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Dr.
Peter Simson
Associate Professor of Psychology |
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| University Affiliations Education Ph. D., 1984 New York University |
Peter E. Simson, Ph. D.Department of Psychology 117 Psychology Building Miami University Oxford, Ohio 45056 (513) 529-2443 (voice) (513) 529-2420 (fax) simsonpe@muohio.edu (e-mail) |
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Research
Interests
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| 1) Neuropsychopharmacology of ethanol action, 2) Biological bases of affective disorders (in particular, changes in brain electrophysiology associated with depression), and 3) Noradrenergic modulation of memory. | |
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Representative
Publications
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Schneidr, A. M., & Simson, P. E. (2000). beta-noradrenergic blockade with propranolol enhances retention in a multi-trial passive-avoidance memory paradigm. Behavioral Neuroscience. Matthews, D. B., & Simson, P. E. (1998). Prenatal exposure to ethanol disrupts spatial memory: effect of the training-testing delay period. Physiology and Behavior, 64, 63-67. Yang, X., Criswell, H. E., Simson, P. E., Moy, S., & Breese, Gr. R. (1996). Evidence for a selective effect of ethanol on NMDA responses: ethanol affects a subtype of the ifenprodil-sensitive NMDA receptor, Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, 278, 114-124. Matthews, D. B., Simson, P. E., & Best, P. J. (1996). Ethanol alters spatial processing of hippocampal place cells: a mechanism for impaired navigation when intoxicated. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 20, 404-407. |
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on Wednesday 26 July 2006, © Dept. of Psychology, all rights reserved.
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