This collection contains theses and dissertations from the Department of Neuroscience, collected from the Scholarship@Western Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository

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Theses/Dissertations from 2024

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Investigating the neuroprotective effects of pharmacological Bax inhibition, Jordyn Beda

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Cholinergic Modulation of Parvalbumin Neurons in Attention, Marcus A. Doyle

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Validation of a virtual auditory space, and its use to investigate how pitch and spatial cues contribute to perceptual segregation of auditory streams, Nima Zargarnezhad

Theses/Dissertations from 2023

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Investigating the Effects of Infantile Hydrocephalus on Visuomotor Integration: A Study Utilizing Behavioural and Neuroimaging Analyses, Derya Adil

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Invariant Object Recognition in Deep Neural Networks and Humans, Haider Al-Tahan

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Structural magnetic resonance imaging in Parkinson’s disease and rapid eye movement sleep behaviour disorder, Erind Alushaj

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The Modulation of LFP Characteristics In The Freely Moving Common Marmoset, William JM Assis

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The effects of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) on conditioned disgust: Expanding the rodent model of lithium chloride (LiCl)-induced anticipatory nausea, Indra R. Bishnoi

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Multimodal connectivity of the human basal forebrain, Sudesna Chakraborty

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Neural dynamics of visual processes in challenging visibility conditions, Saba Charmi Motlagh

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Maturation of default mode network functional connectivity strength in utero and the association with subcortical macrostructure: mapping brain ontogeny supporting early cognitive processing, Susana Correa

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Neural responses in the lateral prefrontal cortex and hippocampus of macaques navigating virtual environments, Benjamin W. Corrigan

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The Roles of Vestibular and Proprioceptive Signals in Updating Spatial Selective Auditory Attention during Head Motion, Erisa Davoudi

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Parvalbumin-Expressing Neurons As Modulators Of An Integrated Prefrontal Cortex: Relevance To Cognitive Impairments In Neuropsychiatric Disease, Tyler Dexter

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The Combined Effects of Physical Exercise and Cognitive Training on Gait Speed and Primary Motor Cortex Metabolism in Individuals with Mild Cognitive Impairment: A 1H-MRS Analysis, Jack Thomas Emsey Elkas

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Investigating the Age-Dependent Impact of Lactate Dehydrogenase on Cognition in Flies and Mice, Ariel Khaya Frame

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Cholinergic Regulation of Alzheimer's-Like Pathology, Liliana German-Castelan

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Modelling Prenatal Hypoxia As A Risk Factor For Schizophrenia Vulnerability In Patient-Derived Cerebral Organoids, Dana M. Gummerson

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The Role of Serotonin in the Estradiol-dependent Selectivity of Auditory Regions in Songbirds, Calista J. Henry

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Fraction Magnitude Understanding Across Learning Formats: an fMRI Study, Chloe A. Henry

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Chemogenetic modulation of microglial activity in vivo, Aja Hogan-Cann

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Neural Dynamics of Target Processing in Attentional Blink, Mansoure Jahanian

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The sensory properties of the fast visuomotor system, Rebecca Kozak

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Neurocognitive Mechanisms & Genetic Variants Underlying Apathy in Neurodegenerative Dementias, Rubina Malik

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The Effect of Prenatal THC Exposure on ASD-Relevant Sensorimotor Behaviour in Rats, Melvin Maroon

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Perceptual benefits from long-term exposure to naturalistic sound patterns, Bruno A. Mesquita

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Shedding Light on Hearing in Coma: Investigating the Applicability of Functional Near-infrared Spectroscopy for Assessing Auditory Function and Aiding Prognosis in Patients with Acute Disorders of Consciousness, Reza Moulavi Ardakani

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Sex Differences in Mood and Anxiety-Related Outcomes in Response to Adolescent Nicotine Exposure, Tsun Hay Jason Ng

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Exploring Brain-Derived Progenitor Cells as a therapeutic delivery system to Glioblastoma, Andrew T. Olin

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Neuropsychological Outcomes After Cardiac Surgery: A Pilot Feasibility Study, Sydni G. Paleczny

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Exploring the role of the ATRX chromatin remodeling protein in mouse astrocytes, Miguel A. Pena-Ortiz

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Investigating the Roles of the Dorsal and Ventral Striatum in Humor Comprehension and Appreciation Throughout Health, Aging, and Parkinson’s Disease, Maggie Prenger

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Examining the Emergence of Mood and Anxiety Molecular Phenotypes Resulting from Chronic Prenatal Nicotine Exposure in Cerebral Organoids, Emma K. Proud

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Category Learning DLPFC Single-Dissociation by fNIRS, Tim Qiu

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DISENTANGLING THE ROLE OF PARVALBUMIN-EXPRESSING INTERNEURONS IN STIMULUS-RESPONSE LEARNING AND COGNITIVE FLEXIBILITY, Harleen Rai

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Quantifying Neuromelanin Content Across Varying Magnetic Field Strengths: A Comparative Analysis, Laiba Rizwan

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Aging Effects on the Motivational Consequences of Unsuccessful Memory Recall, Rachel Sargeson

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Neural correlates of online movement preparation, Mahdiyar Shahbazi

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Selective recruitment of cerebellum in cognition, Ladan Shahshahani

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Temporal dynamics of natural sound categorization, Ali Tafakkor

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Investigating Task-Free Functional Connectivity Patterns in Newborns Using functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy, Homa Vahidi

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LBNP reduces cerebral perfusion but does not impact executive function, James Van Riesen

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Assessing the Neurological Sequelae of COVID-19 and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Rachel Wagner

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Investigating the differential effects of oxytocin on empathy deficits across patients with Frontotemporal Dementia, Soojung Yu

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The roles of corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) in stress-induced cognitive deficits in mice, Xin Zhao

Theses/Dissertations from 2022

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Rhythmic, Motor, and Non-Motor Dysfunctions in Parkinson’s Disease, A Window Into Regularity Processing, Freezing Of Gait, And Anxiety, Abdullah Al Jaja

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The Effect of Active Learning on Viewpoint Dependence for Novel Objects, Cassandra Wallace Bacher

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Using Spoken Narratives to Measure Listening Engagement in Children, Sarah Bobbitt

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The Role of Autonomic Arousal in Curiosity Sparked by Unsuccessful Memory Recall, Sundari Chatterton

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Human neuroimaging reveals that agency in a video game boosts functional connectivity within and between networks, Emily J. Davidson

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The Effects Of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation On Beat Perception And Motor Performance, Marina Emerick

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Neural circuitry of the midbrain pedunculopontine tegmental nucleus regarding its role in sensorimotor gating, Niveen Fulcher

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Mapping The Functional Organization of Human Frontoparietal Cortex With fMRI, Geetika Gupta

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The influence of intersegmental dynamics on limb position sense, Peyman R. Heidari

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Coordinate Frame for Proprioception Acuity Changes Accompanying Motor Learning, Heba Hussian

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Relation of spontaneous and evoked brain activity to language development in young children, Tahereh Karami Shoar

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Monitoring intraventricular hemorrhage in preterm infants, Lilian MN Kebaya

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Virtual hand actions show behavioural and neural signatures of right handedness, Jaana Leppala

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Data-driven Neuroanatomical Subtypes in Various Stages of Schizophrenia: Linking cortical thickness, glutamate, and language functioning, Liangbing Liang

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Prognostic indicators of functional outcome in first episode psychosis: Linguistic, Anatomical, and Metabolic Predictors of Early Social and Vocational Outcome, Michael L. MacKinley

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Durability of Motor Learning by Observation, Natalia Mangos

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The Express Sensorimotor Response Selects Visual Features Based On Instruction, David Youhanna Mekhaiel

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Visualization and manual segmentation of the post-mortem human amygdala subnuclei using ultra high field magnetic resonance imaging, Sara M. Pac

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Hearing Loss and Cognition: Using Behavioural Paradigms to Uncover the Learning Strategy Changes Following Noise-Induced Hearing Loss in Rodents, Benjamin Joseph Patrick

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Using Machine Learning To Identify Neural Mechanisms Underlying the Development of Cognition in Children and Adolescents With ADHD, Brian Pho

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Associations Between Testosterone, Androgen Receptor Polymorphism, And Mood, Christopher Purkis

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Myeloarchitectonic Maps of Cat Auditory Cortex, Austin Robertson

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Prefrontal coding of naturalistic working memory: Mechanisms during normal maintenance and modelled disease, Megan P. Roussy

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The Effect of Propionic Acid on the Habituation to Social and Non-social Odour Cues in Adult Male Rats, Cashmeira-Dove P. Tyson

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Investigating the Effect of Intratumoral Modulation Therapy on Breast Cancer Brain Metastases, Mila Uzelac

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The Role of the Hippocampus in Pattern Separation and Statistical Learning, Helena Shizhe Wang

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Neural correlates of familiarity across time scales and their involvement in explicit memory decisions, Haopei Yang

Theses/Dissertations from 2021

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Brain Representations of Dexterous Hand Control: Investigating the Functional Organization of Individuated Finger Movements and Somatosensory Integration, Spencer Arbuckle

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Brain Signatures of Human Skill Learning: From Single Movements to Movement Sequences, Eva Berlot

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The Functional and Structural Consequences of Aberrant Microglial Activity in Major Depressive Disorder, Jasmine D. Cakmak

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Tracking the Mechanisms of Short-Term Motor Adaptation within the Framework of a Two-State Model, Susan K. Coltman

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Empathic Processing in Patients with Mild-to-Moderate Stroke, Hilary Dagg

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Developmental neurogenesis and myelination of songbird brains: sex differences, hormones and social effects, Adriana Diez

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Fruitless (fru) and the Neural System of Rejection Behaviours in Female Drosophila melanogaster, Omar El-Deeb

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The effects of resistance training on cognition and brain health in older adults at risk for diabetes: A pilot feasibility study, Joyla Furlano

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Dopaminergic Modulation of a Fast Visuomotor Pathway in Parkinson's Disease, Madeline C. Gilchrist

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Investigating the effects of maternal immune activation on sensory processing: Timing, immune mechanisms, and gene-environment interactions, Faraj Haddad

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Statistical summary representations are perceived but not grasped., Maryam Hamidi

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Understanding Neural Signals related to Speech Processing in Humans During Sleep, Ashwin Harimohan

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Characterizing the Anxiolytic Potential and Synergistic Efficacy of Cannabidiol and d-limonene, Nathashi Jayawardena

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The exploration of the behavioural and neurological consequences of prenatal THC exposure in male vs female offspring, Tony Jung

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A Behavioral Study on the Adult Marmoset Interference Control in Spatial Working Memory, Mohadese Khosravi Najafabadi

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'The Memory of All That': The Effects of Music on Paradoxical Lucidity in Older Adults, Sarah Klapman

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Investigation of the Hsp90 co-chaperone, STI1, in cellular resilience and neurodegenerative diseases, Rachel E. Lackie

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Assessing Cognitive Function in a Mouse Model of Synucleinopathy, Mei Peng Lim

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Blocking PirB Function Increases Dendritic Spine Density in the Prefrontal Cortex of Adult Rats, Hannah J. MacNeil

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Examining the role of Chloride Homeostasis and PGE2 signaling in the Neuroendocrine stress response to inflammation, Samuel A. Mestern

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Neural substrates of reward, error, and effort processing underlying adaptive motor behaviour, Dimitrios J. Palidis

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Modifications in the representation and control of finger movement sequences with learning, Nicola Popp

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Does aberrant connectivity underlie the experience of misophonia?, Kate Raymond

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Is Motor Excitability Modulated by Isochronous Rhythms?, Syed Z. Raza

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Microstructural Alterations in Grey and White Matter Following Early-Onset Deafness in the Cat, Alessandra Sacco

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Functional Loss of Cntnap2 in the Rat Leads to Autism-related Alterations in Behaviour and Auditory Processing, Kaela Elizabeth Scott

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The Expression of Guilt, Chloe A. Stewart

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The Role of Neuronal Nitric Oxide Synthase in Regulating Cerebellar Network Formation Across Murine Development, Vasiliki Tellios