Student Research
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Neuroeconomics
Brain mechanisms that underlie economic decision making in humans
Student: Khoi Vo '12
Sponsor: Dr. Joe Kable
Department: Psychology
School: Arts and Sciences