RESEARCH:

Zebrafish Visual Function Recovery Following Optic Nerve Damage

Student Success After KBRIN:

A. McDowell, Ph.D. program in Neuroscience, Indiana University

L. Dixon, Ph.D. program in Clinical Psychology, UT Knoxville

B. Trame, Ph.D. program in Child Psychology, University of Maryland

B. Barger, M.A. program in Applied Experimental Psychology, WKU

A. McCoy, LPN program in Psychiatric Nursing, Vanderbilt University

Student Participation:

Graduate students: Lee Dixon, Angela McDowell, Jennifer Houchins, Bridget Trame

Undergraduate students: Margaret Au, Brian Barger, Michele Garner, Alexis McCoy, Ashley McCarty, Christina Mehlbauer, Jyoti Sahi (KBRIN summer intern)

REU Summer interns: Coyde Hill, Tracey Jordan, Sara Trace

McDowell, A.M., Dixon, L.J., Houchins, J. & Bilotta, J. (2003). Visual
processing of the zebrafish optic tectum before and after optic nerve
damage. Revised manuscript submitted for publication.

Dixon, L.J., McDowell, A.M. & Bilotta, J. (2003). Effects of
restricted spectral rearing on retinal physiology of larvae zebrafish.
Revised manuscript submitted for publication.

Bilotta, J., Houchins, J.D. & Garner, L.M. (November, 2003). Temporal
response proprties of the zebrafish electroretinogram following
suppression of the off-response. Presentation at the annual meeting of
the Society for Neuroscience, New Orleans, LA.

Bilotta, J. (June, 2003). The zebrafish as a model for fetal alcohol
syndrome. Invited symposium speaker, joint meetings of the Behavioral
Teratology Society and the Neurobehavioral Teratology Society.
Philadelphia, PA.

Bilotta, J., McCoy, A. C., Houchins, J. & Garner, L. M. (May, 2003).
Suppression of the ERG d-wave component alters the photopic spectral
sensitivity of the b-wave response in adult zebrafish. Presentation at
the annual meeting of the Association Research in Vision &
Ophthalmology, Ft. Lauderdale, FL.

Houchins, J., Hill, C., Dixon, L. J. & Bilotta, J. (May, 2003). Both
ON- and OFF-pathways are necessary for normal visual acuity in larvae
zebrafish. Presentation at the annual meeting of the Association
Research in Vision & Ophthalmology, Ft. Lauderdale, FL.

Houchins, J.D., Hill, C., Dixon, L.J. & Bilotta, J. (April, 2003).
Eliminating the ON- and OFF- pathways alters normal visual acuity in
larval zebrafish. Paper presented at the Sigma Xi Student Research
Conference, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY.

Trace, S. (July, 2003) Anatomical and Physiological Development in
Zebrafish Retina. Presentation at the annual meeting of the Research
Experiences for Undergraduates at Western Kentucky University meeting.
Bowling Green, KY.

Jordan, T. (July, 2003). The Effects of APB on the Retinal Responses
of Zebrafish Larvae. Presentation at the annual meeting of the
Research Experiences for Undergraduates at Western Kentucky University
meeting. Bowling Green, KY.