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Kevin Crisp Ph.D. 2003 Thesis Title: Biogenic Amines and the Orchestration of Locomotor Behavior in the Medicinal Leech Advisor: Karen Mesce

Thesis Publications:

Crisp KM, Mesce KA (2005) Beyond the CPG: Amine modulation of decision-making neural networks in the brain of the medicinal leech.  Submitted to J Exp Biol. 1:

Crisp KM, Mesce KA. A cephalic projection neuron involved in locomotion is dye coupled to the dopaminergic neural network in the medicinal leech. J Exp Biol. 2004 Dec;207(Pt 26):4535-42.

Crisp KM, Mesce KA. To swim or not to swim: Regional effects of serotonin, octopamine and amine mixtures in the medicinal leech. J Comp Physiol [A]. In press.

Crisp KM, Klukas KA, Gilchrist LS, Nartey AJ, Mesce KA. Distribution and development of dopamine- and octopamine-synthesizing neurons in the medicinal leech. J Comp Neurol. 2002 Jan 7;442(2):115-29.

Mesce KA, Crisp KM, Gilchrist LS. Mixtures of octopamine and serotonin have nonadditive effects on the CNS of the medicinal leech. J Neurophysiol. 2001 May;85(5):2039-46.

Other Publications:

Crisp KM, Muller KJ (2005) A tri-synaptic positive feedback loop regulates the excitability of an interneuron critical for sensitization in the leech.  J Neurosci, in press.