Olivia Dye, “Effects of a Novel, Non-Toxic Histone Deacetylase Inhibitor on Memory Formation in Mice” Mentors: Karyn Frick & Sarah Beamish, Psychology As researchers make strides to understand how the brain and memory function, memory formation continues to have many…… Read More
Ryan Thiede, “Learning-Induced Changes in Astrocytic Immediate Early Gene Expression in the Dorsal Hippocampus” Mentor: Karyn Frick, Psychology Dementia is an ever-growing mental health problem that affects millions of people every year. Identifying ways in which to prevent and reduce…… Read More
Tiffany Polzin, “Molecular Mechanisms of Estradiol/TrkB Interactions in the Dorsal Hippocampus of Female Mice” Mentors: Karyn Frick & Kellie Gross, Psychology Our laboratory has previously demonstrated that 17β-estradiol (E2) enhances memory consolidation in both object placement (OP) and object recognition…… Read More
Carnita Lincoln, “The Role of the Nucleus Reuniens in Memory Consolidation and Visualization of its Projections” Mentor: Karyn Frick, Psychology Concurrent activity in both the dorsal hippocampus (DH) and medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) is necessary for the consolidation of spatial…… Read More