Category Archive for : ‘Publications’

The article: “Mice selectively bred for High and Low fear behavior show differences in the number of pMAPK (p44/42 ERK) expressing neurons in lateral amygdala following Pavlovian fear conditioning” has been accepted for publication in Neurobiology of Learning and Memory. Clarissa and Abe were among the coauthors of the paper.

The review article: “Rats are the smart choice: Rationale for a renewed focus on rats in behavioral genetics” has been accepted for publication in Neuropharmacology. The list of coauthors also include Hao Chen, Shelly B. Flagel, Aron M. Geurts, Jerry B. Richards, Terry E. Robinson and Leah C. Solberg Woods.

The article titled: “Strong genetic influences on measures of behavioral-regulation among inbred rat strains” has been accepted for publication in Genes, Brain and Behavior. Dr. Abraham Palmer is among the coauthors of the article.

The article: “Candidate gene studies of a promising intermediate phenotype: failure to replicate” has generated some interest in various social media outlets twitter (and), (and), reddit and multiple blogs and websites. One site ranks it in the top 5 percentile of all scientific articles ranked by attention.

The article: “Psychopharmacology of theobromine in healthy volunteers” has been accepted for publication in  Psychopharmacology. Amy and Abe are among the coauthors of the article.

Margaret’s article: “Glyoxalase 1 and its substrate methylglyoxal are novel regulators of seizure susceptibility” has been accepted for publication in EPILEPSIA. Naomi Gorfinkle, an undergraduate in the Palmer Lab is among the list of co-authors.

The article: “Does COMT genotype influence the effects of d-amphetamine on executive functioning?” has been accepted for publication in Genes, Brain and Behavior. Authors are Margaret Wardle, Amy Hart, Abraham Palmer and Harriet de Wit.

Riyan and Abe’s article: “A Simulation Study of Permutation, Bootstrap and Gene Dropping for Assessing Statistical Significance in the Case of Unequal Relatedness” has been accepted for publication in genetics.

Amy’s article: “Candidate gene studies of a promising intermediate phenotype: failure to replicate” has been accepted for publication in Neuropsychopharmacology. You can find the full article here.

Margaret and Abe’s article: “Assessment of behaviors modeling aspects of schizophrenia in Csmd1 mutant mice” has been accepted for publication on PLOS ONE.