Publications

Yousuf, H., Nye, A., and Moyer, J. R., Jr. (2020). Heterogeneity of neuronal firing type and morphology in retrosplenial cortex of male F344 rats. Journal of Neurophysiology, 123, 1849-1863 (PMID: 32267193).

Dulka, B. N., Pullins, S. E., Cullen, P. K., Moyer, J. R., Jr., Helmstetter, F. J. (2020). Age-related memory deficits are associated with changes in protein degradation in brain regions critical for trace fear conditioning. Neurobiology of Aging, 91,160-166 (PMID: 32280031).

Yousuf, H., Ehlers, V. L., Sehgal, M, Song, C., and Moyer, J. R., Jr. (2020).  Modulation of intrinsic excitability as a function of learning within the fear conditioning circuit. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, 167, 107132 (PMID: 31821881).

Song, C., & Moyer, J. R. (2018). Layer- and subregion-specific differences in the neurophysiological properties of rat medial prefrontal cortex pyramidal neurons. Journal of Neurophysiology, 119, 177-191 (PMID: 28978762).  

Song, C., Ehlers, V., and Moyer, J. R., Jr. (2015). Trace fear conditioning differentially modulates intrinsic excitability of mPFC-BLA projection neurons in infralimbic and prelimbic cortices. Journal of Neuroscience, 35, 13511-13524 (PMID: 26424895).

Sehgal, M., Ehlers, V. L., Moyer, J. R., Jr. (2014). Learning enhances intrinsic excitability in a subset of lateral amygdala neurons. Learning & Memory, 21, 161-170 (PMID: 24554670).

Detert, J. A., Adams, E. L., Lescher, J. D., Lyons, J., and Moyer, J. R., Jr. (2013). Pretreatment with apoaequorin protects hippocampal CA1 neurons from oxygen-glucose deprivation. Plos One, 8, e79002 (PMID: 24244400).

Sehgal, M., Song, C., Ehlers, V. L., and Moyer, J. R., Jr. (2013). Learning to learn – intrinsic excitability as a metaplasticity mechanism for memory formation. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, 105, 186-199 (PMID: 23871744).

Song, C., Detert, J. A., Sehgal, M., and Moyer, J. R., Jr. (2012). Trace fear conditioning enhances synaptic and intrinsic plasticity in rat hippocampus. Journal of Neurophysiology, 107, 3397-3408 (PMID: 22442572).

Kaczorowski, C. C., Davis, S. J., and Moyer, J. R., Jr. (2012). Aging redistributes medial prefrontal neuronal excitability and impedes extinction of trace fear conditioning. Neurobiology of Aging, 33, 1744-1757 (PMID: 21531046).

Moyer, J. R., Jr., Furtak, S. C., McGann, J. P., and Brown, T. H. (2011). Aging-related changes in calcium-binding proteins in rat perirhinal cortex. Neurobiology of Aging, 32, 1693-1706 (PMID: 19892435).

Detert, J. A., Kampa, N. D., and Moyer, J. R., Jr. (2008). Differential effects of varying the training ITI on trace and long-delay fear conditioning. Behavioral Neuroscience, 122, 1318-1327 (PMID: 19045951).

Furtak, S. C., Moyer, J. R., Jr., and Brown, T. H. (2007). Morphology and ontogeny of rat perirhinal cortical neurons. Journal of Comparative Neurology, 505, 493-510.

Moyer, J. R., Jr. and Brown, T. H. (2007). Visually-guided patch-clamp recordings in brain slices. In Advanced Techniques for Patch-Clamp Analysis, 3rd ed. (Walz, W., ed.), pp. 169-227, Humana Press, Totowa, NJ.

Moyer, J.R., Jr. and Brown, T.H. (2006). Impaired trace and contextual fear conditioning in aged rats. Behavioral Neuroscience, 120, 612-624.

Moyer, J.R., Jr. and Brown, T.H. (2002). Patch-clamp techniques applied to brain slices. In Advanced Techniques for Patch-Clamp Analysis, eds: W. Walz, A.A. Boulton, & G.B. Baker, Totowa, NJ: Humana Press, pp 135-194.

Moyer, J.R., Jr., McNay, E.C., and Brown, T.H. (2002). Three classes of pyramidal neurons in layer V of rat perirhinal cortex. Hippocampus, 12, 418-434.

McGann, J.P., Moyer, J.R., Jr., and Brown, T.H. (2001). Predominance of l ate spiking neurons in layer VI of rat perirhinal cortex. Journal of Neuroscience, 21, 4969-4976.

Moyer, J.R., Jr., Power, J.M., Thompson, L.T., and Disterhoft, J.F. (2000). Increased excitability of aged rabbit CA1 neurons after trace eyeblink conditioning. Journal of Neuroscience, 20, 5476-5482.

Beggs, J. M., Moyer, J. R., Jr., McGann, J. P., and Brown, T. H. (2000). Prolonged synaptic integration in perirhinal cortical neurons. Journal of Neurophysiology, 83, 3294-3298.

Moyer, J.R., Jr. and Brown, T.H. (1998). Methods for whole-cell recording from visually preselected neurons of perirhinal cortex in brain slices from young and aging rats. Journal of Neuroscience Methods, 86, 35-54.

Disterhoft, JF, Kronforst, M.A., Moyer J.R., Jr., Thompson, LT, van der Zee, EA, and Weiss, C (1997) Hippocampal neuron changes during trace eyeblink conditioning in the rabbit. In Acquistion of motor behavior in vertebrates, eds. J.R. Bloedel, T. J. Ebner, and S. P. Wise, pp. 143-174, Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.

Disterhoft, J.F., Kronforst-Collins, M.A., McEchron, M.D., Moyer, J.R., Jr., Power, J.M., and Thompson, L.T. (1997). Mechanism of associative learning in young and ageing hippocampus. Journal of Physiology, 501P, 6S-7S.

Power, J.M., Thompson, L.T., Moyer, J.R., Jr., and Disterhoft, J.F. (1997). Enhanced synaptic transmission in CA1 hippocampus after eyeblink conditioning. Journal of Neurophysiology, 78, 1184-1187.

Thompson, L.T., Moyer, J.R., Jr., and Disterhoft, J.F. (1996). Transient changes in excitability of rabbit CA3 neurons with a time course appropriate to support memory consolidation. Journal of Neurophysiology, 76, 1836-1849.

Moyer, J.R., Jr., Thompson, L.T., and Disterhoft, J.F. (1996). Trace eyeblink conditioning increases CA1 excitability in a transient and learning-specific manner. Journal of Neuroscience, 16, 5536-5546.

Thompson, L.T., Moyer, J.R., Jr., and Disterhoft, J.F. (1996). Trace eyeblink conditioning in rabbits demonstrates heterogeneity of learning ability both between and within age groups. Neurobiology of Aging, 17, 619-629.

Disterhoft, J.F., Thompson, L.T., Moyer, J.R., Jr., and Mogul, D.J. (1996). Calcium-dependent afterhyperpolarization and learning in young and aging hippocampus. Life Science, 59, 413-420.

Disterhoft, J.F., Thompson, L.T., Weiss, C., Moyer, J.R., Jr., Van der Zee, E., Carrillo, M., Kronforst-Collins, M., and Power, J. (1995). The calcium hypothesis for Alzheimer’s diseases: insights from animal and human studies. Neuroscience Research Communications, 17: 121-131.

Moyer, J.R., Jr., Disterhoft, J.F., Black, J.P., and Yeh, J. (1994). Dihydropyridine-sensitive calcium channels in acutely-dissociated hippocampal CA1 neurons. Neuroscience Research Communications, 15, 39-48.

Thompson, L.T., Moyer, J.R., Jr., Akase, E., and Disterhoft, J.F. (1994). A system for quantitative analysis of associative learning. Part 1. Hardware interfaces with cross-species applications. Journal of Neuroscience Methods, 54, 109-117.

Disterhoft, J.F., Moyer, J.R., Jr., and Thompson, L.T. (1994). The calcium rationale in aging and Alzheimer’s Disease: evidence from an animal model of normal aging. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 747, 382-406.

Disterhoft, J.F., Thompson, L.T., and Moyer, J.R., Jr. (1994). Cellular mechanisms of associative learning in hippocampus. In Neural Mechanisms of Learning and Memory, ed. J. Delacour, pp. 431-492, New Jersey: World Scientific Publishing.

Moyer, J.R., Jr. and Disterhoft, J.F. (1994). Nimodipine decreases calcium action potentials in rabbit hippocampal CA1 neurons an age- and concentration-dependent manner. Hippocampus, 4, 11-18.

Disterhoft, J.F, Moyer, J.R., Jr., Thompson, L.T., and Kowalska, M. (1993). Nimodipine and learning in aging rabbits. In Dihydropyridines: Progress in pharmacology and therapy, eds: W.D. Busse, B. Garthoff & F. Seuter, pp. 81-97, Berlin Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag.

Disterhoft, J.F., Moyer, J.R., Jr., Thompson, L.T., and Kowalska, M. (1993). Functional aspects of calcium channel modulation. Clinical Neuropharmacology, 16, S12 – S24.

Disterhoft, J.F., Thompson, L.T., Moyer, J.R., Jr., and Kowalska, M. (1993). Nimodipine facilitates learning and increases excitability of hippocampal neurons in aging rabbits. Drugs in Development, 2, 395 – 405.

Moyer, J.R., Jr., Thompson, L.T., Black, J., and Disterhoft, J.F. (1992). Nimodipine increases excitability of rabbit CA1 pyramidal neurons in an age- and concentration-dependent manner. Journal of Neurophysiology, 68, 2100-2109.

Thompson, L.T., Moyer, J.R., Jr., Black, J.P., and Disterhoft, J.F. (1992). Cellular mechanism’s of nimodipine’s improvement in aging-related learning deficits. In Treatment of Dementias: A new generation of progress, eds: E. M. Meyer, J.W. Simpkins, J. Yamamoto & F. T. Crews, pp. 241-256, New York: Plenum Press.

Disterhoft, J.F., Black, J., Moyer, J.R., Jr., and Thompson, L.T. (1991). Calcium-mediated changes in hippocampal neurons and learning. Brain Research Reviews, 16, 196-198.

Straube, K.T., Deyo, R.A., Moyer, J.R., Jr., and Disterhoft, J.F. (1990). Dietary nimodipine improves associative learning in aging rabbits. Neurobiology of Aging, 11, 659-661.

Deyo, R.A., Straube, K.T., Moyer, J.R., Jr., and Disterhoft, J.F. (1990). Nimodipine ameliorates aging-related changes in open-field behaviors of the rabbit. Experimental Aging Research, 15, 169-175.

Moyer, J.R., Jr., Deyo, R.A., and Disterhoft, J.F. (1990). Hippocampectomy disrupts trace eye-blink conditioning in rabbits. Behavioral Neuroscience, 104, 243-252.

Disterhoft, J.F., Deyo, R.A., Moyer, J.R., Jr., Straube, K.T., and Thompson, L.T. (1989). Calcium blockers and memory in the aging brain. Cardiovascular Reviews and Reports, 10, 22-28.

Published Abstracts (Recent)

Detert, J. A., Hochstetter, E. L., Lescher, J. D., Van Langendon, T. M., and Moyer, J. R., Jr. (2011). Time course and effectiveness of apoaequorin as a neuroprotectant in the brain. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 37, program number 781.04.

Song, C. and Moyer, J. R., Jr. (2011). Characteristics of medial prefrontal cortex-basal lateral amygdala projection neurons. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 37, program number 727.10.

Sehgal, M., Detert, J. A., Girgis, A. M., and Moyer, J. R., Jr. (2011). Aging-related changes in immediate early gene expression in rat medial prefrontal cortex. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 37, program number 411.13.

Detert, J. A., Heisler, J. D., Van Langendon, T. M., and Moyer, J. R., Jr. (2010). Use of an acute brain slice model of ischemia to study the direct application of neurotherapeutics. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 36, program number 353.18.

Song, C., Detert, J. A., Sehgal, M., and Moyer, J. R., Jr. (2010). Trace fear conditioning enhances synaptic and intrinsic plasticity in rat hippocampus. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 36, program number 735.3.

Moyer, J.R., Jr., Detert, J. A., Van Langendon, T. M., and Heisler, J. D. (2009). Calbindin and calmodulin changes in the rat hippocampus and prefrontal cortex as a function of aging. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 35, program number 832.15.

Detert, J. A., Heisler, J. D., Hochstetter, E. L., Van Langendon, T. M., and Moyer, J. R., Jr. (2009). Neuroprotection of hippocampal CA1 neurons from ischemic cell death using the calcium binding protein aequorin. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 35, program number 52.24.

Song, C., O’Hara, D. T., Detert, J. A., Sehgal, M., and Moyer, J. R., Jr. (2009). Learning-induced synaptic and intrinsic plasticity in hippocampus. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 35, program number 319.19.

Kaczorowski, C. C., Davis, S. J., and Moyer, J. R., Jr. (2008). Aging deficits in extinction learning result from a redistribution of intrinsic excitability within the medial prefrontal cortex. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 34, program number 145.11.

Detert, J. A., Schmidt, M. L., and Moyer, J. R., Jr. (2008). Evaluation of aging-related changes in calcium binding proteins in rat medial prefrontal cortex. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 34, program number 144.2.

Song, C., O’Hara, C. T., Detert, J. A., and Moyer, J. R., Jr. (2008). Effects of trace fear conditioning on hippocampal CA1 synaptic plasticity. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 34, program number 539.6.

Moyer, J.R., Jr. and Detert, J.A. (2005). Effects of perirhinal lesions on trace and long-delay fear conditioning. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 31, program number 415.11.

Detert, J.A., D’Esposito, E.M., and Moyer, J.R., Jr. (2005). Extinction accounts for the inverse relationship between context freezing and ITI in trace fear conditioning. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 31, program number 415.12.

Detert, J.A. and Moyer, J.R., Jr. (2004). Differential effects of training ITI on trace and long-delay fear conditioning. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 30, program number 773.8.

Moyer, J.R., Jr. (2003). Effects of varying the training ITI on trace fear conditioning. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 29, program number 624.10.

Furtak, S.C., Moyer, J.R., Jr., and Brown, T.H. (2003). Age-related extinction impairment following fear conditioning to an ultrasonic social signal. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 29, program number 114.18.

Moyer, J.R., Jr., Choi, J., McGann, J.P., and Brown, T.H. (2002). Impairment of trace and contextual fear conditioning in aged rats. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 28, program number 85.3.

Furtak, S.C., Moyer, J.R., Jr., Payne, M.B., and Brown, T.H. (2002). Morphology and distribution of parvalbumin – immunoreactive neurons in adult and aged rat perirhinal cortex. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 28, prog. no. 790.12.

Moyer, J.R., Jr., Kelsey, S.M., McGann, J.P., and Brown, T.H. (2001). Morphology and distribution of calbindin-D28k in adult and aged rat perirhinal cortex. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 27, program number 327.7.

Furtak, S.C., Moyer, J.R., Jr., Powell, T.C., and Brown, T.H. (2001). Golgi analysis of perirhinal cortex during rat development. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 27, program number 696.4.