The Plastic Brain: Culture, Experience, and Environment in Mind/Brain Development Student Presentations

Sept. 22 Vision: Experience Expectant Plasticity

 * Hubel, D. H. &amp; Wiesel T. N. (1965) Comparison of the effects of unilateral and bilateral eye closure on cortical unit responses in kittens. Journal of Neurophysiology, 28, 1029-1040.
 * Presented by: Mike Wolf


 * Cermak, Sharon A.; Daunhauer, Lisa A.; (1997). Sensory processing in the postinstitutionalized child. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 51(7), 500-50


 * Presented by:Quinn Morris-Pearson


 * And Optional Stereo Sue – Oliver Sacks Due – Short Response Paper

Sept. 24 Attachment &amp; Social Development

 * Insel, Thomas R. (2000). Toward a neurobiology of attachment. Review of General Psychology. Vol 4(2)176-185.

Presented by: Kendra Bechtel


 * Carter CS (2003) Developmental consequences of oxytocin. Physiological Behavior 79(3):383-97

Sept. 29 Resilliance, Recovery, and Long Term Outcomes

 * Gunnar, M.R., (2001). Effects of early deprivation: Findings from orphanage-reared infants and children. In C.A. Nelson &amp; M. Luciana Handbook of Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience. MIT Press, Cambridge Massachusetts. (pages 617-630)

Presented by: Becky Gates


 * Ellis, B. Heidi; Fisher, Philip A.; Zaharie, Sonia; (2004). Predictors of Disruptive Behavior, Developmental Delays, Anxiety, and Affective Symptomatology Among Institutionally Reared Romanian Children. Journal of the American Academy of Child &amp; Adolescent Psychiatry, 43(10), 1283-1292.


 * Presented by: Annabel Edelman

Oct. 6 Language: Experience Dependent Plasticity

 * Pulvermuller, F.; Mohr, B.; Lutzenberger, W.(2004). Neurophysiological correlates of word and pseudo-word processing in well-recovered aphasics and patients with right-hemispheric stroke. Psychophysiology. 41(4) 584-591.


 * Presented by: Maya Kageyama
 * Kuljic-Obradovic, DC.(2003). Subcortical aphasia: Three different language disorder syndromes? European Journal of Neurology. 10(4) 445-448.

Oct. 8 Extent, Timing, and Recovery

 * Ansaldo, A. I.; Arguin, M.; Lecours, A. R. (2002). Initial right hemisphere take-over and subsequent bilateral participation during recovery from aphasia. Aphasiology. 16(3) 287-304


 * Heiss, W.-D.; Thiel, A.; Winhuisen, L.; Mühlberger, B.; Kessler, J.; Herholz, K. (2003). Functional Imaging In The Assesment Of Capability For Recovery After Stroke. Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine, Supplement 41, 35(3), p27


 * Chapman SB. Max JE. Gamino JF. McGlothlin JH. Cliff SN. (2003). Discourse plasticity in children after stroke: age at injury and lesion effects. Pediatric Neurology. 29(1):34-41


 * Presented by: Luke Pinette?

Oct. 20 Amputation: Motor Plasticity

 * Kleim JA. Barbay S. Cooper NR. Hogg TM. Reidel CN. Remple MS. Nudo RJ. (2002). Motor learning-dependent synaptogenesis is localized to functionally reorganized motor cortex. Neurobiology of Learning &amp; Memory. 77(1):63-77.


 * Presented by: Josh Fuller-Deets


 * Butefisch CM. Davis BC. Wise SP. Sawaki L. Kopylev L. Classen J. Cohen LG.(2000). Mechanisms of use-dependent plasticity in the human motor cortex. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 97(7):3661-5.


 * Presented by: Douglas Schatz

Oct. 22 Recovery and Reorganization

 * Karl A. Birbaumer N. Lutzenberger W. Cohen LG. Flor H. (2001). Reorganization of motor and somatosensory cortex in upper extremity amputees with phantom limb pain. Journal of Neuroscience. 21(10):3609-18.


 * Presented by:Masha Sverdlov


 * Flor H. Elbert T. Knecht S. Wienbruch C. Pantev C. Birbaumer N. Larbig W. Taub E. (1995). Phantom-limb pain as a perceptual correlate of cortical reorganization following arm amputation. Nature. 375(6531):482-4,

And Nicolelis MA. (2001). Actions from thoughts. Nature. 409(6818):403-7.


 * Presented by: Anthony Cardon

Oct. 27 PTSD: Chemical Plasticity

 * Vermetten E. Bremner JD. Circuits and systems in stress. II. (2002) Applications to neurobiology and treatment in posttraumatic stress disorder. Depression &amp; Anxiety. 16(1):14-38.


 * Presented by: Zachary Perls


 * Southwick SM. Paige S. Morgan CA 3rd. Bremner JD. Krystal JH. Charney DS (1999). Neurotransmitter alterations in PTSD: catecholamines and serotonin. Seminars in Clinical Neuropsychiatry. 4(4):242-8.


 * Presented by: Jose Fuentes

Oct. 29 PTSD: Chemical Plasticity

 * Lindauer RJ. Vlieger EJ. Jalink M. Olff M. Carlier IV. Majoie CB. den Heeten GJ. (2004). Gersons BP. Smaller hippocampal volume in Dutch police officers with posttraumatic stress disorder. Biological Psychiatry. 56(5):356-63.


 * Presented by: Sean McGill

Nov. 10 Environmental Toxins


 * Shiono PH. Rauh VA. Park M. Lederman SA. Zuskar D.(1997). Ethnic differences in birthweight: the role of lifestyle and other factors. American Journal of Public Health. 87(5):787-9.


 * Presented by: Justin Moore


 * Goldman LR. Shannon MW. (2001). American Academy of Pediatrics: Committee on Environmental Health. Technical report: mercury in the environment: implications for pediatricians. Pediatrics. 108(1):197-205.


 * Presented by: Carolyn Cunha

Nov. 12 Education and Learning

 * Constantine-Paton M. Cline HT. (1998). LTP and activity-dependent synaptogenesis: the more alike they are, the more different they become. Current Opinion in Neurobiology. 8(1):139-48.


 * Presented by: Jesus Comenares


 * Burchinal, Margaret; Lee, Marvin; Ramey, Craig T. (1989). Type of day-care and preschool intellectual development in disadvantaged children. Child Development. 60(1), 128-137.


 * Presented by: Tasha Korsunsky

Nov. 19 Class Topic I Day 2

 * Presented by: Uddit - Hallucination

Nov. 24 Class Topic I Day 3

 * Presented by: Julia Buntaine - Medications
 * Presented by: Brittany Alperin - Medications

Dec. 3 Class Topic II Day 2

 * Presented by: Rachel Jatovsky

Dec. 8 Class Topic II Day 3

 * Presented by: Jessica King-Young
 * Presented by: Isabel Amador