Past Research and Honors Students Who Have Worked with Jan Thornton    

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2005-2006 Research Students


Juliet Alla
Honors Project
Androgen modulation of spatial learning and memory in male rats
Advisor: Jan Thornton


Anne Berry
Honors Project
Luteinizing Hormone's Effect on Learning and Memory: a possible connection to Alzheimer's disease?
Advisor: Jan Thornton

 


Kevin Kralik
Honors Project
Androgen Effects on pCREB in Male Rats
Advisor: Jan Thornton

Anne Cherry
Spring Research
Introduction To Behavioral Testing And Luteinizing Hormone Effects
Advisor: Jan Thornton


Laura Dodd
Spring Research
Introduction To Behavioral Testing And Androgen Effects
Advisor: Jan Thornton

 

Benny Wheat
Spring Research
Introduction To Immunocytochemistry And Androgen Effects
Advisor: Jan Thornton


Laura Kanter
2006 Winter Term Research
Basics Of Hormones And Behavior
Advisor: Jan Thornton

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2004-2005 Research Students


Juliet Alla



Leslie Dowell

Research Project
Effects of androgens in learning and memory in male rats
Advisor: Jan Thornton
Research Project
Effects of antiestrogens before birth on sex differences in the brains of adult guinea pigs
Advisor: Jan Thornton

Kevin Kralik

Research Project
Histone acetylation and hippocampal neurogenesis:
An analysis of the effects ofanti-depressant drugs
Advisor: Jan Thornton

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2003 Summer Research Students


Anne Getzin
Joe Stein
Sex Differences in the Geuinea Pig Brain: Effects of Prenatal Anti-Estrogens
Advisor: Jan Thornton
Effects of DHTP on ChAT in the Male Rat Brain
Advisor: Jan Thornton


Ian White
Effects of Prenatal Anti-Androgens and
Anti-Estrogens on Sexual Differentiation in Guinea Pigs
Advisor: Jan Thornton

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2002-2003
Honors and Research Students



Daniel Staub
Advisor: Jan Thornton
Honors Project
THE EFFECTS OF GONADAL HORMONES ON HIPPOCAMPAL SPINE DENSITY IN MALE RATS
The hippocampus is a structure in the brain that plays an important role in learning and memory. It is known that, in females, estrogens act on the hippocampus to increase the spine density of brain cells in the hippocampus (spine density is a measure of the number of contacts a cell makes with other cells). It appears that estrogens may also help relieve some of the memory problems caused by Alzheimers or hippocampal damage. It is thought that there may be a relationship between estrogen's effects on spine density and its effects on memory. Danny is examining whether androgens in males also affects hippocampal cell spine density.
     
Ian White                                Lauren Schiff
Advisior: Jan Thornton
Research Project
THE EFFECTS OF PRENTAL ANTI-ESTROGEN AND ANTI-ANDROGEN ON ADULT SEXUAL BEHAVIOR OF GUINEA PIGS
Before birth, animals are treated with either an anti-estrogen (i.e. a compound that blocks estrogen effects), an anti-androgen, or both. In adulthood they will then be tested for male-typical and female-typical behavior to determine what role, if any, androgens and estrogens play in developing the brain mechanisms that underly sex differences in behavior.
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2003 Winter Term Projects


Tina Marinic
Advisor: Jan Thornton
Winter Term Project
GLIA AND P75 TNF RECEPTORS

Faye Dorehty
Advisor: Jan Thornton
Winter Term Project
RESEARCH: HORMONES/BRAIN