Curt Anderson, PhD
comparative anatomy and evolution of the neural control of movement
Graduate Student Researchers
Tom
Bickley (2003 - present) comparative
anatomy for feeding tree frogs
Angela Hillier (2003 - present)
the biomechanics of swimming in Xenopus
Undergraduate Researchers
Steve Wray (2004-present)
integration of visual projections with motor neurons in the brainstem
Nic Clark (2002-present)
convergence of multiple forms of sensory projections in the brainstem
Carolyn Hurley
(2002-2003) learning and
memory
of the frog feeding system
Martin Lee
(2001-2003) olfactory
projections into the midbrain of rana pipiens
Jamie Wiklund (2001
- 2003) innervation of the lower jaw in
Xenopus laevis
Mike Luedeman (2000 -
2002) integration of
glossopharyngeal
and hypoglossal information
Brock
Wolff (2000 -
2002) the
trigeminal
nerve coordination of the mandibles during feeding
Dave
Chiddix (2001 -
2002)
the function of the cerebellum in frogs
Denny
Orme (2001 -
2002)
comparative anatomy of the hypoglossal nerve in tree frogs
Keli
Thomas (1999 -
2000)
feeding and directed movement in aquatic anurans
Denise Harwood (1999 -
2000)
neuroanatomical bases for jaw muscle coordination during feeding
Ryan Longmore (1999 -
2000)
Lance Longmore (1999 - 2000)
Simbareshe Parienyatwa (1999)
Chiddix DN, RB Longmore, LS
Longmore
and CW Anderson (in revision) The role of the cerebellum during feeding
in the leopard frog, Rana pipiens. Physiology and Behavior
Luedeman M and CW Anderson (in
revision)
Anatomical convergence of hypoglossal and glossopharyngeal projections
from the tongue of the leopard frog, Rana pipiens. Brain Research
Anderson, CW (2001). Anatomical
evidence
for brainstem circuits mediating feeding motor programs in the leopard
frog, Rana pipiens. Experimental Brain Research 140:12-19
Harwood, D.V. and C. W. Anderson
(2000).
Evidence for the anatomical origins of hypoglossal afferents in the
tongue
of the leopard frog, Rana pipiens. Brain Research 862(1-2):288-291.
Anderson C.W. and J. Keifer (1999).
Properties
of conditioned abducens nerve responses in the absence of the sustained
component of the reflex. 81:1242-1250 J Neurophysiology
Anderson C.W., K. C. Nishikawa and J.
Keifer
(1998). Distribution of hypoglossal motor neurons innervating the
prehensile tongue of the African pig-nosed frog, Hemisus marmoratum.
244(1):5-8.
Neuroscience Letters
Anderson C.W. and J. Keifer (1998).
Evidence
for a photosensitive region in the caudal mesencephalon of the turtle
brain.
119(4):453-459. Experimental Brain Research
Anderson C.W. and J. Keifer (1997). The
cerebellum
and red nucleus are not required for in vitro classical conditioning of
the turtle abducens nerve. 17(24):9736-9745. J Neuroscience
Anderson C.W. and K.C. Nishikawa
(1997).
The functional anatomy of hypoglossal afferents in the leopard frog,
Rana
pipiens. 771/2:285-291. Brain Research
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sensory
inputs during the initiation of movement and how these areas integrate
this information into a properly timed motor output. In other
words,
how incoming sensory information from the various parts of the body is
organized into properly timed and sequenced bilateral muscle commands
used
to generate a goal-directed behavior. To this end, we have been
investigating
projections from somatosensory, olfactory, visual and tactile sensory
neurons
into the brain and the convergence of this information into a system
producing
a coordinated motor output.
