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Honors Theses from 2024

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Modeling Group 3 Medulloblastoma: Describing the Interconnected Pathway of the Most Common Pediatric Brain Cancer, Amber Cantú

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The Influence of Spike Timing-Dependent Plasticity on a Recurrent Excitatory Neural Network Model, Yinuo Chen

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Evaluating Environmental Enrichment as a Preventative Treatment in a Zebrafish (Danio rerio) Model of Alzheimer's Disease, Ainsley Craddock

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Association of Intermuscular Fat and Physical Activity Levels on Exercise Capacity in Breast Cancer Survivors, Lauren Daniel

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Bringing Synthetic Biology from the Flask to the Soil (Microcosm), Megan Fleeharty

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The Study of the Potential for Positive and Negative Color Connotation Through Associations, Jamesa Mecayla Gray

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Neurogenesis: Impact of Mitochondrial Activity on Neural Progenitor Cell Differentiation via TFAM Expression, Madeleine Harris

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Exercise-Induced Production of Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Exhibits Neuroprotective Effects, Julia Rashid

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Mathematical Modeling and Examination into Existing and Emerging Parkinson’s Disease Treatments: Levodopa and Ketamine, Gabrielle Riddlemoser

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Health Characteristics of Pregnant Women with Opioid Use Disorder and Their Infants, Ellen Windham

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Assessing the pre- and post-synaptic effects of opioid drugs on breathing rhythmogenesis via population activity mathematical modeling, Jingzhi Zhao

Honors Theses from 2023

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The Effect of Cortisol on Y-Maze Spontaneous Alternation Behavior in Zebrafish (Danio rerio), Elizabeth Ancheril

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Chronic Nicotine Exposure and its Effects on Fear and Anxiety Behaviours in Zebrafish, Ramprasanna Chandrasekar

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The Effects of Loss of Orexin Neurons on Attention, Alejandra Eceizabarrena Sainz

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The Role of Emojis on Social Attention in Individuals Differing in Autistic Traits and Social Anxiety, Kenzi Fergus

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Aggression In and Out of the Surrounding Space, Marissa Incer

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The Impact of Television Portrayals of Autism Spectrum Disorder on Knowledge and Attitudes Toward Individuals with ASD, Sreya Mallipeddi

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Isolation Induced Anhedonic Behavior in Adolescent but not Adult Sprague-Dawley Rats, Hayden McArdle

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Evaluating the Effects of Scopolamine on Anxiety in Zebrafish (Danio rerio), Elsa Quillin

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Structurally-Aware Films' Impact on Theory of Mind, Aravind Sreeram

Honors Theses from 2022

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The Cognitive & Educational Implications of Color Use in Drawing to Learn, Juliana F.M. Cantarutti

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Nucleotide Sequences and Transcriptomes of Inspiratory Neurons of the PreBötzinger Complex in Neonatal Mice, Caroline K. David

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Validating Behavioral Testing Paradigm for Selective and Sustained Attention, Zixu Guo

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Process Model of Herpes Simplex Virus I-Induced Activation of Toll-like Receptor 2 Mediated Microglial Signaling in the Inflammatory Pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s Disease, Catherine Jones

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A Mathematical Model of Vagus Nerve Stimulation in Alzheimer's Disease, Julianne Miranda

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Induction and Quantification of shRNA-Induced Cacna1g Knockdown in the Mesencephalic Locomotor Region of Mice, Ann Vonasek

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Investigation of the Spatial and Temporal Molecular Mechanisms behind Anterior-Posterior Axis Plasticity in Developing Xenopus laevis, Bryan Weselman

Honors Theses from 2021

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Using Zebrafish to Test a Computational Model Linking REM Sleep Behavior Disorder and Parkinson’s Disease, Belle Buzzi

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Cacna1g transcript knockdown analysis via in situ hybridization, Jennifer (Shih-En) Chen

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Measuring Mitochondrial Distribution in Neural Progenitor Cells in the Developing Brain of Xenopus laevis, Sihan Feng

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Attentional Bias to Positive and Negative Scenes Differs Based on Traits Related to Social Anxiety, Grace Haffner

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The Association Between Visceral Fat and Left Ventricular Performance in Pre- and Post-Menopausal Age Stage I-IV Cancer Patients that Receive Anthracycline-based Chemotherapy, Leila Mabudian

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A Simplified Computational Approach to Model Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma Treatment with Gemcitabine, Lauren Mayer

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Y-Maze Spontaneous Alternation and Response Alternation Task for Assessing Spatial Memory in Zebrafish (Danio rerio), Emma Sophie Moore

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Delineating the Role of Osgin1 in Tissue Regeneration and Wound Healing in Xenopus laevis, Kushali Patel

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M2 Receptor Antagonists and their role in Sustained attention, Faye Reid

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Memory Suppression: The Importance of Baseline Learning for the Think/No-Think Task, Curtis Rogers

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Effects of Xanomeline on Attention in Rats, Grace Smith

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Investigating the Role of Novel Genes involved in the Wound-Healing Processes of Xenopus laevis Embryogenesis, Swathi Sowmitran

Honors Theses from 2020

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Young Adults’ Autistic Behaviors and Social Anxiety Predict Eye Fixations in Social Scenes, Minna Blottner

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A study of matr3 and its effects on the neural progenitor cells of Xenopus laevis tadpoles, Kendall Branham

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The Role of Time and Nicotine Dose on Anxiety Measured with Light Enhanced Startle, Ross Fladeland

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The functional role of mitochondria in neural progenitor cells, Alyssa Luz-Ricca

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The Effect of Intranasal Orexin A on the Interaction between Social Isolation Stress and Attention, Saurav Pattanayak

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Effects of nicotine on attention: role of orexin-1 receptors, Stacy Pitcairn

Honors Theses from 2019

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Utilization of Unnatural Amino Acids in the Development of Novel Functions and Probing Applications, Brent Russell

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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

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Fear Potentiated Startle and the Effects of Losartan on Extinction Learning, Jessica Seidenberg

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The Effect of Early Life Stress on Subjective Fear and Electrodermal Response Reactivity in an Adolescent Community Sample, Lorissa Simpson

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The effect of cysteine-reactive catechol antioxidants on alcohol dehydrogenase as a model for oxidative stress in neurodegenerative disease, Rachel Smith

Honors Theses from 2018

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The Impact of Racial Group Status on Neural Activity, Belongingness, and Distress during Social Exclusion, Brian Anyakoha

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The Effect of Internalizing Symptoms on Affect Recognition and Theory of Mind Performance in a Community Sample of Adolescents, Sarah Bottari

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The Test-Retest Reliability of ERP Components as Assessed by the Brief Neurometric Battery, James D. Cole and Paul Kieffaber

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A Mathematical Model of Late Phase Calcium Dyshomeostasis in Axon Degeneration Promoted by SARM1's NAD Cleavage Activity, Jessica Crowley

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Efficacy of Intranasal Administration: A Clinical Approach to Attention, Jacob Feldmann

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Sketching Science: How Students Use a Drawing-to-Learn Based Method to Learn and Solve Problems in Undergraduate Biology, Emily Hauge

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Effect of Implicit and Explicit Prejudice on Perceptions of Drug Users of Different Races, Yajna Jowaheer

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Mental Health and Resource Utilization among Underrepresented Students Transitioning to College, Yoojin Kook

Honors Theses from 2017

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Acute Intoxication Affects Pavlovian Conditioning in Zebrafish (Danio rerio), Fabiana T. Arrazola

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Differential Regulation of Drosophila Testis Development by BMP Signaling, Merci N. Best

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The Mechanism of NMDA Receptor Mediated Increased in Gamma Oscillation Frequency, Prajal Bishwakarma

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Anterior-Posterior Axis Plasticity in the Developing Nervous System of Xenopus laevis, Lyuba Bolkhovitinov

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Neural Correlates of Multisensory Integration and the Role of Musical Experience, Victoria A. Bostler

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The Neurometric Correlates of Trauma Using the Brief Neurometric Battery (BNB), Lauren N. Dybel

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A Mathematical Model of Remyelination in Multiple Sclerosis, Matthew J. McGuinness

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Effects of Medial Prefrontal Cortical Administration of the Orexin-2 Receptor Antagonist, TCS-OX2-29, on Attentional Performance in Rats, Austin R. Tapp

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Young Adults' Autistic Behaviors Predict P1 and N170 Responses to Emotion Stimuli, Sara C. Taylor

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The Role of Basal Forebrain Orexin-2-Receptors in Attentional Performance in Rattus norvegicus, Abhya P. Vij

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Frontal, amygdalar, and temporal convergence in the primate ventral striatum: implications for Huntington’s disease, Ellen H. Yates

Honors Theses from 2016

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The Role of Spontaneous Intracellular Calcium Transients in Neurotransmitter Phenotype Specification in Xenopus laevis, Eileen Frances Ablondi

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Are Neural Responses of University Students on the Broader Autism Phenotype Affected by Pain in Racial Ingroup and Outgroup Members?, Katarina M. Fleckenstein

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Light-Enhanced Startle as an Experimental Model of Withdrawal, Augustin C. Hennings

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The Role of Parental Smoking on Children's Attentional Bias to and Evaluation of Smoking-Related Cues, Sarah Volz

Honors Theses from 2015

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Role of Cholinergic Projections to the Orbitofrontal Cortex in Probability Discounting in a Rat Model, Emma Albert-Stone

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A Quantitative Analysis of Insulin Signaling in Neurodegeneration, Elise M. Braatz

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Central Auditory Processing Disorder: Towards a Therapeutic EEG Neurofeedback Brain Computer Interface, Sean R. Chadwick

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The Role of Histone Modifying Enzyme SUV420H2 in Pediatric Ependymoma., Sarah Goggin

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The Effects of Gabapentin on the Firing Rates of Thermoregulatory Neurons in the Preoptic Anterior Hypothalamus in Modulation of Hot Flashes, Lindsay A. Maguire

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Language Deficits Assessed in an Aphasic Patient, Rachel Sillcox

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The Effects of Methylmercury on Cell Proliferation and Apoptosis during Zebra Finch Neural Development, Monika E. Stančiauskaitė

Honors Theses from 2014

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Mathematical Analysis of ALS Biochemistry, Emily Rose Bainwol

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The Effects of Nicotine on a Probability-Discounting Task, Cassidy Reich

Honors Theses from 2013

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Effect of Chronic Adolescent Nicotine Exposure on Anxiety in Adulthood, Bilal Ashraf

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Adolescence as a Unique Period of Vulnerability to Environmental Stressors: Age-Dependent and Sex-Dependent effects of Nicotine Exposure on Anxiety Utilizing The Light-Enhanced Startle Paradigm, Oliver W. Phillips

Honors Theses from 2012

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Evaluating the Mismatch Negativity Response to Emotionally Salient, Frequency Modulated Tones, Diana Gal

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Combinatorial contribution of neuroendocrine variables and food intake to male fertility, Se-Jun Lee

Honors Theses from 2011

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Implicit Affective Responses to Smoking Cues: A Comparison of Smoking Groups and Withdrawal States, John Randall Haight

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Characterization of Thermoregulatory Efferents to the Paraventricular Nucleus of the Rat Hypothalamus, Virginia D. McLane

Honors Theses from 2010

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Enhanced Preference for Ethanol Odor and Increased Voluntary Intake Following Exposure to Ethanol During the Early Postnatal Period, Ashley Breanne Barrineau

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Food Intake and Fertility: Variation in the Regulation of Appetite and its Role in Reproductive Status, Cori Lynn DeSanto

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Activity-dependent outward currents contribute to inspiratory burst termination in the preBötzinger Complex neurons of the neonatal mouse studied in vitro, Rebecca Krey

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An Ephemeral Contributor to a Toxic Legacy? Group-Specific Molecular Identification of Prey in Mercury-Contaminated Spiders by PCR, Weston Thomas Northam

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Development of a Novel Delay Discounting Task: Evaluation of Nicotinic Receptor Blockade, Paige Lee Roseman

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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

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The Cognitive Advantage of Percussive Auditory Information, Sarah Haller Baum

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Postnatal Supplemental Choline Facilitates Extinction of Fear in Adolescent Rats, Natasha Chandini Hakkal

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The Role of Notch Signaling in Neurotransmitter Phenotype Specification in Xenopus Laevis, Michael S. Harper

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Emotion and the perception of biological motion, Dillon Niederhut

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The Nucleocytoplasmic Shuttling of Thyroid Hormone Receptor [alpha] in Neuronal and Non-Neuronal Cell Lines, Jeremy Michael Powers

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A Word Game: Trends of Associative Processing in Individuals with Schizotypal Characteristics, Kathryn Tierney Roberts