Honors Theses from 2024
Modeling Group 3 Medulloblastoma: Describing the Interconnected Pathway of the Most Common Pediatric Brain Cancer, Amber Cantú
The Influence of Spike Timing-Dependent Plasticity on a Recurrent Excitatory Neural Network Model, Yinuo Chen
Evaluating Environmental Enrichment as a Preventative Treatment in a Zebrafish (Danio rerio) Model of Alzheimer's Disease, Ainsley Craddock
Association of Intermuscular Fat and Physical Activity Levels on Exercise Capacity in Breast Cancer Survivors, Lauren Daniel
Bringing Synthetic Biology from the Flask to the Soil (Microcosm), Megan Fleeharty
The Study of the Potential for Positive and Negative Color Connotation Through Associations, Jamesa Mecayla Gray
Neurogenesis: Impact of Mitochondrial Activity on Neural Progenitor Cell Differentiation via TFAM Expression, Madeleine Harris
Exercise-Induced Production of Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Exhibits Neuroprotective Effects, Julia Rashid
Mathematical Modeling and Examination into Existing and Emerging Parkinson’s Disease Treatments: Levodopa and Ketamine, Gabrielle Riddlemoser
Health Characteristics of Pregnant Women with Opioid Use Disorder and Their Infants, Ellen Windham
Honors Theses from 2023
The Effect of Cortisol on Y-Maze Spontaneous Alternation Behavior in Zebrafish (Danio rerio), Elizabeth Ancheril
Chronic Nicotine Exposure and its Effects on Fear and Anxiety Behaviours in Zebrafish, Ramprasanna Chandrasekar
The Effects of Loss of Orexin Neurons on Attention, Alejandra Eceizabarrena Sainz
The Role of Emojis on Social Attention in Individuals Differing in Autistic Traits and Social Anxiety, Kenzi Fergus
Aggression In and Out of the Surrounding Space, Marissa Incer
The Impact of Television Portrayals of Autism Spectrum Disorder on Knowledge and Attitudes Toward Individuals with ASD, Sreya Mallipeddi
Isolation Induced Anhedonic Behavior in Adolescent but not Adult Sprague-Dawley Rats, Hayden McArdle
Evaluating the Effects of Scopolamine on Anxiety in Zebrafish (Danio rerio), Elsa Quillin
Structurally-Aware Films' Impact on Theory of Mind, Aravind Sreeram
Honors Theses from 2022
The Cognitive & Educational Implications of Color Use in Drawing to Learn, Juliana F.M. Cantarutti
Nucleotide Sequences and Transcriptomes of Inspiratory Neurons of the PreBötzinger Complex in Neonatal Mice, Caroline K. David
Validating Behavioral Testing Paradigm for Selective and Sustained Attention, Zixu Guo
A Mathematical Model of Vagus Nerve Stimulation in Alzheimer's Disease, Julianne Miranda
Induction and Quantification of shRNA-Induced Cacna1g Knockdown in the Mesencephalic Locomotor Region of Mice, Ann Vonasek
Investigation of the Spatial and Temporal Molecular Mechanisms behind Anterior-Posterior Axis Plasticity in Developing Xenopus laevis, Bryan Weselman
Honors Theses from 2021
Using Zebrafish to Test a Computational Model Linking REM Sleep Behavior Disorder and Parkinson’s Disease, Belle Buzzi
Cacna1g transcript knockdown analysis via in situ hybridization, Jennifer (Shih-En) Chen
Measuring Mitochondrial Distribution in Neural Progenitor Cells in the Developing Brain of Xenopus laevis, Sihan Feng
Attentional Bias to Positive and Negative Scenes Differs Based on Traits Related to Social Anxiety, Grace Haffner
A Simplified Computational Approach to Model Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma Treatment with Gemcitabine, Lauren Mayer
Y-Maze Spontaneous Alternation and Response Alternation Task for Assessing Spatial Memory in Zebrafish (Danio rerio), Emma Sophie Moore
Delineating the Role of Osgin1 in Tissue Regeneration and Wound Healing in Xenopus laevis, Kushali Patel
M2 Receptor Antagonists and their role in Sustained attention, Faye Reid
Memory Suppression: The Importance of Baseline Learning for the Think/No-Think Task, Curtis Rogers
Effects of Xanomeline on Attention in Rats, Grace Smith
Investigating the Role of Novel Genes involved in the Wound-Healing Processes of Xenopus laevis Embryogenesis, Swathi Sowmitran
Honors Theses from 2020
Young Adults’ Autistic Behaviors and Social Anxiety Predict Eye Fixations in Social Scenes, Minna Blottner
A study of matr3 and its effects on the neural progenitor cells of Xenopus laevis tadpoles, Kendall Branham
The Role of Time and Nicotine Dose on Anxiety Measured with Light Enhanced Startle, Ross Fladeland
The functional role of mitochondria in neural progenitor cells, Alyssa Luz-Ricca
The Effect of Intranasal Orexin A on the Interaction between Social Isolation Stress and Attention, Saurav Pattanayak
Effects of nicotine on attention: role of orexin-1 receptors, Stacy Pitcairn
Honors Theses from 2019
Utilization of Unnatural Amino Acids in the Development of Novel Functions and Probing Applications, Brent Russell
An Examination of an Alternative Use for the Fear-Potentiated Startle Paradigm and the Effects of Angiotensin Type 1 Receptor Inhibition on Extinction Learning, Jessica Seidenberg
Fear Potentiated Startle and the Effects of Losartan on Extinction Learning, Jessica Seidenberg
The Effect of Early Life Stress on Subjective Fear and Electrodermal Response Reactivity in an Adolescent Community Sample, Lorissa Simpson
Honors Theses from 2018
The Impact of Racial Group Status on Neural Activity, Belongingness, and Distress during Social Exclusion, Brian Anyakoha
The Effect of Internalizing Symptoms on Affect Recognition and Theory of Mind Performance in a Community Sample of Adolescents, Sarah Bottari
The Test-Retest Reliability of ERP Components as Assessed by the Brief Neurometric Battery, James D. Cole and Paul Kieffaber
A Mathematical Model of Late Phase Calcium Dyshomeostasis in Axon Degeneration Promoted by SARM1's NAD Cleavage Activity, Jessica Crowley
Efficacy of Intranasal Administration: A Clinical Approach to Attention, Jacob Feldmann
Effect of Implicit and Explicit Prejudice on Perceptions of Drug Users of Different Races, Yajna Jowaheer
Mental Health and Resource Utilization among Underrepresented Students Transitioning to College, Yoojin Kook
Honors Theses from 2017
Acute Intoxication Affects Pavlovian Conditioning in Zebrafish (Danio rerio), Fabiana T. Arrazola
Differential Regulation of Drosophila Testis Development by BMP Signaling, Merci N. Best
The Mechanism of NMDA Receptor Mediated Increased in Gamma Oscillation Frequency, Prajal Bishwakarma
Anterior-Posterior Axis Plasticity in the Developing Nervous System of Xenopus laevis, Lyuba Bolkhovitinov
Neural Correlates of Multisensory Integration and the Role of Musical Experience, Victoria A. Bostler
The Neurometric Correlates of Trauma Using the Brief Neurometric Battery (BNB), Lauren N. Dybel
A Mathematical Model of Remyelination in Multiple Sclerosis, Matthew J. McGuinness
Effects of Medial Prefrontal Cortical Administration of the Orexin-2 Receptor Antagonist, TCS-OX2-29, on Attentional Performance in Rats, Austin R. Tapp
Young Adults' Autistic Behaviors Predict P1 and N170 Responses to Emotion Stimuli, Sara C. Taylor
The Role of Basal Forebrain Orexin-2-Receptors in Attentional Performance in Rattus norvegicus, Abhya P. Vij
Frontal, amygdalar, and temporal convergence in the primate ventral striatum: implications for Huntington’s disease, Ellen H. Yates
Honors Theses from 2016
The Role of Spontaneous Intracellular Calcium Transients in Neurotransmitter Phenotype Specification in Xenopus laevis, Eileen Frances Ablondi
Are Neural Responses of University Students on the Broader Autism Phenotype Affected by Pain in Racial Ingroup and Outgroup Members?, Katarina M. Fleckenstein
Light-Enhanced Startle as an Experimental Model of Withdrawal, Augustin C. Hennings
The Role of Parental Smoking on Children's Attentional Bias to and Evaluation of Smoking-Related Cues, Sarah Volz
Honors Theses from 2015
Role of Cholinergic Projections to the Orbitofrontal Cortex in Probability Discounting in a Rat Model, Emma Albert-Stone
A Quantitative Analysis of Insulin Signaling in Neurodegeneration, Elise M. Braatz
Central Auditory Processing Disorder: Towards a Therapeutic EEG Neurofeedback Brain Computer Interface, Sean R. Chadwick
The Role of Histone Modifying Enzyme SUV420H2 in Pediatric Ependymoma., Sarah Goggin
The Effects of Gabapentin on the Firing Rates of Thermoregulatory Neurons in the Preoptic Anterior Hypothalamus in Modulation of Hot Flashes, Lindsay A. Maguire
Language Deficits Assessed in an Aphasic Patient, Rachel Sillcox
The Effects of Methylmercury on Cell Proliferation and Apoptosis during Zebra Finch Neural Development, Monika E. Stančiauskaitė
Honors Theses from 2014
Mathematical Analysis of ALS Biochemistry, Emily Rose Bainwol
The Effects of Nicotine on a Probability-Discounting Task, Cassidy Reich
Honors Theses from 2013
Effect of Chronic Adolescent Nicotine Exposure on Anxiety in Adulthood, Bilal Ashraf
Honors Theses from 2012
Evaluating the Mismatch Negativity Response to Emotionally Salient, Frequency Modulated Tones, Diana Gal
Combinatorial contribution of neuroendocrine variables and food intake to male fertility, Se-Jun Lee
Honors Theses from 2011
Implicit Affective Responses to Smoking Cues: A Comparison of Smoking Groups and Withdrawal States, John Randall Haight
Characterization of Thermoregulatory Efferents to the Paraventricular Nucleus of the Rat Hypothalamus, Virginia D. McLane
Honors Theses from 2010
Enhanced Preference for Ethanol Odor and Increased Voluntary Intake Following Exposure to Ethanol During the Early Postnatal Period, Ashley Breanne Barrineau
Food Intake and Fertility: Variation in the Regulation of Appetite and its Role in Reproductive Status, Cori Lynn DeSanto
An Ephemeral Contributor to a Toxic Legacy? Group-Specific Molecular Identification of Prey in Mercury-Contaminated Spiders by PCR, Weston Thomas Northam
Development of a Novel Delay Discounting Task: Evaluation of Nicotinic Receptor Blockade, Paige Lee Roseman
The effect of increased cAMP on the firing rate of thermosensitive neurons in the preoptic and anterior regions of the hypothalamus, Maya Sapiurka
Honors Theses from 2009
The Cognitive Advantage of Percussive Auditory Information, Sarah Haller Baum
Postnatal Supplemental Choline Facilitates Extinction of Fear in Adolescent Rats, Natasha Chandini Hakkal
The Role of Notch Signaling in Neurotransmitter Phenotype Specification in Xenopus Laevis, Michael S. Harper
Emotion and the perception of biological motion, Dillon Niederhut
The Nucleocytoplasmic Shuttling of Thyroid Hormone Receptor [alpha] in Neuronal and Non-Neuronal Cell Lines, Jeremy Michael Powers
A Word Game: Trends of Associative Processing in Individuals with Schizotypal Characteristics, Kathryn Tierney Roberts
