Student Research

Effects of VEGF signaling on stress resilience and blood vessel density

Effects of VEGF signaling on stress resilience and blood vessel density

Student: Benjamin Nicholas '14

Sponsor: Dr. Seema Bhatnagar

Department: Neuroscience

School: Medicine

Fly “Fight Club”: Impacts of Sleep Deprivation on Aggression in Drosophila

Fly "Fight Club": Impacts of Sleep Deprivation on Aggression in Drosophila

Student: Yoni Levenson '14

Sponsor: Dr. Amita Sehgal

Department: Neuroscience

School: Medicine

Opsoclonus Myoclonus Syndrome: Role of Autoantibodies and Neural Correlates with Anti-NMDA Receptor Encephalitis

Opsoclonus Myoclonus Syndrome: Role of Autoantibodies and Neural Correlates with Anti-NMDA Receptor Encephalitis    

Student: Ronan Anand '14

Sponsor: Dr. David Lynch

Department: Neurology

School: medicine

Effect of NMDA receptor NR1 subunit gene expression across development on sociability, a schizophrenia-relevant behavior

Effect of NMDA receptor NR1 subunit gene expression across development on sociability, a schizophrenia-relevant behavior

Student: Ashley Pallathra '13

Sponsor: Dr Marc Brodkin

Department: Psychiatry

School: Medicine

Effects of oxytocin on the amygdala during social and anxiety responses

Effects of oxytocin on the amygdala during social and anxiety responses

Student: Rosanna Sobota '14

Sponsor: Dr. Steven Siegel

Department: Psychiatry

School: Medicine

Mechanism of volatile anesthetics

Investigating the neural mechanisms of volatile anesthetics using transgenic mice lacking norepinephrine

Student: Frances Yifan Hu '12

Sponsor: Dr. Max Kelz

Department: Anesthesiology

School: Medicine

Auditory tuning in songbirds

Auditory receptive field properties of forebrain vocal-motor neurons in a songbird

Student: Sarah Smith '12 (CN Minor)

Sponsor: Dr. Marc Schmidt

Department: Biology

School: Arts and Sciences

nTS and birdsong

Effect of respiratory feedback on song production in zebra finches

Student: Arielle Spellun '12

Sponsor: Dr. Marc Schmidt

Department: Biology

School: Arts and Sciences

Neuroeconomics

Brain mechanisms that underlie economic decision making in humans

Student: Khoi Vo '12

Sponsor: Dr. Joe Kable

Department: Psychology

School: Arts and Sciences