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Excellence in Neuroscience Research Awards

Each year, the Neuroscience Awards Committee recognizes two graduating seniors who have performed outstandingly in the lab with the Excellence in Neuroscience Research Award.

Year Receipient Title Mentor
2019 Benjamin Musheyev Role of Prrxl1 in Whisker-Related PrV Lemniscal Pathways:An Electrophysiological Analysis Dr. Joshua C. Brumberg
2019 Fawzia Shirzad Training Effect on Bimanual Coordination for Children with Cerebral Palsy Dr. Ya Ching Hung
2018 Gabriela Fazilov Murine Genetic Variance in Muscarinic Receptor Antagonism of Acquisition and Expression of Sucrose Conditioned Flavor Preferences in Three Inbred Mouse Strains Dr. Richard J. Bodnar
2018 Courtney McDermott Cholesterol-lowering drugs alter brain steroid levels in a songbird model system: Effects of sex and age Dr. Carolyn L. Pytte
2018 Christopher O’Brien Increased Dopamine has Lateralized Effects on New Neuron Survival in the Striatum Dr. Carolyn L. Pytte
2017 Kumarie Budhu Whole Brain Characterization of Perineuronal Nets in the Male Long Evans Rat Dr. Joshua Brumberg
2017 Karen Go Assessing the Impact of Maternal Smoking During Pregnancy and Gene Expression of MAOA and MAOB on Child Neurodevelopment Dr. Yoko Nomura
2016 Nohely C. Abreu Neurogenesis and Contextual Memory: Effects of Doxycycline and Mold Exposure Dr. Carolyn L. Pytte
2016 Cindy P. Flores Evaluating the Impact of Maternal Anxiety on Infant Development: A Focus on Specific Phobia Dr. Yoko Nomura
2015 Hope A. Miodownik Elucidation of a Compre-hensive Model of Epicardiogenesis in Zebrafish: Role of BMP Signaling in Epicardial Migration Dr. Nathalia Holtzman
2015 Qainat N. Shah Virus Emergence in Novel Host Populations: Relationship between Initial Fitness and Probability of Emergence Dr. John J. Dennehy
2014 David Arastehmanesh The Effects of Microinjections of a D1 Antagonist in the Ventral Tegmental Areaon Cocaine Conditioned Place Preference Dr. Robert Ranaldi
2014 Daniel Stalbow The Effects of Atorvastatin on Vocal Learning and Neurogenesis in the JuvenileZebra Finch Dr. Carolyn Pytte
2013 Ivonne Cruz Drugs and Natural Reward Processing: Effect of Heroin Exposure on Reward-related Behaviors Dr. Robert Ranaldi
2013 Theologia Karagiorgis Activation of the Mesotelencephalic Dopamine Reward Pathway Following Oral Sugar and Fat Intake in Rats as Measured by c-fos Immunohistochemistry Dr. Richard Bodnar
2012 Shoshana Korman Paradox of Dynamic Stability: Neurogenesis Contributes to a Stereotyped Behavior in Songbirds Dr. Carolyn Pytte
2012 Kobi Wasner Aberrant Song-Related Feedback Alters Lateralized Pattern of Adult Neurogenesis in Zebra Finch Auditory Region Caudomedial Nidopallium Dr. Carolyn Pytte
2011 John Kalambogias Microglial Development and Response to Sensory Deprivation in Mouse Barrel Cortex Dr. Joshua C. Brumberg
2011 Erica Rodriguez Experience-dependent Neuron Survival in Adult Zebra Finches Dr. Carolyn Pytte
2010 Adesh A. Bajnath The Effect of Sensory Deprivation on Dendritic Spine Density and Morphology in the Rodent Somatosensory Cortex Dr. Joshua Brumberg
2010 Carole Parent The Relationship Between Neurogenesis and Cell Death Dr. Carolyn Pytte
2009 Jason Abramowitz The Organization of Myelin in the Mouse Somatosensory Barrel Cortex and the Effects of Sensory Deprivation on its Development Dr. Joshua Brumberg
2009 Chantal Bruno Synergism of BDNF and Sympathetic Neuron Dysfunction in the Etiology of Perivascular Inflammation Dr. Susan Croll
2008 Yana Abayev Expression of Fructose-Conditioned Flavor Preferences: Opioid Antagonism in the Amygdala and in the Nucleus Accumbens Shell and Core Regions Dr. Richard Bodnar
2008 Michelle G. Bubnik Cluster Analysis of Preschoolers Using Objective Measures of Inattention, Impulsivity, and Activity Level and Predictive Utility Dr. Jeffrey Halperin
2007 Karen Kest NMDA Antagonism in the Ventral Tegmental Area Impairs Acquisition, But Not Expression, of Operant Responding Dr. Robert Ranaldi
2007 Samira Zaman Dr. William Farrell

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