This collection holds the creative and scholarly works of the Department of Neurosciences' faculty, staff, and students. It includes scholarly content such as journal articles, book chapters, conference papers, etc.
Submissions from 2025
Neuropeptide-Dependent Spike Time Precision and Plasticity in Circadian Output Neurons, Bryan Chong, Vipin Kumar, Dieu Linh Nguyen, Makenzie A. Hopkins, Faith S. Ferry, Lucia K. Spera, Elizabeth M. Paul, Anelise N. Hutson, and Masashi Tabuchi
Heterogeneity of Layer 1 Interneurons in the Mouse Medial Prefrontal Cortex, Chen Shen, Wanpeng Cui, Wen Cheng Xiong, and Lin Mei
Alzheimer’s Disease: Relationship of Cognition and Behavior to Neurochemistry, Peter J. Whitehouse
Building Toward Population Reserve and a Critical Positive Psychiatry, Peter J. Whitehouse
Tradeoffs in the Energetic Value of Neuromodulation in a Closed-Loop Neuromechanical System, Zhuojun Yu, Peter J. Thomas, and Hillel J. Chiel
Submissions from 2024
Full Hill-Type Muscle Model of the I1/I3 Retractor Muscle Complex in Aplysia Californica, Qianxue Chen, Jiayi Shen, Samantha Pao, Yu Huan, Gregory P. Sutton, Jeffery P. Gill, and Hillel J. Chiel
Repeated Stimulation of feeding Mechanoafferents in Aplysia Generates Responses Consistent with the Release of Food, Hillel J. Chiel
Multiple Changes in Connectivity Between Buccal Ganglia Mechanoafferents and Motor Neurons with Different Functions After Learning That Food is Inedible in Aplysia, Hillel J. Chiel and Jeffery Gill
Scaling of Buccal Mass Growth and Muscle Activation Determine the Duration of Feeding Behaviours in the Marine Mollusc Aplysia Californica, Jeffery P. Gill, Anna Skalski De Campos, Katherine X. Wang, Isha V. Kaza, Victoria X. Fan, and Hillel J. Chiel
Fabrication and Validation of Sub-Cellular Carbon Fiber Electrodes, Yu Huan and Hillel J. Chiel
Intracellular Neural Control of an Active Feeding Structure in Aplysia Using a Carbon Fiber Electrode Array, Yu Huan, Benjamin N. Tibbetts, and Hillel J. Chiel
Physiological Role for S-nitrosylation of RyR1 in Skeletal Muscle Function and Development, Qi-An Sun, Zachary W. Grimmett, Douglas T. Hess, Zhaoxia Qian, Ruchi Chaube, Nicholas M. Venetos, Bradley N. Plummer, Kenneth R. Laurita, Richard T. Premont, and Jonathan S. Stamler
Submissions from 2023
Tutorial: Using NEURON for Neuromechanical Simulations, Hillel J. Chiel and Peter J. Thomas
Modular Design of a Polymer-Bilayer-Based Mechanically Compliant Worm-Like Robot, Austin S. Mills, Shane Riddle, Hillel J. J. Chiel, Roger D. Quinn, and Kathryn A. Daltorio
Phase Shift Between Joint Rotation and Actuation Reflects Dominant Forces and Predicts Muscle Activation Patterns, R. D. Quinn and Hillel J. Chiel
Selective Infrared Neural Inhibition Can Be Reproduced by Resistive Heating, Junqi Zhuo, Chloe E. Weidrick, Yehe Liu, Michael A. Moffitt, Hillel J. Chiel, and Michael W. Jenkins
Submissions from 2022
Biomechanical and Sensory Feedback Regularize the Behavior of Different Locomotor Central Pattern Generators, Kaiyu Deng, Hillel J. Chiel, and Roger D. Quinn
Variational and Phase Response Analysis for Limit Cycles with Hard Boundaries, with Applications to Neuromechanical Control Problems, Jeffery P. Gill, Hillel J. Chiel, Peter J. Thomas, and Peter J. Thomas
Comparing Learning Retention in Medical Students Using Mixed-Reality to Supplement Dissection: A Preliminary Study, Preethy S. Sridharan, Curtis Tatsuoka, Mark A. Griswold, and Susanne Wish-Baratz
Regulatory Aspects of Mild Cognitive Impairment: Toward a Harmonized Perspective, Peter J. Whitehouse
Analyzing Modeled Torque Profiles to Understand Scale-Dependent Active Muscle Responses in the Hip Joint, Fletcher R. Young, Hillel J. Chiel, Roger D. Quinn, and Roger D. Quinn
Use of an Invertebrate Animal Model (Aplysia Californica) to Develop Novel Neural Interfaces for Neuromodulation, Junqi Zhuo, Jeffrey P. Gill, Michael W. Jenkins, and Hillel J. Chiel
Submissions from 2021
Carbon Fiber Electrodes for Intracellular Recording and Stimulation, Yu Huan, Jeffrey P. Gill, and Hillel J. Chiel
Optimizing Thermal Block Length During Infrared Neural Inhibition to Minimize Temperature Thresholds, Junqi Zhuo, Matthew T. McPheeters, Micael W. Jenkins, Hillel J. Chiel, and Michael W. Jenkins
Isotonic Ion Replacement Can Lower the Threshold for Selective Infrared Neural Inhibition, Junqi Zhuo, Zihui Ou, Yuhan Zhang, Elizabeth M. Jackson, Sachin S. Shankar, Matthew T. McPheeters, Hillel J. Chiel, and Michael W. Jenkins
Submissions from 2020
Neurotic: Neuroscience Tool for Interactive Characterization, Hillel J. Chiel
Rapid Adaptation to Changing Mechanical Load by Ordered Recruitment of Identified Motor Neurons, Hillel J. Chiel
Submissions from 2019
Sonic Hedgehog is Expressed by Hilar Mossy Cells and Regulates Cellular Survival and Neurogenesis in the Adult Hippocampus, Luis E. Gonzalez-Reyes, Chia-Chu Chiang, Mingming Zhang, Joshua Johnson, Manuel Arrillaga-Tamez, Nicholas H. Couturier, Neha Reddy, Jeffrey R. Capadona, and Dominique M. Durand
Thermal Block of Action Potentials is Primarily Due to Voltage-Dependent Potassium Currents: A Modeling Study, Michael W. Jenkins and Hillel J. Chiel
Design and Actuation of a Fabric-Based Worm-Like Robot, Akhil Kandhari, Anna Mehringer, Hillel J. Chiel, Roger D. Quinn, and Kathryn A. Daltorio
Soft-Surface Grasping: Radular Opening in Aplysia Californica, Catherine E. Kehl, Joey Wu, Sisi Lu, Richard F. Drushel, Rebekah K. Smoldt, and Hillel J. Chiel
Successful and Unsuccessful Attempts to Swallow in a Reduced Aplysia Preparation Regulate Feeding Responses and Produce Memory at Different Neural Sites, Jeffrey M. McManus and Hillel J. Chiel
Transdisciplinarity at the Boundaries: Exploring a Sylvan Metaphor for Health, Peter J. Whitehouse
Voltage-Gated Potassium Channels are Critical for Infrared Inhibition of Action Potentials: An Experimental Study, Junqi Zhuo, Matthew T. McPheeters, Michael W. Jenkins, and Hillel J. Chiel
Submissions from 2018
Anti-Correlated Cortical Networks Arise From Spontaneous Neuronal Dynamics at Slow Timescales, Nathan X. Kodama, Tianyi Feng, James J. Ullett, Hillel J. Chiel, Siddharth S. Sivakumar, and Roberto F. Galán
Submissions from 2017
Selective Inhibition of Small-Diameter Axons Using Infrared Light, Emilie H. Lothet, Kendrick M. Shaw, Hui Lu, Junqi Zhuo, Yves T. Wang, Shi Gu, Hillel J. Chiel, and Michael W. Jenkins
A Randomized Controlled Trial of Disclosing Genetic Risk Information for Alzheimer Disease via Telephone, Peter J. Whitehouse and Melissa Barber Butson
Submissions from 2016
Robustness, Flexibility, and Sensitivity in a Multifunctional Motor control Model, David N. Lyttle, Jeffrey P. Gill, Peter J. Thomas, and Hillel J. Chiel
Communication-Microelectrode Detection of Cholesterol Efflux From the Human Buccel Mucosa, Xiaochun Yu, Thomas J. Kelley, Hillel J. Chiel, and James D. Burgess
Submissions from 2015
Preparing the Periphery for a Subsequent Behavior: Motor Neuronal Activity During Biting Generates little Force but Prepares a Retractor Muscle to Generate larger Forces During Swallowing in Aplysia, Hui Lu, Jeffrey M. McManus, Miranda J. Cullins, and Hillel J. Chiel
Submissions from 2014
Modeling of the Dorsal Gradient across Species Reveals Interaction between Embryo Morphology and Toll Signaling Pathway during Evolution, Priscilla Ambrosi, Juan Sebastian Chahda, Hannah R. Koslen, Hillel J. Chiel, and Claudia Mieko Mizutani
Alternating Current and Infrared Produce an Onset-Free Reversible Nerve Block, Emilie H. Lothet, Kevin L. Kilgore, Niloy Bhadra, Narendra Bhadra, Tina Vrabec, Yves T. Wang, Michael W. Jenkins, and Hillel J. Chiel
The Significance of Dynamical Architecture for Adaptive Responses to Mechanical Loads During Rhythmic Behavior, Kendrick M. M. Shaw, David N. Lyttle, Jeffrey P. Gill, Miranda J. Cullins, Jeffrey M. McManus, Hui Lu, Peter J. Thomas, and Hillel J. Chiel
Alzheimer’s Disease Cooperative Study (ADCS) Prevention Instrument Project Assessing Resource Use and Volunteer and Paid Work among Healthy Elders, a Longitudinal Study, Peter J. Whitehouse
The End of Alzheimer's Disease - From Biochemical Pharmacology to Ecopsychosociology: A Personal Perspective, Peter J. Whitehouse
A Randomized Noninferiority Trial of Condensed Protocols for Genetic Risk Disclosure of Alzheimer's Disease, Peter J. Whitehouse and Melissa Barber Butson
Submissions from 2013
Transient and Selective Suppression of Neural Activity With Infrared Light, Michael W. Jenkins, Hui Lu, Jeffrey M. McManus, and Hillel J. Chiel
Health-related Resource Use and Costs in Elderly Adults with and without Mild Cognitive Impairment, Carolyn Zhu, Peter J. Whitehouse, and Marian B. Patterson
Submissions from 2011
Uncertain Progress on the Fuzzy Boundaries of Alzheimer's Disease: Reading Between the Guidelines, Peter J. Whitehouse
Submissions from 2009
The Brain in its Body: Motor Control and Sensing in a Biomechanical Context, Hillel J. Chiel
Disclosure of APOE Genotype for Risk of Alzheimer's Disease, Peter J. Whitehouse and Melissa Barber Butson
Submissions from 2008
Health State Valuation in Mild to Moderate Cognitive Impairment: Feasibility of Computer-based, Direct Patient Utility Assessment, Neal V. Dawson, Mendel E. Singer, Marian B. Patterson, Susie A. Sami, Iahn Gonsenhouser, Heather A. Lindstrom, Kathleen A. Smyth, Melissa Barber Butson, and Peter J. Whitehouse
Variable judgments of Decisional Capacity in Cognitively Impaired Research Subjects, Marion B. Patterson and Peter J. Whitehouse
Incorporating Ethnicity into Genetic Risk Assessment for Alzheimer Disease: The REVEAL Study Experience, Peter J. Whitehouse and Melissa Barber Butson
Submissions from 2006
Neuromechanics of Coordination During Swallowing in Aplysia Californica, Hui Ye, Douglas W. Morton, and Hillel J. Chiel
Neuromechanics of Multifunctionality during Rejection in Aplysia Californica, Hui Ye, Douglas W. Morton, and Hillel J. Chiel
Submissions from 2002
Informed Consent for Alzheimer's Disease Clinical Trials: A Survey of Clinical Investigators, Peter J. Whitehouse
Submissions from 1999
Clinical Trials in Alzheimer Disease: Debate on the Use of Placebo Controls, Peter J. Whitehouse
Submissions from 1997
Hallucinations, Peter J. Whitehouse, Marian B. Patterson, Milton E. Strauss, David S. Geldmacher, James L. Mack, Grover C. Gilmore, and Elizabeth Koss
Submissions from 1988
An Identified Histaminergic Neuron Can Modulate the Outputs of buccal-Cerebral Interneurons in Aplysia via Presynaptic Inhibition, Hillel J. Chiel
Submissions from 1986
Activity of an Identified Histaminergic Neuron, and its Possible Role in Arousal of Feeding Behavior in Semi-Intact Aplysia, Hillel J. Chiel
An Identified Histaminergic Neuron Modulates Feeding Motor Circuitry in Aplysia, Hillel J. Chiel
Sensory Function and Gating of Histaminergic Neuron C2 in Aplysia, Hillel J. Chiel