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 Rebecca Brachman |
 Keith Hanson |
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Honors Project
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 Alice Macgill |
 Daniel Rubin |
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Honors Project
A pharmacological comparison of C57 and CD1 mice with respect to the actions of cannabinoid agonists and antagonists in the hippocampus Advisor: Dennison Smith |
Honors Project
A flurogade B study of G-OHDA induced cell loss: Effects of exercise Advisor: Dennison Smith |
 Keith Hanson |
 Uppie Updegraff |
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Research Project
The Role of Tuberomammillary Histaminergic Neurons in Sedation and Sleep Advisor: Dennison Smith |
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Neural-Protective Effect of Exercise Advisor: Dennison Smith |
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2002-2003
Honors and Research Students
 Aaron Kerlin Advisor: Dennison Smith Honors Project THE ROLE OF NITRIC OXIDE IN MIGRAINE HEADACHE While the neurological events that characterize a migraine attack have become clearer in recent years, no clear model has emerged to explain why certain individuals are more susceptible to migraine than others. We propose that migraine susceptibility is caused by the dysregulation of a biochemical positive-feedback cycle, whereby elevated nitric oxide levels inhibit mitochondrial respiration, which then has downstream effects that upregulate nitric oxide synthesis. As a first step in verifying this model, the effects of chronic elevated nitric oxide on plasma levels of respiration-related metabolites (lactate, pyruvate) will be evaluated in an in vivo animal model. Subsequent assays of plasma free Mg²?, nitric oxide synthase transcription, and neurophysiological potentiation could further assess the validity of this model. |
 Aya Takeoka Advisor: Dennison Smith Honors Project: EXERCISE INDUCED PROTECTION IN A RAT MODEL OF PARKINSON'S DISEASE |
 Chaney Stewman Advisor: Dennison Smith Research Project FACE PERCEPTION: EFFECTS OF MASKING ON OWN FACE PERCEPTION |