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Dr.
Mike Nagy
Adjunct Professor of Psychology |
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| University Affiliations Education Ph. D., 1965 Princeton University |
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Michael Nagy, Ph. D.Department of Psychology 224C Benton Hall Miami University Oxford, Ohio 45056 (513) 529-8014 (voice) (513) 529-2420 (fax) nagyzm@muohio.edu (e-mail) |
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Research
Interests
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| To better understand central nervous system (CNS) mechanisms involved with adult learning and memory processes, my research has explored the onsets of adult-like learning and memory abilities in mice during the first 3 weeks following birth, when rates of brain growth and maturation are at a maximum for this species. The basic assumption of this approach is that the emergence of distinctive response patterns (i.e., learning and memory abilities) should signal the functional consolidation and integration of specific CNS components underlying those behaviors. Most recently, we have begun investigating the other end of the age spectrum, when there are age-related declines in learning and memory abilities. To do so, we have employed a rare mouse strain (SAM-P/8) which exhibits accelerated, age-related declines in learning and memory abilities, without accompanying motor deficits. | |
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Representative
Publications
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| McAuley, J.D., Miller, J.P., Beck E., Nagy Z.M., & Pang K.C.H. (2002). Age-related disruptions in circadian timing: evidence for "split" activity rhythms in the SAMP8. Neurobiology of Aging, 23, 625-632. Beck, E. V., Secor, A. J., Nagy, Z. M., & Pang, K. (1999). Age-related cholinergic and gabaergic changes in medial septum/diagonal band in senescence accelerated mice. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 25, 29. Beck, E. V., & Nagy, Z. M. (1997). Early undernutrition in mice increases mossy fiber size and facilitates habituation in an open field. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 23, 223. Nagy, Z. M., & Martin, D. J. (1993). Hypothermia-induced retrograde amnesia in young and adult Swiss mice. Bulletin of the Psychonomic Society, 31, 225-228. Nagy, Z. M., & Porada, K. J. (1991). Effects of undernutrition by rearing in large litters on acquisition and memory of active-avoidance learning in mice. Bulletin of the Psychonomic Society, 29, 351-354. |
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