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Author:

Lieu, Christopher Anson

Title:

THE ROLE OF INTERHEMISPHERIC PATHWAYS IN PARKINSON’S DISEASE AND DRUG-INDUCED DYSKINESIAS

Graduate Program:

Neuroscience

Keywords:

basal ganglia
nigrostriatal degeneration
movement disorders
alternative and complementary medicines

File:

Download Lieu_Final_Dissertation_2011_and_Vita.pdf

Committee Members:

Thyagarajan Subramanian, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thyagarajan Subramanian, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Robert Connor, Committee Member
Paul Joseph Eslinger, Committee Member
Kent Eugene Vrana, Committee Member
Kathy Steece Collier, Committee Member

Author:

Pinzon-Guzman, Carolina

Title:

PROTEIN KINASE C (PKC) BETA1 AND GAMMA ISOFORMS ARE ESSENTIAL FOR ROD PHOTORECEPTOR DIFFERENTIATION

Graduate Program:

Neuroscience

Keywords:

retinal development
Photoreceptor differentiation
PKC

File:

Download Carolina_Pinzon-Guzman_DOCTORAL_THESIS_9-17-11.pdf

Committee Members:

Colin James Barnstable, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Colin James Barnstable, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Samuel Shaomin Zhang, Committee Member
James Robert Connor, Committee Member
Alistair J Barber, Committee Member
Thomas Wright Gardner, Committee Member

Author:

Hall II, Eric Christopher

Title:

The contribution of an iron genetic modifier, HFE, to Alzheimer's disease

Graduate Program:

Neuroscience

Keywords:

amyloid
neurodegeneration
HFE
iron
tau
pin1

File:

Download Eric_C._Hall_II_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

James Robert Connor, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Robert Connor, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Anne M Andrews, Committee Member
Robert J Milner, Committee Member
Jiyue Zhu, Committee Member
Jack T Rogers, Committee Member

Author:

Muelly, Emilie Ruth

Title:

NEUROPSYCHIATRIC AND NEUROCHEMICAL SEQUELAE OF MAPLE SYRUP URINE DISEASE

Graduate Program:

Neuroscience

Keywords:

branched chain amino acids
leucine
glutamate
metabolism
inborn errors of metabolism
metabolic disorders
neuroimaging
magnetic resonance spectroscopy
magnetic resonance imaging
MRI
MSUD maple syrup urine disease
psychiatry
IQ
intelligence quotient
mental retardation
depression
anxiety
ADHD
attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder

File:

Download EmilieMuelly_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Scott C Bunce, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ian Alexander Simpson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Scott C Bunce, Committee Member
James Robert Connor, Committee Member
Qing X Yang, Committee Member
Gregory Thomas Moore, Committee Member
Julie A Mack, Committee Member

Author:

Ingram, Justin

Title:

OXYGEN DYNAMICS IN THE EPILEPTIC BRAIN: FROM THE LARGER SCALE HIPPOCAMPAL FORMATION TO INDIVIDUAL NEURONS

Graduate Program:

Neuroscience

Keywords:

FRET
Epilepsy
seizure
hypoxia
hippocampus
liposomes

File:

Download Dissertation-PSU-August2011-Justin_Ingram.pdf

Committee Members:

Steven Schiff, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Steven Schiff, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Bruce Gluckman, Committee Member
Jian Xu, Committee Member
Bernhard Luscher, Committee Member
James Robert Connor, Committee Member
Ping Li, Committee Member

Author:

Meadowcroft, Mark David

Title:

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING AND HISTOLOGICAL ANAYLYSIS OF BETA – AMYLOID PLAQUES IN HUMAN ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE AND APP/PS1 TRANSGENIC MICE

Graduate Program:

Neuroscience

Keywords:

APP
Alzheimer
PS1
Iron
Beta Amyloid
MRI
Plaque
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Microscopy
Histology
Stain

File:

Download Thesis_Master_Copy_-_Resaved_-_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Qing X Yang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Qing X Yang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Robert Connor, Committee Member
Paul Joseph Eslinger, Committee Member
Michael Smith, Committee Member
Robert J Milner, Committee Member

Author:

Wiley, Nicholas J.

Title:

Targeted Liposomes for Treatment of ALS in Mutant SOD1-G93A Mouse Model

Graduate Program:

Neuroscience

Keywords:

amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
SOD1
liposome
minocycline
microglia

File:

Download NickWiley_MastersThesis.FinalVersion.pdf

Committee Members:

James Robert Connor, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Felling, Ryan J.

Title:

A REGENERATIVE RESPONSE OF ENDOGENOUS NEURAL STEM CELLS TO PERINATAL HYPOXIC/ISCHEMIC BRAIN DAMAGE

Graduate Program:

Neuroscience

Keywords:

neural stem cells
subventricular zone
regeneration
perinatal hypoxia ischemia
neurogenesis
notch

File:

Download Felling_Final_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Steven Levison, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Teresa Wood, Committee Member
James Robert Connor, Committee Member
Sarah Bronson, Committee Member
Charles Palmer, Committee Member

Author:

Zinnanti, William J

Title:

From modeling to potential treatments of glutaric aciduria type I

Graduate Program:

Neuroscience

Keywords:

glutaric acid
striatal injury
neurometabolic disorders

File:

Download ThesisMaster_Zinnanti_2007.pdf

Committee Members:

Keith C Cheng, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert J Milner, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Robert Connor, Committee Member
Kathryn F Lanoue, Committee Member
Ian Alexander Simpson, Committee Member
David A Antonetti, Committee Member

Author:

Yin, Lina

Title:

Genetic-based, Differential Susceptibility To Paraquat Neurotoxicity In Mice

Graduate Program:

Neuroscience

Keywords:

Parkinson's disease
Paraquat
Iron
Genetics

File:

Download Thesis_LinaYin_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Byron C Jones, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Byron C Jones, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David John Vandenbergh, Committee Member
James Robert Connor, Committee Member
Laura Klein, Committee Member
Paul Allen Bartell, Committee Member
Eric Richfield, Special Member