. Neurobiology, paper topics

Summers
USD Department of Biology

Neurobiology

Spring 2000

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1st draft due: Mar 20 - 24
Final draft due: April 25 - 28
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Topics for Neurobiology Papers         back to Neurobiology Syallabus 2000

1997 or newer

Papers on these topics must be very recent 1. Serotonergic activity modified by dopaminergic activity 2. Dopaminergic activity modified by dopaminergic activity 3. Aggression modified by GABA or GABAergic drugs 4. Microdialysis in small vertebrates (smaller than a rat) 5. Serotonin (5-HT) effects on corticotropin releasing factor (CRF) - or vice versa 6. Norepinephrine (NE) or Dopamine (DA) effects on CRF 7. Limbic NE correlated with aggression 8. Stress and monoamines 9. Stress and GABA or glutamate (Glu) 10. Visual Stressors 11. GABA and Raphe 12. Glu and Raphe 13. Neural pathways of the stress response

Any Year

Papers on these topics can come from any year 1. Neural pathways from eyes to optic tectum in lizards 2. Neural pathways from optic tectum/lobe to hypothalamus -especially valuable if in lizards 3. Neural pathways from optic tectum/lobe to amygdala 4. Neural pathways from optic tectum/lobe to hippocampus 5. Neural pathways from hypothalamus to hippocampus - or vice versa 6. Neural pathways from amygdala to hippocampus - or vice versa 7. CRF1 or 2-R density and locations 8. Sign stimuli and aggression 9. Sign stimuli and social dominance 10. Monoamines and neural plasticity 11. Neural plasticity and aggression 12. Aggression and repeated interaction 13. Neural pathways from raphe to hypothalamus 14. Neural pathways from raphe to hippocampus 15. Neural pathways from raphe to amygdala 16. Effects of learning on aggression

®You may not use any papers that have as authors: Deckel, Greenberg, Korzan, Renner, and/or Summers

®You must have your papers approved by Wayne Korzan

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