.J. Tetel.  Center for Neuroendocrine Studies, UMass, Amherst, MA 01003.  Board MM-70
 

134.16  A CRITICAL PERIOR FOR PROTEIN SYNTHESIS IN THE ESTABLISHMENT OF mGluR-DEPENDENT HIPPOCAMPAL LTD.  M.S.Kayser, K.M. Huber and M. F. Bear, Brown University,  Providence, RI  Board X-2

158.7  FURTHER CHARACTERIZATION OF THE PERMANENT HYPERALGESIA INDUCED NEONATAL INJURY OR
ELECTRICAL STIMULATION IN RATS. C L. Cleland*, T.A. Engelman, S.L. Jones, J.C. Brien, C. Karapetian, A.J. North and A.S. Gocke, Dept. of Biology, James Madison Univ., Harrisonburg, VA 22807  Board KK-42
 

386.12  EFFECTS OF TESTOSTERONE-REPLACEMENT ON ULTRASONIC  VOCALIZATION FOLLOWING WITHDRAWAL FROM PRENATAL  PHENOBARBITAL.   W.J. Pizzi*; R.D. Andrews; M. Stepek  Dept Psychology, Northeastern Illinois Univ, Chicago, IL, USA  Board QQ-50

429.5  DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW THERMAL TEST FOR PAIN SENSITIVITY REVEALS A PARADOXICAL
HYPOALGESIA IN FREUND'S ADJUVENT INFLAMMED RAT PAWS. L.S. Rogers1, C.E. Talley2* and C.L. Cleland1,
Departments of Biology1 and Psychology2, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA 22807  Board V-8

446.18  NON-FOVEAL COLOR VISION OF WOMEN HETEROZYGOUS FOR RED-GREEN COLOR DEFICIENCY.  Haga, E. and Barry, S.B.,  Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA. 01075. Board JJ-6

461.16  REGIONAL DENDRITIC VARIATIONS IN SPINE-FREE NONPYRAMIDAL NEURONS:  A QUNATITATIVE GOLGI STUDY IN HUMANS.  S.B. Sann, M.Hrubes, B. Jacobs.  Colorado College Board MM-3

461.17  CELL PACKING DENSITY IN BRODMANN'S AREAS 10 AND 18 OF THE HUMAN CEREBRAL CORTEX.  Kapler, E., Scheibel, A.B., and Jacobs, B.  Board MM-4

511.11  EFFECTS OF AIT-082 ON SEPTODENTATE SPROUTING AND OPEN-FIELD ACTIVITY AFTER ENTORHINAL CORTEX LESIONS IN RATS.  J.J. Ramirez, L. Freeman, S. Rundell, K. Dinisio, A. Thomas, A. Becton.  Dept. Psychology, Davidson College, Davidson, NC  28036  Board F-10

730.4  REGULATION OF PARASYMPATHETIC NEURONS BY MAST CELLS AND HISTAMINE IN THE GUINEA PIG HEART.  M.J. Powers, B.A. Peterson, J.C. Hardwick, Dept. Biology, Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY  14850.  Board II-45

760.10  EFFECTS OF SEPTAL INJECTIONS OF VASOPRESSIN OR VASOPRESSIN ANTAGONISTS ON PARENTAL BEHAVIOR IN VIRGIN MALE AND FEMALE PRAIRIE VOLES.  T.C. Pogue Bucknell, B.D. Rood, G.J. DeVries.  Biology Dept., Amherst College, Amberst MA 01002. Board OO-34

21.49  INTEGRATING NEUROSCIENCE INTO AN UNDERGRADUATE PSYCHOLOGY CURRICULUM.  Gittis, A.G.  Board B-42

21.54 EXPLORING THE FRONTIERS OF NEUROSCIENCE.  Tetel, M.J. and Wagner, C.L. Board B-48

21.73  EXAMINING NEURONAL EXCITABILITY BY INTRACELLULAR RECORDING FROM THE BRAIN OF A LAND SNAIL.  Johnson, B.R., Wyttenbach, R.A., and Hoy, R.R.,  Neurobiology and Behavior, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY  Board B-68

21.74  MILES WITHIN MILLIMETERS OF OUR MORTARBOARD HUMAN CORTEX AND OTHER AMAZING FACTS FOR AN INTRODUCTORY NEUROSCIENCE  CONVERSATION.  Glassman, R.B., Dept Psychology, Lake Forest College, Lake Forest, IL.  Board B-69

Monday Morning:

263.11  CORTICAL PLANE TOPOLOGY OF WORKING MEMORY CAPACITY:  FOUR-CHUNK LIMIT, WHETHER ATTRIBUTE-REPRESENTATION SUBPATCHES OVERLAP IN, OR TILE, PATCHES OF CORTEX.  Glassman, R.B. Dept. Psychol.,  Lake Forest College, Lake Forest, IL  Board LL-20

        371.1 CHRONIC SUCROSE CONSUMPTION ENHANCES THE DISCRIMINATIVE STIMULUS EFFECTS OF NALBUPHINE.
            D.C. Jewett*; M.K. Grace; C.J. Billington; A.S. Levine Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN and Department of
            Psychology, Barat College, Lake Forest, IL  Board NN-24
 

Wednesday Afternoon:

753.8 THE EFFECTS OF DOSE AND REPEAT ADMINISTRATION ON THE ANTI-AMNESIAC PROPERTIES OF AIT-082.  Gittis, A.G. and Byrd, T.A.   Board MM-58

Students may especially be interested in my postdoc's and my presentation, "Do taste receptor cells exhibit specificity for
certain bitter compounds?" by Alejo Caicedo and Stephen Roper (#738.9 on page 1974, Part 2 of the abstracts).  The presentation is Nov 8, 1 pm, Area G-J, Board JJ-79.

This abstract was selected for high visibility by the SFN Public Relations office and Alejo was invited to make a presentation at
their Press Conference.   The material on this poster should be easily grasped by undergraduate neuroscience students, from
biophysics types to students of psychology.

Stephen D. Roper, Ph.D.
President, Miami Chapter for Neuroscience, and
Professor of Physiology and Biophysics
University of Miami School of Medicine
1600 NW 10th Ave.
Miami, FL 33136

Annual Business Meeting  Room 269
       Wednesday November 8th, 7:00 a.m. - 8:00 a.m.

Following a brief summary of the activities of the Executive Committee and the treasurer's and election reports, attention can turn to informal social exchange among faculty largely concerned with undergraduate teaching.  Possible topics for conversation include an undergraduate neuroscience honor society and cooperative activity with ANDP.  We particularily welcome "first-timers" who want to learn more about our organization or are interested in joining.

• Socialize with neuroscientists concerned about undergraduate education
• View conference posters co-authored by undergraduate students
• Presentation of  undergraduate travel awards
• ANYONE INTERESTED IN UNDERGRADUATE NEUROSCIENCE IS WELCOME!!