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Rachel Penrod

Entering Class - 2006

E-mail: penro010@umn.edu


Undergraduate Institution and Major/Degree:

  • University of Nebraska, BA/BS
    Psychology-Major, Biochemistry and Chemistry-Minor, 2005

Major Advisor(s):

Research Description:

Investigating the role of AFAP120 in dendritic spine morphogenesis and maintenance as well as it's role in cytoskeleton-mediated dendritic spine changes following drug exposure.

Lab Rotations:

  • Mark Thomas
  • Paul Mermelstein
  • Lorene Lanier

Courses Taken Beyond the Core Courses:

  • Developmental Neurobiology Journal Club
  • Psychopharmacology Seminar

  • Biological Basis of Behavior
  • Advanced Developmental Biology

Conferences Attended:

  • Society for Neuroscience annual meeting 2004-2006
    Research presented 2005 and 2006
  • Midwestern Psychology Association annual meeting 2006,
    Research presented 2005 and 2006

Publications:

  • Murray JE, Penrod RD , Bevins RA (manuscript in revision). Acquisition of nicotine-evoked conditioned responding is dependent on concentration of sucrose unconditioned stimulus.  Behavioral Processes
  • Bevins RA, Penrod RD , Reichel CM. (2007). Nicotine does not produce state-dependent effects on learning in a Pavlovian appetitive goal tracking task with rats. Behavioral Brain Research, 177:134-141
  • Wilkinson JL, Murray JE, Li C, Wiltgen SM, Penrod RD , Berg SA, Bevins RA. (2006). Interoceptive Pavlovian conditioning with nicotine as the conditional stimulus varies as a function of the number of conditioning trails and unpaired sucrose deliveries. Behavioral Pharmacology, 17:161-172
  • Peer JE, Rothmann Tl, Penrod RD , Penn DL, Spaulding WD. (2004). Social cognitive bias and neurocognitive deficit in paranoid symptoms:  evidence for an interaction effect and changes during treatment.  Schizophrenia Research, 71:463-471

Abstracts:

  • Penrod RD , Xu X, Lanier L.  AFAP-120 regulates axonal polarity, outgrowth, and branching.  Developmental Biology Center:  Tubes, Branches, and Pumps in Development, Minneapolis, MN, September 2008

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    enrod RD , Xu X, Lanier L.  AFAP-120 regulates axonal polarity, outgrowth, and branching.  Cold Spring Harbor Lab Meeting:  Axon Guidance, Synaptogenesis, and Neural Plasticity, Cold Spring Harbor, NY, September 2008
  • Penrod RD , Maldonado M, Xu X, & Lanier L.  Techniques for the study of dendritic spine development and maintenance in vitro.  12th annual Graduate Program in Neuroscience Retreat, Minneapolis, MN, Feburary 2008

  • Penrod RD , Reichel CM, & Bevins RA.  A test of state-dependency's role in a Pavlovian drug discrimination task with nicotine. 36th annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Atlanta, GA, November  2006
  • Penrod, RD , Reichel, CM, & Bevins, RA.  A test of state-dependency's role in an interoceptive conditioning task with a nicotine cue.  78th Midwestern Psychological Association annual meeting, Chicago IL, May 2006
  • Wilkinson JL, Penrod RD , Murray JE & Bevins RA. Conditioned stimulus effects of nicotine: bupropion substitution and the effects of sucrose concentration. 35th meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Washington, DC, November 2005
  • Murray JE, Wilkinson JL, Berg SA, Penrod RD , Li CJ, Wiltgen SM & Bevins RA. Nicotine as a conditional stimulus: Factors affecting acquisition and extinction. 77th Midwestern Psychological Association Conference, Chicago IL, May 2005.

Professional Memberships:

  • Society for Neuroscience 2005-present

Home Town:

  • Lincoln, Nebraska