Student/Faculty Research
Our professors are making important discoveries. You can, too.
We have strong faculty research programs that lay the foundation for diverse student-faculty research opportunities and advanced laboratory and field-based learning.
Recent highlights:
Enhanced extinction of cocaine conditioned place preference via glutamate transporter activation is associated with reduced nucleus accumbens c-Fos expression.
By: Jyneva Pickel '15, Valeria Svystun '15, Taylor Havican '15, Lena Mininberg '17, Luisanny Perez '17, Samantha Pierce '16, Annie DiLisio '17, Michael Reilly '17, Elysia Ridener '14
Faculty Adviser: Joseph Schroeder
The impact of NMDA and NR2B-specific antagonists on working memory function and c-fos expression in rats: Unraveling the ketamine mystery.
By: Leah Fleming '16
Faculty Adviser: Joseph Schroeder
(Senior capstone)
Effects of Repeated Forced Exercise and/or Caffeine on Analgesia and Analgesic Tolerance
By: Geoff Phaneuf '14 and Marisa Shields '14
Faculty Adviser: Joseph A. Schroeder
Are Oreos Addictive? Nucleus Accumbens C-Fos Expression Is Correlated with Conditioned Place Preference to Cocaine, Morphine and High Fat/Sugar Food Consumption
By: Jamie C. Honohan '13, Rebecca H. Markson '13, Lauren Cameron '14
Faculty Adviser: Joseph A. Schroeder
Comparison of Prenatal and Post-Weaning Lead Exposure and Enriched Versus Impoverished Rearing Environment on Visuospatial Learning and Memory in Rats
By: Nicolas G. Tolman '13, Chelsea N. Louis '14, Gwen Galvin '14
Faculty Adviser: Joseph A. Schroeder