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2007 FUN Travel Award Winners - San Diego, CA
| 2007 ABSTRACTS |

	Anthony Abraham (Mentor: Sarah Clinton) University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Award sponsored by the Grass Foundation Selective breeding for high novelty-seeking behavior concurrently increases aggression.
	Sarah Allen (Mentor: Jan Thornton) Oberlin College, Ohio Effects of testicular hormones on spatial memory in male rats.
	Matt Bombard (Mentor: Gary Dunbar) Central Michigan University, Mt Pleasant Award sponsored by Kinder Scientific Adult, bone-marrow-derived stem cells that are genetically engineered to over-express brain derived neurotrophic factor and nerve growth factor reduce behavioral deficits in the yeast artificial chromosome transgenic mouse model of Huntington’s disease.
	Akash Chandawarkar (Mentor: Hande Ozdinler) MGH-HMS Ctr. Nervous Syst. Repair, Depts Neurosurgery, Neurol., Program in Neurosci., Mass Gen. Hosp/ Harvard Med. School, Harvard Stem Cell Inst., Harvard Univ., Boston, MA Award sponsored by AD Instruments UCH-L1 functions in neocortical development
	Katie Haines (Mentor: Harry Blaise) Trinity College, Hartford, CT Award sponsored by Simbiotic Software Effects of neonatal isolation on amygdalo-hippocampal synaptic efficacy in freely behaving rats.
	Ann Hoffman (Mentor: Anthony Kline) University of Pittsburgh, PA Award sponsored by Lafayette Instruments Chronic administration of the typical and atypical antipsychotics, haloperidol and risperidone, impair functional outcome after experimental brain trauma.
	Ivan Kotchetkov (Mentor: U. Shivraj Sohur) Harvard University, Boston, MA Award sponsored by Brandeis University Anatomic analysis of corticostriatal projection neurons during development.
	Ellen Merrick (Mentor: Manoj Patel) University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA Award sponsored by the Grass Foundation Importance of the intracellular domain of beta 3 in Nav1.2 modulation.
	Yvonne Ogbonmwan (Mentor: Kyle Frantz) Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA Award sponsored by MedAssociates Escalation and reinstatement of morphine self-administration in periadolescent vs. adult male rats.
	Michael Skrelja (Mentor: Annemarie Bettica) Manhattanville College, Purchase, NY Award sponsored by Simbiotic Software Structural relationships affect the antioxidant and neuroprotective efficacies of flavonoids and ginkgolide diterpenes from Ginkgo biloba leaf extracts against induced neurotoxicity in rat hippocampal explants in vitro.
	Steve Punzell (Mentor: Ron Bayline) Washington and Jefferson College, Washington, PA Award sponsored by AD Instrument Synaptotagmin and FMRFamide immunofluorescence and video microscopy reveal myogenic nature of the ventral diaphragm muscle in the moth, Manduca sexta.
	Cara Ramsey (Mentor: Michael Kerchner) Washington College, Chestertown, MD Award sponsored by Sinauer Associates Juvenile cognitive training effectively ameliorates the deficient pre-pulse inhibition seen in male rats subjected to prenatal repeated variable stressors.
	Melody Smith (Mentor: Sherry Ferguson) National Center Toxicological Research / FDA, Jefferson, AR Award sponsored by Noldus Morris water maze performance of adult rats appears insensitive to lifetime acrylamide treatment.
	Amanda Staiti (Mentor: David Mokler) University of New England, Biddeford, ME Award sponsored by Plexon A comparison of serotonin, dopamine, and norepinephrine in the medial pre-frontal cortex of male and female adolescent rats.
	Hugo Tejeda (Mentor: Lauro O'Dell) University of Texas, El Paso Award sponsored by Coulbourn Instruments Stimulation of kappa-opioid receptors elicits nicotine withdrawal in adult but not adolescent rats.
	Carey Wilson (Mentor: Wendy Hill) Lafayette College, Easton, PA Award sponsored by Smith College Oxytocin and cortisol changes after kissing in adult human heterosexual pairs.
	Ku Xu (Mentor: Van Doze) University of North Dakota School of Medicine & Health Science, Grand Forks Award sponsored by MBF Bioscience Activation of alpha-2A adrenergic receptors inhibits CA3 network activity in the rat hippocampus: Functional characterization of adrenergic receptor agonists.
	Tonya Yager (Mentor: Kinho Chan) Hartwick College, Oneonta, NY Award sponsored by Noldus Effects of selective hippocampal lesion on alcohol consumption and alcohol preference: Does brain damage caused by drinking make it more difficult to quit?
	Mackensie Yore (Mentor: Mark Tetel) Wellesley College, MA Award sponsored by Wellesley College Steroid receptor coactivator-2 (SRC-2) from hypothalamus and hippocampus interacts differently with the progestin receptor isoforms.
	Wen-Jia Zhang (Mentor: Martin Wojtowicz) University of Toronto, ON, Canada Award sponsored by Campden Instruments Impairment of hippocampal neurogenesis in diabetic rats.

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2006 FUN Travel Award Winners - Atlanta, GA
| 2006 ABSTRACTS & ITINERARY |

Picture not Available	Ron Alfa (Mentor: Armin Blesch) University of California, San Diego Award sponsored by Sinauer Associates Lentiviral vectors expressing an inducible receptor are capable of regulating trkA signal transduction.
	Jonathan Berrout (Mentor: Masako Isokawa) University of Texas, Brownsville Award sponsored by Houghton Mifflin Calcium-release coupled to depolarization in the rat hippocampal CA1 neurons.
	Gwendolyn Calhoon (Mentor: Anne Marie Brady) St. Mary's College of Maryland Award sponsored by Coulbourn Instruments The effects of cognitive intervention in adolescence on behavioral abnormalities in a neurodevelopmental rat model of schizophrenia.
	Katherine Cano (Mentor: Jane Flinn) George Mason University Award sponsored by Smith College Synchrotron IR analysis of amyloid conformation in zinc- and iron-treated TgAPP2576 mice.
	Anthony Disorbo (Mentor: Andrew Mickley) Baldwin Wallace College Award sponsored by Houghton Mifflin Mutation in clathrin-assembly Picalm gene alters striatal dopamine synaptic regulatory mechanisms.
	Erik Duboue (Mentor: Charles Blaha & Guy Mittleman) Tulane University Award sponsored by ADInstruments Mutation in clathrin-assembly Picalm gene alters striatal dopamine synaptic regulatory mechanisms.
	Amanda Foust (Mentor: Dave Rector) Washington State Universtiy, Pullman Award sponsored by Harvard Apparatus Birefringence follows voltage-sensitive dye signals but not 90 degree scattering in isolated nerves.
	Caroline Freitag (Mentor: Michelle Mynlieff) Marquette University Award sponsored by Wellesley College Regulation of hippocampal KCC2 protein levels in the first postnatal week in vivo and in culture.
	Matthew Glasser (Mentor: James Rilling) Emory University Diffusion tensor imaging tractography of the human language pathways.
	Jon Harrold (Mentor: Corey Cleland) James Madison University Award sponsored by Noldus Three-dimensional video analysis of tail withdrawal responses evoked by heat stimuli in the rat.
	Cathryn Hughes (Mentor: Bradley Keel) Baylor University Award sponsored by Wellesley College Phenytoin selectively reduces fear potentiated startle in rats with low serotonin.
	Lincoln Husbands (Mentor: Theresa Jones) Univeristy of Texas Award sponsored by MBF Bioscience   Endothelin-1-induced occlusion of the middle cerebral artery produces persistent forelimb deficits and bilateral dendritic structural plasticity in layers II/III and V of sensorimotor cortex in rats.
	Sarah Johnson (Mentor: Jacob Vanlandingham) Emory University Acute administration of the neurosteroid progesterone improves blood-brain barrier integrity leading to a reduction in secondary cell death after traumatic brain injury.
	Sarah Jutila (Mentor: David Redish) Emory University Award sponsored by Hamilton-Kinder The NMDA-receptor antagonist CPP, given systemically, impairs exploration but not the ability to complete a modified Hebb-Williams maze.
	Liz Kirby (Mentor: Christina Williams) Duke University Award sponsored by the Grass Foundation Chronic stress-induced suppression of neurogenesis and impairments in spatial memory are prevented by prenatal choline supplementation in rats.
	Tiffany Lin (Mentor: Sarah Turgeon) Amherst College Award sponsored by Coulbourn Instruments Repeated exposure to PCP alters stress-induced behavior and striatal c-Fos.
	Oleg Lobanov (Mentor: Yuan Bo Pen) University of Texas, Arlington Award sponsored by the Grass Foundation Differential contribution of electrically-evoked dorsal root reflex to peripheral vasodilatation and plasma extravasation.
	Annemarie McCartney (Mentor: Lori Isaacson) Miami University Award sponsored by ADInstruments TrkB immunoreactive cells in the intermediolateral cell column of the spinal cord: effects of exogenous nerve growth factor.
	Alexander Murphy-Nakhnikian (Mentor: George Rebec) Indiana University, Bloomington Award sponsored by Plexon The substantia nigra reticulata is over-inhibited in a murine model of Huntington's disease.
	Nick Neufeld (Mentor: Lizann Bolinger) University of Winnipeg Award sponsored by CleveMed Prospective removal of cardiac-induced signal contaminants in fMRI time series.
	Kate Pickoff (Mentor: Annemarie Bettica) Manhattanville College Award sponsored by Georgia State College Divalent zinc interacts with leptin pathways in pituitary and hypothalamic models.
	Jonathan Treece (Mentor: Malathi Srivatson) Arkansas State University Award sponsored by the Medical College of Georgia Specific cytokines are synthesized and released by sympathetic neurons in cell culture.
	Florence Varodayan (Mentor: Brenda Porter) Emory University Award sponsored by MedAssociates Seizures increase neurogenesis in the dentate gyrus by shortening progenitor cell cycle length.

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2005 FUN Travel Award Winners - Washington, DC
| 2005 ABSTRACTS & ITINERARY |

	Adrienne Baran (Mentor: Mary Lou Caspers) University of Detroit Mercy The Genetic Background of (Na+, K+)-ATPase, a- 2 Knockout Mice Affects the Distribution of a- 2 and a- 3 Isoforms of this Enzyme in Brain and the Survival Time of Homozygous Newborns.
	Kimberly Berry (Mentor: Sherry Ferguson) Nat. Center for Toxicological Res. /FDA Spatial Learning and Memory in Male and Female Rats is Not Affected by Chronic Oral Accutane (ACC).
	Susan Bothwell (Mentor: Elaine Reynolds) Lafayette College Award sponsored by Wellesley College Reactive Oxygen Species Accelerate and Antioxidants Delay Loss of Dopaminergic Neurons and Motor Impairments in a Drosophila Model for Parkinson's Disease.
	Barry Cordero (Mentor: Gabriel Silva) Univ. California San Diego Award sponsored by McGraw Hill-Higher Education Modulation of Reactive Gliosis by siRNA.
	Caitlin Dufault (Mentor: Lori Driscoll) The Colorado College Early Exposure to Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers Alters the Cholinergic Modulation of Attention.
	Heather Foozer (Mentor: Mark Bardgett) Northern Kentucky University Award sponsored by Med Associates  Nicotine Does Not Improve Spatial Working Memory Deficits In Mice With Hippocampal Damage.
	Frederick Hitti (Mentor: Kendall Lee) Dartmouth College Award sponsored by the Grass Foundation  Thalamic High Frequency Stimulation Abolishes Network Oscillations I: Electrophysiologic Analysis On Mechanism of Action.
	John Rudoy (Mentor: Noah Sandstrom) Williams College Award sponsored by Emory University Basolateral Amygdala Modulation of Consolidation and Reconsolidation of Inhibitory Avoidance Memory.
	Theresa Spranger (Mentor: Mary Lou Caspers) University of Detroit Mercy The Genetic Background of (Na+, K+)-ATPase, a -2 Knockout Mice Affects the Distribution of a -2 and a -3 Isoforms of this Enzyme in Brain and the Survival Time of Homozygous Newborns.
	Virginia Woods (Mentor: Ronald Hoy) Cornell University Kinematics of Larval Locomotion in Drosophila Mutants.

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2004 FUN Travel Award Winners - San Diego, CA
| 2004 ABSTRACTS & ITINERARY |

	David Busha (Mentor: Eric Wiertelak) Macalester College EXTRACTS FROM ATROPA BELLADONNA, DATURA STRAMONIUM & HYOSCYAMUS NIGER CAUSE ALTERATIONS IN NOCICEPTIVE RESPONSIVITY AS MEASURED BY TAIL-FLICK, HOT-PLATE AND FORMALIN TESTS. Award sponsored by Med Associates.
	Daniel Cuzzone (Mentor: William Church) Trinity College NMDA RECEPTOR EXPRESSION AND INVOLVEMENT IN MPP + TOXICITY IN C57BL/6 MURINE CELL CULTURES. Award sponsored by McGraw Hill-Higher Education.
	Kathryn Gniotczynski (Mentor: D.A.Wagner, Sponsor: Michelle Mynlieff) Marquette University MULTIPLE ARGININES ON THE GABAA RECEPTOR COLLABORATE TO HOLD GABA.
	Amee Hall (Mentor: Stephen Lomber) University of Texas at Dallas CEREBRAL CONTROL OF SOUND LOCALIZATION IN THE CAT: UNILATERAL AND BILATERAL DEACTIVATION OF 10 AUDITORY AREAS.
	Robyn Kondrad (Mentor: Joshua Burk) College of William & Mary ESCALATING AMPHETAMINE TRANSIENTLY INCREASES FALSE ALARMS IN A SUSTAINED ATTENTION TASK IN RATS.
	Sidney Kuo (Mentor: Karen Parfitt) Pomona College CHANGES WITH AGING IN FORSKOLIN-STIMULATED AND BASAL CYCLIC AMP IN THE HIPPOCAMPUS. Award sponsored by Emory University.
	Hyo Won Lee (Mentor: Bob Jacobs) The Colorado College REGIONAL DENDRITIC VARIATION IN HUMAN INSULAR CORTEX: A QUANTITATIVE GOLGI STUDY.
	Michelle Pate (Mentor: Roger Buchanan) Arkansas State University CHANGES IN P13 AMPLITUDE AND HABITUATION DURING THE REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE OF FEMALE RATS.
	Winona Poulton (Mentor: Julio Ramirez) Davidson College. MODELING ALZHEIMER'S TAUOPATHY: ADENO-ASSOCIATED VIRUS VECTOR EXPRESSING MUTATED TAU IN THE ENTORHINAL CORTEX OF RATS IMPAIRS SPATIAL WORKING MEMORY.
	Abigail Rao (Mentor: Ronald Kalil)  University of Wisconsin-Madison NESTIN EXPRESSION BY TERMINALLY DIFFERENTIATED NEURONS IN THE ADULT RAT BRAIN. Award sponsored by the Grass Foundation.
	Tori Schaefer (Mentor: Michael Williams) Cincinnati Children's Research Foundation EFFECTS OF METHAMPHETAMINE ADMINISTRATION ON CELL PROLIFERATION IN THE DEVELOPING RAT BRAIN. Award sponsored by Wellesley College.

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• Nicolas Bamat , Michelle Kron , Andrew Schulte
  (Mentor: Betty Zimmerberg)
  Williams College
  Acute and Long-term Behavioral Effects of Toluene in Neonatal Rats Selectively Bred for High or Low Vocalizations.
  
• Jill Braun (Mentor: Mary Lou Caspers)
  University of Detroit Mercy
  Microscope Slide Treatments to Ensure Newborn Mouse Brain Tissue Adhesion During (Na++K+)-ATPase Assay.
  
• Tina Marks (Mentor: Edward Bilsky)
  University of New England
  Antidepressant Actions of Citalopram and Milnacipran in C57BL/6J and 129S6/SVEV Inbred Strains of Mice.
  
• Adam Numis (Mentor: Anne Andrews)
  Pennsylvania State University
  Role of the Vesicular Monoamine Transporter in the Neurotoxic Effects of 2'-NH2-MPTP in Mice and Rats.
  
• Steven Pan (Mentor: Sonsoles de Lacalle)
  California State University, LA
  Sleep Deprivation Impairs Retention Performance on an Olfactory Discrimination Task.
  
• Alyssa Picchini (Mentor: Wendy Hill)
  Lafayette College
  Exercise and Estrogen Influence the Behavioral and Neurochemical Correlates of Depression in Female Rats.
  
• Tori Schaefer (Mentor: Michael Williams)
  College of Mount St. Joseph
  Adrenalectomy and Metyrapone Differentially Affect Drug-Induced Changes in Monoamine Levels in Developing Animals.
  
• Katie Travis (Mentor: Bob Jacobs)
  Colorado College
  Regional Dendritic Variation in Neonatal Human Cortex: A Quantitative Golgi Analysis.
  
• Jennifer Williams (Mentor: Krystel Huxlin)
  University of Rochester
  Training-induced Alterations in AMPA Receptor Subunit Composition After Cortical Lesions in Adult Cats.

• Stephanie Courchesne (sponsoring member: Julio Ramirez)
  Davidson College
  PROGRESSIVE LESIONS OF THE ENTORHINAL CORTEX ENHANCE PAIRED-PULSE FACILITATION IN THE CROSSED TEMPORODENTATE PATHWAY OF RATS.
  
• Tanvi Desai (sponsoring member: Mary Lou Caspers)
  University of Detroit Mercy
  AUTORADIOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS OF [³ H]OUABAIN BINDING TO MALE AND FEMALE MOUSE BRAIN (NA+/K+)-ATPASE.
  
• Rebecca Foltz (sponsoring member: Mark Bardgett)
  Northern Kentucky University
  ANIMAL MODELS OF HIPPOCAMPAL DEFICITS IN NEUROPSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS: DOES SIZE MATTER?
  
• Brian McGettigan (sponsoring member: Teresa Barber)
  Dickinson College
  THE EFFECTS OF MEMANTINE ON MEMORY FORMATION FOR PASSIVE AVOIDANCE LEARNING IN DAY-OLD CHICKS.
  
• J.A. Ogg (sponsoring member: Jeffrey Wilson)
  Albion College
  CHRONIC GINKGO BILOBA DECOUPLES ACQUISITION FROM THE EFFECTS OF PRIOR EXPERIENCE IN RATS.
  
• Ericka Ann Peterson (sponsoring member: Alan Gittis)
  Westminster College
  INDUCTION OF COMPULSIVE FEATURES IN MATERNAL BEHAVIOR VIA CHRONIC QUINPIROLE ADMINISTRATION IN THE RAT.
  
• Dawn Reichenbach (sponsoring member: Anne Andrews)
  Pennsylvania State University
  THE PRECLINICAL MOTOR ABNORMALITIES DISPLAYED BY A53T a-SYNUCLEIN TRANSGENIC MICE ARE AGE-DEPENDANT.
  
• Stephanie Soscia (sponsoring member: Mary Harrington)
  Smith College
  CIRCADIAN RHYTHMS OF NPY AND NPY Y5 RECEPTOR KNOCKOUT MICE.
  
• Kenneth Sowinski (sponsoring member: Anne Andrews)
  Pennsylvania State University
  RT-PCR ANALYSIS OF BDNF mRNA IN SERT KO MICE VERSUS MICE CHRONICALLY TREATED WITH 5-HT REUPTAKE INHIBITORS.
  
• Doris Wang (sponsoring member: Angelique Bordey)
  Yale University NEURONAL AND PRESUMED GLIAL PROGENITORS HAVE DISTINCT IONIC SIGNATURES IN THE POSTNATAL SUBVENTRICULAR ZONES.

• Jennifer Caldwell   (Mentor: Julio Ramirez)
  Davidson College
  Adeno-associated virus vector expressing nerve growth factor enhances cholinergic sprouting after entorhinal cortex lesions in rats.
  
• Aaron Cecala   (Mentor: E. Lee Coates)
  Allegheny College
  Topical inhibition of nasal carbonic anhydrase in rats attenuates the olfactory receptor response to CO2.
  
• Shawnne Glenn   (Mentor: Stephanie Golski)
  Rider University
  Ingestion or idea? The interaction between caffeine and expectations in a double-blind bidirectional placebo study.
  
• Cameron Good   (Mentor: James Murray)
  University of Central Arkansas
  Role of pedal 3 neurons in turning while crawling in the marine slug tritonia diomedea.
  
• Cindy Kenmuir   (Mentor: G. Andrew Mickley)
  Baldwin Wallace College
  A role for gustatory neocortex in the detection of a familiar taste and the extinction of a conditioned taste aversion.
  
• C. Brock Kirwan   (Mentor: Raymond Kesner)
  University of Utah
  Role of the hippocampus in spatial pattern completion.
  
• Reyna Pijanowski   (Mentor: Nancy Kleckner)
  Bates College
  MK-801 enhances forelimb stepping in the unilateral 6-OHDA-lesioned rat.
  
• Wendi Schmid   (Mentor: Gayle Brosnan-Watters)
  University of Northern Colorado-Greeley
  Differences in psychomotor stimulant-induced locomotor activity in different inbred and outbred strains of mice.

• Jeremiah Boles   (Mentor: Rick Meeker)
  Department of Neurology, University of North Carolina
  Feline immunodeficiency virus induces choroid plexus to release soluble factors that disrupt neuronal calcium homeostasis.
  
• Sara Hebbeler (Mentor: Dale Sengelaub)
  Program in Neural Science, Indiana University
  Estrogen and NMDA receptor activation interact in the growth of dendrites in a sexually dimorphic rat spinal nucleus.
  (Award sponsored by the University of New Orleans and FUN.)
  
• Matthew Kayser (Mentor: Mark Bear)
  Department of Neuroscience, Brown University
  A critical period for protein synthesis in the establishment of mGluR-dependent hippocampal LTD.
  
• Jennifer Lewey (Mentor: John Lisman)
  Department of Biology and Volen Center for Complex Systems, Brandeis University
  Serotonin selectively inhibits the perforant path input to the CA1 hippocampal region.
  
• Timothy Monahan (Mentor: Theresa Jones)
  Department of Psychology, University of Washington
  Alterations in microtubule-associated protein 2 in the cortex contralateral and homotopic to focal neocortical damage.
  (Award sponsored by UCLA and FUN.)
  
• Melanie Powers (Mentor: Jean Hardwick)
  Biology Dept, Ithaca College
  Regulation of parasympathetic neurons by mast cells and histamine in the guinea pig heart.

• Angela Burkhardt (Mentor: Dr. Larry Normansell)
  Muskingum College, New Concord, Ohio
  ART OF THE BRAIN.
  
• Elizabeth Ann Cresiski (Mentors: Dr. D. M. Kopp & Dr. Rita Balice-Gordan)  Uiversity of Pennsylvania Medical College, Philadelphia, PA.
  ATF-3 AND CREB ARE EXPRESSED IN DEVELOPING MOUSE MUSCLE FIBERS AND AT NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTIONS.
  
• Rachel Groth (Mentor: Dr Lin Aanonsen)
  Macalester College, St Paul, MN
  CHANGES IN TRKB RECEPTOR-LIKE IMMUNOREACTIVITY AFTER CARRAGEENAN-INDUCED PERIPHERAL INFLAMMATION IN THE MOUSE.
  
• Adam Orr (Mentor: Dr. William Church)
  Trinity College, Hartford, CT.  DIFFERENTIAL EFFECTS ON BASAL GANGLIA INDOLEAMINE AND CATECHOLAMINE NEUROCHEMISTRY PRODUCED BY PURINE ENZYME INHIBITION IN MPTP-TREATED GUINEA PIG.

• Michelle Mazei (Mentor: Gary Dunbar)
  Central Michigan University
  GM1 Ganglioside Reduces Quinolinic Acid-Induce Behavioral Deficits.
  
• Jill Roche (Mentor: Sarah Turgeon)
  Amherst College
  The Delayed Effects of Phencyclidine (PCP) Enhance Amphetamine-Induced Behavior and Striatal C-Fos Induction.
  
• Linda Schoenfeld (Mentor: Jean Hardwick)
  Ithaca College
  Characterization of Pituitary Adenylate Cyclase-Activating Polypeptide (PACAP) Innervation of the Mudpuppy Cardiac Ganglion.
  
• Ali Khammanivong (Mentor: Dwight Nelson) University of St. Thomas
  The Mouse Circadian System Becomes Unresponsive to Light after "Saturating" Light-Induced Phase Delays.

ANDP Article & Photo about 1997 Student Travel Award winners.

• Jennifer J. Quinn (Mentor: Dr. J. Timothy Cannon) Department of Psychology, University of Scranton Contextual Freezing Disrupted by Lidocaine Microinjections in the Region of the Nucleus Raphe Magnus.
  
• Deborah A. Shear (Mentor: Dr. Gary L. Dunbar)
  Brain Research Laboratory, Central Michigan University
  Chronic Intrastriatal Administration of Quinolinic Acid Produces Cognitive Deficits in a Rodent Model of Huntington's Disease.
  Slow-Release of Quinolinic Acid from Polymers Implanted in the Striatum Produces Spatial Learning Deficits in Rats.
  
• Gerald F. Reis (Mentor: Dr. Karen D. Parfitt)
  Department of Biology, Pomona College
  Adenylate Cyclase-mediated Forms of Synaptic Potentiation in Hippocampal Area CA1 are Attenuated in Aged Fisher 344 Rats.

• Ben Deverman (Mentor: Dr. Mary Lou Caspers)
  University of Detroit, Mercy
  Alterations in High Affinity Choline Uptake in Rat Brain Sections Due to 17 Beta Estradiol.

If you won, or were the mentor of someone who won, a travel award in 1995, please send us your information so that we can post it here.

• Gregory T. Hofeldt (Mentor: Dr. Terry T. Takahashi)
  University of Oregon
  
• Lori Larsen (Mentor: Dr. Bob Jacobs)
  Colorado College
  
• Ethan Abraham (Mentor: Dr. Lin Aanonsen)
  Macalester College
  
• Albert Newman (Mentor: Dr. William J. Pizzi)
  Northeastern Illinois University
  
• Michael Felton (Mentor: Dr. W. Jeffrey Wilson)
  Indiana-Purdue University

If you won, or were the mentor of someone who won a travel award in 1993, please send us your information so that we can post it here.

• Nan Steinbronn (Mentor: Dr. W. Jeffrey Wilson)
  Indiana-Purdue University