Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program (PREP) at the University of South Carolina has helped a number of students from underrepresented groups or from a disadvantaged background pursue their research dreams. Below are several recent student success stories.
As an avid lover of science and all things health related, Courtney Callahan always knew from a young age that she wanted to work in the health field. It was while a junior at Winthrop University working with her zoologist professor that her interest in bacteria and viruses peaked.
Hughes' acceptance into the University of South Carolina PREP provided her with invaluable mentorship, academic and professional development. She recently received her Ph.D. from the Chemistry Department at USC, and accepted a postdoctoral fellowship at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine conducting brain physiology and disease research.
Pederson developed an early passion for science from her father, an internal and emergency medicine physician, who shared with her the transformative powers of medicine. At West Chester University of Pennsylvania, she was introduced to biochemistry and quickly learned that biochemistry is the foundation that can “elucidate how our bodies function and provide the key to unlocking the cures for diseases that plague our society."
For as long as Smith can remember, science has always been a part of her career goals. She received her first microscope when she was 8 years old and has been fascinated with exploring the unseen and unknown ever since. Originally, she had planned to choose a career in the medical field; however, watching the hit television show CSI opened up the world of scientific investigation for her.
The daughter of two teachers, Velázquez developed a passion for learning early. From a young age she also knew she was interested in science, but she fell in love with research while studying at the University of Puerto Rico. “I love research because it can answer questions,” Velázquez says. “Any question that you have, you can answer with science.”
Woappi's curiosity in life science ignited during his youth in Cameroon. He would often go to local parks with his father to identify various insects and mollusks. This curiosity magnified after his family immigrated to Pennsylvania where he received passionate lessons from an ardent AP biology teacher.
University of South Carolina PREP Scholars have published more than 120 papers since the program began.
* Indicates publication derived from work as a USC PREP Scholar or as a graduate student at USC. Many USC PREP Scholars have published abstracts which are not listed here.
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Ringkamp M, Tal M, Hartke TV, Wooten M, McKelvy A, Turnquist BP, Guan Y, Meyer RA, Raja SN. (2012) Local loperamide injection reduces mechanosensitivity of rat cutaneous, nociceptive C-fibers.
Plos One. 7 (7):e42105. Link
AM Schlenz, CB McClellan, TR Mark, AD McKelvy, E Puffer, CW Roberts, SM Sweitzer, JC Schatz. (2012) Sensitization to Acute Procedural Pain in Pediatric Sickle Cell Disease: Modulation by Painful Vaso-occlusive Episodes, Age, and Endothelin-1.
Journal of Pain 13 (7): 656-65. Link
CY Chung, AF Carteret, AD McKelvy, F Yang, TV Hartke, S He., X Dong, S Raja, Y Guan. (2012). Analgesic properties of loperamide differ following systemic and local administration to rats after L5 spinal nerve injury.
European Journal of Pain. 16 (7): 1021-32. Link
Yang F, Chung CY, Wacnik PW, Carteret AF, McKelvy AD, Meyer RA, Raja SN, Guan Y. (2011) Electrical stimulation at distinct peripheral sites in spinal nerve injured rats leads to different afferent activation profiles.
Neuroscience Letters. 505 (1): 52-57. Link
* McKelvy, AD, and Sweitzer SM. (2009) Decreased Opioid Analgesia in Weanling Rats Exposed to Endothelin-1 during Infancy. Neuroscience Letters. 466 (3): 144-148. Link
* McKelvy, AD, and Sweitzer, S.M. (2009). Endothelin-1 exposure on postnatal day 7 alters expression of the endothelin B receptor and behavioral sensitivity to endothelin-1 on postnatal day 11.
Neuroscience Letters 451 (1): 89-93. Link
* McClellan CM, Schatz JC, Mark TRM, McKelvy AD, Puffer E, Roberts C, Sweitzer SM. (2009). Criterion and convergent validity for four measures of pediatric pain in sickle cell disease
Clinical Journal Pain 25 (2): 146-52.
* Nesbitt TL, Roberts A, Tan H, Junor L, Yost MJ, Potts JD, Dettman RW, Goodwin RL (2009). Coronary endothelial proliferation and morphogenesis are regulated by a VEGF-mediated pathway.
Dev Dyn. 238 (2): 423-30 Link
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Obianyo, O., Qi, Q., Du, Y., Fu, H., Shiyong, L., Ye, K. (2017) Blockade of Asparagine Endopeptidase inhibits cancer metastasis. J Med Chem. 60 (17):7244-7255. Link
Obianyo, O., Ye, K. (2013) Novel small-molecule activators of the Trk family of receptor tyrosine kinases. Biochim. Biophys. Acta, 1834 (10), 2213-2218 Link
* Obianyo, O., Thompson, PR. (2012) Kinetic mechanism of Protein Arginine Methyltransferase 6. J Biol Chem, 287 (8), 6062-6071. Link
* Obianyo, O., Causey, C.P., Jones, J.E., Thompson, P.R. (2011) Activity-based protein profiling of Protein Arginine Methyltransferase 1. Chem Biol, 6(10), 1127-1135. Link (This article was listed as one of the Top Ten Most Read Articles in 2011 ACS Chemical Biology)
* Bicker, K.L., Obianyo, O., Rust, H.L., Thompson, P.R. (2011) A combinatorial approach to characterize the substrate specificity of Protein Arginine Methyltransferase 1. Mol Biosyst, 7 (1), 48-51. Link
* Obianyo, O., Causey, C.P., Osborne, T.C., Jones, J.E., Lee, Y., Stallcup, M.R., Thompson, P.R. (2010) A chloroacetamidine-based inactivator of Protein Arginine Methyltransferase 1. Chembiochem, 11 (9), 1219-1223. Link
* Obianyo, O., Osborne, T.C., Thompson, P.R. (2008) Kinetic mechanism of Protein Arginine Methyltransferase 1. Biochemistry, 47, 10420-10427. Link
* Osborne, T.C., Obianyo, O., Zhang, X., Cheng, X., Thompson, P.R. (2007) Protein Arginine Methyltransferase 1: Positively charged residues in substrate peptides distal to the site of methylation are important for substrate binding and catalysis. Biochemistry, 46, 13370-13381. (The first two authors contributed equally to this work) Link
Patents * Osborne, T.C., Obianyo, O., Causey, C.P., Thompson, P.R. Chloroacetamidine-based inhibitors and activity-based probes for the Protein Arginine Methyltransferases. United States Patent Application Number 20100151506 |
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Fowlkes V, Clark J, Fix C, Law BA, Morales MO, Qiao X, Ako-Asare K, Goldsmith JG, Carver W, Murray DB, Goldsmith EC. (2013) Type II diabetes promotes a myofibroblast phenotype in cardiac fibroblasts. Life Sci. 92 (11): 669-76. Link
Fowlkes V, Wilson CG, Carver W, Goldsmith EC. (2012). Mechanical loading promotes mast cell degranulation via RGD-integrin dependent pathways. J Biomech. 46 (4): 788-95. Link
Law B, Fowlkes V, Goldsmith JG, Carver W, Goldsmith EC. (2012) Diabetes-induced alterations in the extracellular matrix and their impact on myocardial function. Microsc Microanal.18 (1): 22-34. Review. Link
Wilson CG, Stone JW, Fowlkes V, Morales MO, Murphy CJ, Baxter SC, Goldsmith EC. (2011). Age-dependent expression of collagen receptors and deformation of type I collagen substrates by rat cardiac fibroblasts. Microsc Microanal.17 (4): 555-62. Link
* Singh M, Fowlkes V, Handy I, Patel CV, Patel RC. (2009). Essential role of PACT-mediated PKR activation in tunicamycin-induced apoptosis. J Mol Biol. 2009 385 (2): 457-68. Link
* Mittelstadt M, Frump A, Khuu T, Fowlkes V, Handy I, Patel CV, Patel RC. (2008). Interaction of human tRNA-dihydrouridine synthase-2 with interferon-induced protein kinase PKR. Nucleic Acids Res.36 (3): 998-1008. Link |
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*A Fox, K Fox, CT Callahan. (2011) Detection of Biological Agents for the Prevention of Bioterrorism: Mass spectrometry and tandem mass spectrometry for protein biomarker discovery and bacterial speciation. NATO Science for Peace and Security Series A: Chemistry and Biology. Springer 1st edition, 37-45.
*CT Callahan, K Fox, A Fox. (2009) The small acid soluble proteins (SASP α and SASP β) of Bacillus weihenstephanensis and Bacillus mycoides group 2 are the most distinct among the Bacillus cereus group. Molecular and Cellular Probes 23, 291-297. Link
*CT Callahan, E Castanha, K Fox, A Fox. (2008). The Bacillus cereus containing sub-branch most closely related to Bacillus anthracis, has single amino acid substitutions in small acid-soluble proteins, while remaining sub-branches are more variable. Molecular and Cellular Probes 22: 207-211. Link
CT Callahan , Wilson KM, Ely B. (2016) Characterization of the Proteins Associated with Caulobacter crescentus Bacteriophage CbK Particles. rr Microbiol. 72 (1): 75-80. Link |
*Ragin, M (2012) Effect of Linear Furanocoumarins on Cell Migration in Breast Cancer and Genetic Analyses of African American and European American Breast Cancer Patients in South Carolina. African American Professors Program - Monograph Series.
*Ragin M. (2010) Polymorphisms in Certain Diabetes Mellitus II-Related Genes May Play a Role in Disparities for Certain Risk Factors in Breast Cancer Amongst Blacks and Whites. Call and Response 3 (1): 47-56.
Sougiannis AT, Vanderveen BN, Cranford. TL, Enos RT, Velazquez KT, McDonald S, Chatzistamou L, Fan D, Murphy EA. (2020) Weight Cycling Creates an Obesogenic Memory in Adipose Tissue Which Exacerbates the Inflammatory Response to Obesity. https://doi.org/10.1096/fasebj.2020.34.s1.00521 Link
Velázquez KT, Enos RT, Bader JE, Sougiannis AT, Carson MS, Chatzistamou I, Carson JA, Nagarkatti PS, Nagarkatti M, Murphy EA. (2019). Prolonged high-fat-diet feeding promotes non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and alters gut microbiota in mice.
World J Hepatol. 11 (8): 619-637 Link
Sougiannis AT, VanderVeen BN, Enos RT, Velazquez KT, Bader JE, Carson M, Chatzistamou I, Walla M, Pena MM, Kubinak JL, Nagarkatti M, Carson JA, Murphy EA. (2019) Impact of 5 fluorouracil chemotherapy on gut inflammation, functional parameters, and gut microbiota.
Brain Behav Immun. 80: 44-55. doi: 10.1016/j.bbi.2019.02.020. Epub 2019 Feb 23. Link
Bader JE, Enos RT, Velázquez KT, Carson MS, Sougiannis AT, McGuinness OP, Robinson CM, Murphy EA (2019). Repeated clodronate-liposome treatment results in neutrophilia and is not effective in limiting obesity-linked metabolic impairments.
Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab. 316 (3): E358-E372 Link
Cranford TL, Velázquez KT, Enos RT, Sougiannis AT, Bader JE, Carson MS, Bellone RR, Chatzistamou I, Nagarkatti M, Murphy EA. (2019) Effects of high fat diet-induced obesity on mammary tumorigenesis in the PyMT/MMTV murine model.
Cancer Biol Ther. 20 (4): 487-496 Link
Mehrpouya-Bahrami P, Chitrala KN, Ganewatta MS, Tang C, Murphy EA, Enos RT, Velazquez KT, McCellan J, Nagarkatti M, Nagarkatti P. (2017).
Blockade of CB1 cannabinoid receptor alters gut microbiota and attenuates inflammation and diet-induced obesity.
Sci Rep. 7 (1): 15645. Link
Bader JE, Enos RT, Velázquez KT, Carson MS, Nagarkatti M, Nagarkatti PS, Chatzistamou I, Davis JM, Carson JA, Robinson CM, Murphy EA (2018) Macrophage depletion using clodronate liposomes decreases tumorigenesis and alters gut microbiota in the AOM/DSS mouse model of colon cancer.
Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol. 314 (1): G22-G31. Link
Velázquez KT, Enos RT, Carson MS, Cranford TL, Bader JE, Sougiannis AT, Pritchett C, Fan D, Carson JA, Murphy EA. (2017) miR155 deficiency aggravates high-fat diet-induced adipose tissue fibrosis in male mice.
Physiol Rep. 5 (18). e13412. doi: 10.14814/phy2.13412. Link
Cranford TL, Velázquez KT, Enos RT, Bader JE, Carson MS, Chatzistamou I, Nagarkatti M, Murphy EA. (2017) Loss of monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 expression delays mammary tumorigenesis and reduces localized inflammation in the C3(1)/SV40Tag triple negative breast cancer model. Cancer Biol Ther. 18 (2): 85-93. Link
Enos RT, Velázquez KT, Carson MS, McClellan JL, Nagarkatti P, Nagarkatti M, Davis JM, Murphy EA. (2016) A Low Dose of Dietary Quercetin Fails to Protect against the Development of an Obese Phenotype in Mice.
PLoS One.11 (12): e0167979. Link
Velázquez KT, Enos RT, Carson MS, Cranford TL, Bader JE, Chatzistamou I, Singh UP, Nagarkatti PS, Nagarkatti M, Davis JM, Carson JA, Murphy EA.(2016) Weight loss following diet-induced obesity does not alter colon tumorigenesis in the AOM mouse model.
Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol. 311 (4): G699-G712. Link
Enos RT, Velázquez KT, McClellan JL, Cranford TL, Nagarkatti M, Nagarkatti PS, Davis JM, Murphy EA. (2016) High-fat diets rich in saturated fat protect against azoxymethane/dextran sulfate sodium-induced colon cancer.
Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol. 310 (11): G906-19. Link
Velázquez KT, Enos RT, McClellan JL, Cranford TL, Chatzistamou I, Singh UP, Nagarkatti M, Nagarkatti PS, Fan D, Murphy EA (2016). MicroRNA-155 deletion promotes tumorigenesis in the azoxymethane-dextran sulfate sodium model of colon cancer.
Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol. 310 (6): G347-58. Link
Cranford TL, Enos RT, Velázquez KT, McClellan JL, Davis JM, Singh UP, Nagarkatti M, Nagarkatti PS, Robinson CM, Murphy EA. (2016) Role of MCP-1 on inflammatory processes and metabolic dysfunction following high-fat feedings in the FVB/N strain.
Int J Obes (Lond). 40 (5): 844-51. Link
Murphy EA, Velazquez KT, Herbert KM (2015) Influence of high-fat diet on gut microbiota: a driving force for chronic disease risk.
Curr Opin Clin Nutr Metab Care. 18 (5): 515-20 Link
Enos RT, Velázquez KT, McClellan JL, Cranford TL, Walla MD, Murphy EA. (2015) Lowering the dietary omega-6: omega-3 does not hinder nonalcoholic fatty-liver disease development in a murine model.
Nutr Res. 2015 35 (5): 449-59 Link
Murphy EA, Enos RT, Velázquez KT. (2015) Influence of Exercise on Inflammation in Cancer: Direct Effect or Innocent Bystander?
Exerc Sport Sci Rev. 43 (3):134-42 Link
Velázquez KT, Enos RT, Narsale AA, Puppa MJ, Davis JM, Murphy EA, Carson JA. (2014) Quercetin supplementation attenuates the progression of cancer cachexia in ApcMin/+ mice.
J Nutr. 144 (6):868-75 Link
Enos RT, Velázquez KT, Murphy EA. (2014) Insight into the impact of dietary saturated fat on tissue-specific cellular processes underlying obesity-related diseases J Nutr Biochem. 25 (6): 600-12. Link
Day ST, Enos RT, McClellan JL, Steiner JL, Velázquez KT, Murphy EA. (2013) Linking Inflammation to tumorigenesis in a Mouse Model of High-Fat-Diet-Enhance Colon Cancer. Cytokine 64 (1): 454-62 Link
Puppa MJ, White JP, Velázquez KT, Baltgalvis KA, Sato S. Baynes JW, Carson JA. (2012). The effect of exercise on IL-6-induced cachexia in the Apc (Min/+) mouse.
J Cachexia Sarcopenia Muscle. 3 (2): 117-37 Link
* Velázquez KT, Mohammad HK, Sweitzer SM. (2007) Protein kinase C in pain: involvement of multiple isoforms.
Pharmacol Res. 55 (6): 578-89. Review. Link
Rivera-Arce JC, Morales-Crespo L, Vargas-Pinto N, Velázquez KT, Jorge JC. (2006) Central effects of the anabolic steroid17!-methyltestosterone in female anxiety.
Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior 84 (2): 275-81
Smith SN, Paige C, Velazquez KT, Smith TP, Raja SN , Wilson SP, Sweitzer SM (2015) Injury-specific Promoters Enhance Herpes Simplex Virus-Mediated Gene Therapy for Treating Neuropathic Pain in Rodents
J Pain 16 (3):283-90. doi: 10.1016/j.jpain.2014.12.007. Link
Sahoo PK, Lee SJ, Jaiswal PB, Alber S, Kar AN, Miller-Randolph S, Taylor EE, Smith T, Singh B, Ho TS, Urisman A, Chand S, Pena EA, Burlingame AL, Woolf CJ, Fainzilber M, English AW, Twiss JL. (2018) Axonal G3BP1 stress granule protein limits axonal mRNA translation and nerve regeneration.
Nat Commun. 9 (1): 3358. doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-05647-x. Link
Gomes C, Lee SJ, Gardiner AS, Smith T, Sahoo PK, Patel P, Thames E, Rodriguez R, Taylor R, Yoo S, Heise T, Kar AN, Perrone-Bizzozero N, Twiss JL. (2017) Axonal localization of neuritin/CPG15 mRNA is limited by competition for HuD binding.
J Cell Sci. 130 (21): 3650-3662. Link
Smith SN, Paige C, Velazquez KT, Smith TP, Raja SN, Wilson SP,
Sweitzer SM. (2015) Injury-specific promoters enhance herpes simplex virus-mediated gene therapy for treating neuropathic pain in rodents.
J Pain. 16 (3): 283-90. Link
Smith TP, Schlenz AM, Schatz JC, Maitra R, Sweitzer SM. (2015)
Modulation of pain in pediatric sickle cell disease: understanding the balance between endothelin mediated vasoconstriction and apelin mediated vasodilation.
Blood Cells Mol Dis. 54 (2):155-9. Link
*Smith TP, Smith SN, Sweitzer SM. (2014)
Endothelin-1 induced desensitization in primary afferent neurons.
Neurosci Lett. 582: 59-64 Link
*Smith TP, Haymond T, Smith SN, Sweitzer SM. (2014)
Evidence for the endothelin system as an emerging therapeutic target for the treatment of chronic pain.
J Pain Res. 7: 531-45 Link
Smith T, Beasley S, Smith S, Mark I, Sweitzer SM (2014) Endothelin-1-induced priming to capsaicin in young animals.
Neurosci Lett. 567: 15-8 Link
Smith SN, Paige C, Velazquez KT, Smith TP, Raja SN, Wilson SP, Sweitzer SM (2015) Injury-specific promoters enhance herpes simplex virus-mediated gene therapy for treating neuropathic pain in rodents. J Pain. 16 (3): 283-90. Link
*Smith TP, Smith SN, Sweitzer SM. (2014)
Endothelin-1 induced desensitization in primary afferent neurons.
Neurosci Lett. 582: 59-64 Link
*Smith TP, Haymond T, Smith SN, Sweitzer SM. (2014)
Evidence for the endothelin system as an emerging therapeutic target for the treatment of chronic pain.
J Pain Res. 7: 531-45 Link
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Washington-Hughes CL, Ford GT, Jones AD, McRae K, Outten FW. (2019). Nickel exposure reduces enterobactin production in Escherichia coli.
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Soft Matter (Royal Society of Chemistry) DOI: 10.1039/c3sm51853a Link
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Li F, Yuan CW, Xu S, Zu T, Woappi Y, Lee CAA, Abarzua P, Wells M, Ramsey MR, Frank NY, Wu X, Mandinova A, Frank MH, Lian CG, Murphy GF. (2019) Loss of the Epigenetic Mark 5-hmC in Psoriasis: Implications for Epidermal Stem Cell Dysregulation.
J Invest Dermatol. pii: S0022-202X (19) 33467-0. Link
Woappi Y, Hosseinipour M, Creek KE, Pirisi L (2018). Stem Cell Properties of Normal Human Keratinocytes Determine Transformation Responses to Human Papillomavirus 16 DNA.
J Virol. 92 (11). pii: e00331-18 Link
Woappi Y, Singh OV. (2016) Commensals and Foodborne Pathogens can Arbitrate Epithelial-carcinogenesis.
Br Microbiol Res J. 15 (3). 10.9734 Link
Woappi YL, Jangiti R, Singh OV. (2014) Synthetic immunosurveillance systems: nanodevices to monitor physiological events.
Biosens Bioelectron. 61: 152-64 Link
Woappi Y, Gabani P. Singh OV. (2013) Emergence of Antibiotic-Producing Microorganisms in Residential Versus Recreational Microenvironments.
British Microbiology Research Journal 3 (3): 280-294. Link
Woappi Y, Gabani P, Singh A, Singh OV. (2016) Antibiotrophs: The complexity of antibiotic-subsisting and antibiotic-resistant microorganisms.
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Getter T, Margalit R, Kahremany S, Levy L, Blum E, Khazanov N, Keshet-Levy NY, Tamir TY, Ben Major M, Lahav R, Zilber S, Senderowitz H, Bradfield P, Imhof BA, Alpert E, Gruzman A. (2019) Novel inhibitors of leukocyte transendothelial migration.
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Bocanegra JL, Fujita BM, Melton NR, Cowan JM, Schinski EL, Tamir TY, Major MB, Quintero OA. The MyMOMA domain of MYO19 encodes for distinct Miro-dependent and Miro-independent mechanisms of interaction with mitochondrial membranes.
Cytoskeleton (Hoboken). 77(3-4):149-166. doi: 10.1002/cm.21560 Link
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Gao Y, Kardos J, Yang Y, Tamir TY, Mutter-Rottmayer E, Weissman B, Major MB, Kim WY, Vaziri C. The Cancer/Testes (CT) Antigen HORMAD1 promotes Homologous Recombinational DNA Repair and Radioresistance in Lung adenocarcinoma cells.
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Identification and Characterization of MCM3 as a Kelch-like ECH-associated Protein 1 (KEAP1) Substrate.
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Morrow CS, Porter TJ, Xu N, Arndt ZP, Ako-Asare K, Heo HJ, Thompson EAN, Moore DL. (2020). Vimentin Coordinates Protein Turnover at the Aggresome during Neural Stem Cell Quiescence Exit.
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Li H, Vento PJ, Parrilla-Carrero J, Pullmann D, Chao YS, Eid M, Jhou TC. (2019). Three Rostromedial Tegmental Afferents Drive Triply Dissociable Aspects of Punishment Learning and Aversive Valence Encoding.
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Parrilla-Carrero J, Buchta WC, Goswamee P, Culver O, McKendrick G, Harlan B, Moutal A, Penrod R, Lauer A, Ramakrishnan V, Khanna R, Kalivas P, Riegel AC. (2018) Restoration of Kv7 Channel-Mediated Inhibition Reduces Cued-Reinstatement of Cocaine Seeking.
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Drug Alcohol Depend. 100 (1-2): 122-7 Link
Cushion MT, Ashbaugh A, Hendrix K, Linke MJ, Tisdale N, Sayson SG, Porollo A. (2018) Gene Expression of Pneumocystis murina after Treatment with Anidulafungin Results in Strong Signals for Sexual Reproduction, Cell Wall Integrity, and Cell Cycle Arrest, Indicating a Requirement for Ascus Formation for Proliferation.
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Oswald BB, Maddox SA, Tisdale N, Powell DA (2010) Encoding and retrieval are differentially processed by the anterior cingulate and prelimbic cortices: a study based on trace eyeblink conditioning in the rabbit.
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Watson SR, Dormer JD, Fei B (2018). Imaging technologies for cardiac fiber and heart failure: a review.
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