Selected Publications and Recent Abstracts

Selected Publications

Claiborne, B.J. and A. Selverston (1984a)  Histamine as a neurotransmitter in the stomatogastric nervous system of the spiny lobster. Journal of Neuroscience, 4: 708-721.

Claiborne, B.J. and A. Selverston (1984b)  Localization of stomatogastric IV neuron cell bodies in lobster brain Journal of Comparative Physiology, A., 154: 27-32.

Claiborne, B.J., D.G. Amaral, and W.M. Cowan (1986) A light and electron microscopic analysis of the mossy fibers of the dentate gyrus. Journal of Comparative Neurology, 246: 435-458.

Claiborne, B.J. and J. Ayers (1987)  Functional anatomy and behavior. In The Crustacean Stomatogastric Nervous System: A Model for the Study of Central Nervous Systems, (A. Selverston and M. Moulins, eds.), Springer-Verlag, New York. pp. 9-29.

Terrian, D.M., D. Johnston, B.J. Claiborne, R. Ansah-Yiadom, W.J. Strittmatter, and M.A. Rea (1988)  Glutamate and dynorphin release from a subcellular fraction enriched in hippocampal mossy fiber synaptosomes. Brain Research Bulletin, 21: 343-351.

Claiborne, B.J., M.A. Rea, and D.M. Terrian (1989)  Detection of zinc in isolated nerve terminals using a modified Timm's sulfide-silver method. Journal of Neuroscience Methods, 30: 17-22.

Amaral, D.G., N. Ishizuka, and B. Claiborne (1990)  Neurons, numbers and the hippocampal network. Progress in Brain Research, 83: 1-11.

Claiborne, B.J., D.G. Amaral, and W.M. Cowan (1990) Quantitative three-dimensional analysis of granule cell dendrites in the rat dentate gyrus. Journal of Comparative Neurology, 302: 206-219.

Felthauser, A.M. and B.J. Claiborne (1990) Intracellular labeling of dentate granule cells in fixed tissue permits quantitative analysis of dendritic morphology. Neuroscience Letters, 118: 249-251.

Rihn, L.L. and B.J. Claiborne (1990) Dendritic growth and regression in rat dentate granule cells during late postnatal development. Developmental Brain Research, 54: 115-124.

Brown, T.H., A.M. Zador, Z.F. Mainen, and B.J. Claiborne (1991a) Hebbian modifications in hippocampal neurons.  In Long-term Potentiation: A Debate of Current Issues, (J. Davis and M. Baudry, eds.), MIT Press, Cambridge, MA.  pp. 357-389.

Brown, T.H., A.M. Zador, Z.F. Mainen, and B.J. Claiborne (1991b) Self-organization of Hebbian synapses in hippocampal neurons. In Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems 3, (R. Lippmann, J. Moody, and D. Touretzky, eds.), Morgan Kaufman Publishers, Inc.  pp. 39-45.

Kairiss, E.W., Z.F. Mainen, B.J. Claiborne, and T.H. Brown (1991) Dendritic control of Hebbian computations. In Analysis and Modeling of Neural Systems, (J.P. Miller, ed.) Kluwer Academic Publishers. pp. 69-83.

Brown, T.H., A.M. Zador, Z.F. Mainen, and B.J. Claiborne (1992) Hebbian computations in hippocampal dendrites and spines. In Single Neuron Computation, (T. McKenna, J. Davis, and S.F. Zornetzer, eds.), Academic Press. pp. 81-116.

Claiborne, B.J. (1992)  Use of computers for quantitative, three-dimensional analysis of dendritic trees. In Methods in Neurosciences, Vol. 10: Computers and Computations in the Neurosciences, (P.M. Conn, ed.), Academic Press. pp. 315-330.

Claiborne, B.J., A.M. Zador, Z.F. Mainen, and T.H. Brown (1992) Computational models of the principal classes of hippocampal neurons. In Single Neuron Computation, (T. McKenna, J. David, and S.F. Zornetzer, eds.) Academic Press. pp. 61-80.

Coleman, M.J., M.P. Nusbaum, I. Cournil, and B.J. Claiborne (1992) Distribution of modulatory inputs to the stomatogastric ganglion of the crab, Cancer borealis. Journal of Comparative Neurology, 325: 581-594.

Seay-Lowe, S. and B.J. Claiborne (1992) Morphology of intracellularly labeled interneurons in the dentate gyrus of the immature rat. Journal of Comparative Neurology, 324: 23-36.

Claiborne, B.J., Z. Xiang, and T.H. Brown (1993) Hippocampal circuitry complicates analysis of long-term potentiation in mossy fiber synapses. Hippocampus 3: 115-121.

Tsai, K.Y., N.T. Carnevale, B.J. Claiborne, and T.H. Brown. (1994) Efficient mapping from neuroanatomical to electrotonic space. Network 5: 21-46.

Carnvevale, N.T. and B.J. Claiborne (1995) Machines that remember. Contemporary Psychology 40: 267.

Carnevale, N.T., K.Y. Tsai, B.J. Claiborne, and T.H. Brown (1995a) Qualitative electrotonic comparison of three classes of hippocampal neurons in the rat. In The Neurobiology of Computation (J.M. Bower, ed.) Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston, MA. pp. 67-72.

Carnevale, N.T., K.Y. Tsai, B.J. Claiborne, and T.H. Brown (1995b) The electrotonic transformation: a tool for relating neuronal form to function. In Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems 7 (G. Tesauro, D.S. Touretzky and T.K. Leen, eds.) MIT Press, Cambridge, MA. pp. 69-76.

Mainen, Z.F., N.T. Carnevale, A.M. Zador, B.J. Claiborne and T.H. Brown (1996) Electrotonic architecture of hippocampal CA1 pyramidal neurons based on three-dimensional reconstructions. Journal of Neurophysiology, 76: 1904-1923.

O'Boyle, M.P., N.T. Carnevale, B.J. Claiborne and T.H. Brown (1996) A new  graphical approach for visualizing the relationship between anatomical and electrotonic structure. In Computational Neuroscience: Trends in Research (J.M. Bower, ed.) Academic Press, San Diego, CA. pp. 423-428.

Carnevale, N.T., K.Y. Tsai, B.J. Claiborne, and T.H. Brown (1997) Comparative electrotonic analysis of three classes of rat hippocampal neurons. Journal of Neurophysiology, 78: 703-720.

Chitwood, R.A., B. J. Claiborne, and D. Jaffe (1997) Modeling the passive properties of nonpyramidal neurons in hippocampal area CA3. In Computational Neuroscience: Trends in Research (J.M. Bower, ed.) Plenum, New York, N.Y. pp. 59-64.

Gonzales, R.B., C.J. De Leon Galvan, Y.M. Rangel, and B.J. Claiborne (2001) Distribution of thorny excrescences on CA3 pyramidal neurons in the rat hippocampus. Journal of Comparative Neurology, 430: 357-386.

Jones, S. P., O. Rahimi, M.P. O'Boyle, D.L. Diaz, and B.J. Claiborne (2003) Maturation of granule cell dendrites after mossy fiber arrival in hippocampal field CA3. Hippocampus, 13: 413-437.

O'Boyle, M.P., V. Do, B.E. Derrick and B.J. Claiborne (2004) In vivo recordings of long-term potentiation and long-term depression in the dentate gyrus of the neonatal rat. Journal of Neurophysiology, 91(2): 613-622.

Garza-Meilandt, A., R.E. Cantu and B.J. Claiborne (2006) Estradiol's effects on learning and neuronal morphology vary with route of administration. Behavioral Neuroscience, 120(4): 905-16.

Moskal, J.R., R.A. Kroes, N.J. Otto, O. Rahimi and B.J. Claiborne (2006) Distinct patterns of gene expression in the left and right hippocampal formation of developing rats. Hippocampus, 16(8): 629-34.

Papers In Preparation

Garza-Meilandt, A., E.J. Barea-Rodriguez, and B.J. Claiborne. Effects of estrogen on spatial learning and retention vary with dose and route of administration. To be submitted to Hormones and Behavior.

Rahimi, O., Sanchez, M., D.L. Diaz, M.P. O'Boyle, and B.J. Claiborne. Reduction of synaptic activity in vivo delays development of granule cells in the rat hippocampal formation. To be submitted to Journal of Neuroscience.

Blake, N., Rahimi, O, and B.J. Claiborne. Dendritic growth in adult granule cells in the rat dentate gyrus. To be submitted to Hippocampus.

Cantu, R.E., A. Garza-Meilandt, E.J. Barea-Rodriguez, and B.J. Claiborne. Effects of estrogen on performance in the radial arm water maze depend on dose, route of administration and age. To be submitted to Hormones and Behavior.

Garza-Meilandt, A., R.E. Cantu, D.B. Jaffe, and B.J. Claiborne. Effects of estrogen treatment and handling on spatial learning and spine densities on hippocampal CA1 neurons. In preparation.

Rahimi, O.B., A. Garza-Meilandt, M. Sanchez, M.P. O'Boyle, and B.J. Claiborne. Spatial learning is impaired in young rats after an earlier blockade of NMDA receptors. In preparation.

Recent Abstracts

Cantu, R.E., A. Garza, D.L. Diaz, E.J. Barea-Rodriguez, and B.J. Claiborne. (2001) Handling affects learning in the water maze in the absence but not the presence of estrogen. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 27: 1657.

Diaz, D.L., A. Garza, E.J. Barea-Rodriguez, and B.J. Claiborne (2001) Spatial learning in developing rts after a 10-day blockade of NMDA receptors with CPP. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 27: 948.

Garza, A., R.E. Cantu, D.L. Diaz, D.B. Jaffe, and B.J. Claiborne (2001) Daily oral administration of estrogen for 3 weeks does not affect spine density in rat hippocampal CA1 pyramidal neurons. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts  27: 1652.

O'Boyle, M.P., V.H. Do, B.E. Derrick, and B.J. Claiborne (2001) In vivo recordings demonstrate LTP, STP, and LTD at medial perforant path synapses onto granule cells in 7-day-old rats anesthetized with halothane. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 27: 1828.

Sanchez, M., D.L. Diaz, M.P. O'Boyle, and B.J. Claiborne (2001) Reduction of synaptic activity in vivo affects the development of spines and the regression of immature features on granule cell dendrites in the rat hippocampus. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 27: 2392.

Cantu, R.E., A. Garza-Meilandt, D. Zamora, E.J. Barea-Rodriguez, and B.J. Claiborne (2002) Effects of estrogen on performance in the radial arm water maze depend on dose and route of administration. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts  #574.13.

Garza-Meilandt, A., R.E. Cantu, K. Stone, D.B. Jaffe, and B.J. Claiborne (2002) Effects of estrogen treatment and handling on spatial learning and spine densities on hippocampal CA1 neurons. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts #574.14.

Rahimi, O.B., A. Garza-Meilandt, M. Sanchez, M.P. O'Boyle, and B.J. Claiborne (2002) Spatial learning is impaired in young rats after an earlier 10-day blockade of NMDA receptors. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts  #820.1.

Garza-Meilandt, A., R.E. Cantu, and B.J. Claiborne (2003) Estrogen enhances performance of aged ovariectomized rats in the radial arm water maze. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts #115.7.

Rahimi, O.B., N. Ybarra, J.C. Farino, M. Sanchez, and B.J. Claiborne (2003) Dendritic trees of dentate granule neurons are larger in aged male mice than in young adults. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts #719.20.

Rahimi, O., R.A. Kroes, N.J. Otto, R.E. Cantu, J.R. Moskal, and B.J. Claiborne (2004) Temporal patterns of gene expression in the hippocampal formation of neonatal rats. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, #616.7.

Moskal, J.R., R.A. Kroes, N.J. Otto, O.Rahimi, R.E. Cantu, and B.J. Claiborne (2004) Distinct patterns of gene expression between right and left hippocampi in neonatal rats. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, #616.9.

Garza-Meilandt, A., R.E. Cantu, and B.J. Claiborne (2005) Effects of estrogen on spine densities on CA1 pyramidal neurons depend on route of administration. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, #879.10.

Moskal, J.R., R.A. Kroes, N.J. Otto, O. Rahimi, and B.J. Claiborne (2005) The left and right hippocampus of rats have different patterns of gene expression during development. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, #825.5.

Perez, J.R., N. Ybarra, R.E. Cantu, O. Rahimi, and B.J. Claiborne (2005) Use of aged transgenic mice with GFP-expressing neurons for morphological studies. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, #455.6.

Ybarra, N., J.R. Perez, R.E. Cantu, and B.J. Claiborne (2005) Spine densities on CA1 pyramidal neurons decrease in a lamina-specific fashion in aged mice. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, #216.7.