2019 Honors Thesis Projects

Sandy Samuel

The Effect of Branched Chain Amino Acids Dietary Therapy on Pattern Separation

Akiva Cohen, The Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine

 

Rachel Levinson

Long Interspersed Element-1 Retrotransposons in Schizophrenia

Wade Berrettini, Department of Psychiatry

 

Shae Chambers

Behavioral response following repetitive mild traumatic brain injury 

Akiva Cohen, The Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine

 

Lauren O’Mara

Sleep Disruptions in Rats after Social Defeat

Seema Bhatnagar, The Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine

 

Rebecca Li

Effect of neurotransmitter release by the LC onto the hippocampus on memory

John Dani, Department of Neuroscience

 

Alexandra Croicu

The Role of the Chloride Transporter KCC2 in Alcohol Consumption in Mice

John Dani, Department of Neuroscience

 

BriarRose Ginn

Semantic Associations of Atypical Non-Amnestic Alzheimer’s Patients

Murry Grossman, Department of Neurology

 

Nana Acquah

Semantic Associations of Atypical Non-Amnestic Alzheimer’s Patients

Amy Eisch, The Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine

 

Jonathan Levine

The Accuracy vs Complexity Tradeoff in Decision Making Models

Joshua Gold, Department of Neuroscience

 

Mackenzie Kagan

Investigation of NFL as a Potential Biomarker of FTD Diseases 

Murry Grossman, Department of Neurology

 

Mahip Grewal

Role of Variants in SCAM Genes in Autism-Relevant Quantitative Phenotypes

Edward Brodkin, Department of Psychiatry

 

Frank Aguilar

The effects of hunger on the innate fear response

Nick Betley, Department of Biology

 

Um Paul

Sleep More, Sick Less?

David Raizen, Department of Neurology

 

Zack Weiss

The Neuronal Basis of Salt Preference in Drosophila Melanogaster

Yali Zhang, Monell Chemical Senses Center

 

Andrea Gomez

Time-Dependent Role of Gadd45b on Behavioral Flexibility

Hongjun Song, Department of Neuroscience

 

Erica Rego

KCC2 Downregulation in the VTA Contributes to Cocaine Seeking Behavior

John Dani, Department of Neuroscience

 

Ivan Covarrubias

Effects of Prazosin on Depression-like Behaviors 

Shinjae Chung, Department of Neuroscience

 

Gerardo Velasquez

Frontoparietal Network Plasticity through Auditory N-back Training

Allyson Mackey, Department of Psychology

 

Samantha Stone

Frontoparietal Network Plasticity through Auditory N-back Training

Judy Grinspan, Department of Neurology

 

Abigail Katz

Graph Learning in Development 

Allyson Mackey, Department of Psychology

 

Vanessa Weir

GLP-1 in Cocaine Seeking: Endogenous Pathway Manipulation & Sex Specificity

Health Schmidt, Department of Biobehavioral Health

 

Ryan Leone

Evaluating Neurophysiological Metrics of Synchrony in Athletic Teams

Michael Platt, Departments of Neuroscience, Psychology and Marketing