Graduate Students
Graduate Students in Neuroscience & Veterinary Science
Rachel Arnold
Neuroscience Ph.D.
Advisor: Jim Peters
Julianna Brutman
Neuroscience Ph.D.
Advisor: Jon Davis & Joe Harding
Priyanka Bushana
Neuroscience Ph.D.
Advisor: Jonathan Wisor
Rowan Calkins
Neuroscience Ph.D.
Advisor: Suzy Appleyard
Pique Choi
Neuroscience Ph.D.
Advisor: Suzy Appleyard
Robert Christian
Neuroscience Ph.D.
Advisor: Rita Fuchs Lokensgard
Kemal Donlic
Neuroscience M.S.
Advisor: Mike Varnum
Chloe Erikson
Neuroscience Ph.D.
Advisor: David Rossi
Angela Gonzalez
Neuroscience Ph.D.
Advisor: Barb Sorg and Mike Morgan
Jeff Hoyt
Neuroscience Ph.D.
Advisor: Christine Portfors
Alexandria Hudson
Neuroscience Ph.D.
Advisor: Allison Coffin - Graduated Fall 2020
Coty Jasper
Neuroscience Ph.D.
Advisor: Allison Coffin
Mary Josten
Neuroscience Ph.D.
Advisor: Gary Wayman
Sabrina Koh
Neuroscience Ph.D.
Advisor: Jim Krueger
Nadia McLean
Neuroscience Ph.D.
Advisor: David Rossi
Elizabeth Medina
Neuroscience Ph.D.
Advisor: Lucia Peixoto
Nick Millican
Neuroscience Ph.D.
Advisor: Levente Kapas
Ginny Park
Neuroscience Ph.D.
Advisor: Rita Fuchs-Lokensgard & Ryan McLaughlin
Shyui Qi
Neuroscience Ph.D.
Advisor: Rita Fuchs Lokensgard
Caitlin Ritchey
Neuroscience Ph.D.
Advisor: Jim Peters
Jobe Ritchie
Neuroscience Ph.D.
Advisor: Rita Fuchs Lokensgard
José Rodríguez Llamas
Research Intern
Advisor: Gary Wayman
Ben Schneider
Neuroscience Ph.D.
Advisor: Kimberly Honn
Forrest Shaffer
Neuroscience Ph.D.
Advisor: Steve Simasko
Darian Sidebottom
Neuroscience Ph.D.
Advisor: Hans Van Dongen - Graduated Fall 2020
Halle Weimar
Neuroscience Ph.D.
Advisor: Ryan McLaughlin
Eric Winzenried
Neuroscience Ph.D.
Advisor: Suzy Appleyard
Hayden Wright
Neuroscience Ph.D.
Advisor: Ryan McLaughlin
Graduate Student Publications
- Higginbotham JA, Jones NM, Wang R, McLaughlin RJ, Fuchs RA. (2020) Basolateral amygdala CB1 receptors modulate HPA axis activation and context-cocaine memory strength during reconsolidation. Pre-Print
- Higginbotham JA, Wang R, Richardson BD, Shiina H, Tan SM, Presker MA, Rossi DJ, Fuchs RA. (2020) CB1 receptor signaling modulates amygdalar plasticity during context-cocaine memory reconsolidation to promote subsequent cocaine seeking. Pre-Print
- Bushana, P., Koberstein, J. N., Nguyen, T., Harvey, D. O., & Davis, C. J. (2020) Performance on the Mouse Vibration Actuating Search Task (VAST) is compromised by Sleep Deprivation. Journal of Neurophysiology 123, 600-608 PMID: 31891527 PMCID: PMC7052632
- CM Erikson, G Wei, BM Walker (2018) Maladaptive behavioral regulation in alcohol dependence: Role of kappa-opioid receptors in the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis Neuropharmacology 140, 162-173
- Freels, T.G., Baxter-Potter, L.N., Lugo, J.M., Glodosky, N.C., Wright, H.R., Baglot, S.L., Petrie, G.N., Yu, Z., Clowers, B.H., Cuttler, C., Fuchs, R.A., Hill, M.N., McLaughlin, R.J. (2019) Vaporized cannabis extracts have reinforcing properties and support conditioned drug-seeking behavior in rats bioRxiv 40(9):1897-1908. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2416-19.2020. Epub 2020 Jan 17. PMID: 31953372 PMCID: PMC7046447
- Berger, A.L., Henricks, A.M., Lugo, J.M., Wright, H.R., Warrick, C.R., Sticht, M.A., Morena, M., Laredo, S.A., Grandes, P.R., Parsons, L.H., Hillard, C.J., Hill, M.N., McLaughlin, R.J. (2018) The lateral habenula directs coping styles under conditions of stress via recruitment of the endocannabinoid system Biological Psychiatry 84(8), 611-623 DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2018.04.018 PMID: 29887035 PMCID: PMC6162143