Amy W Quinkert

Amy W Quinkert, B.S.

(Ph.D. in progress)
  • Position:
    Graduate Student - Ph.D.

    The Rockefeller University (New York, NY)

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  • Advisor:

    Don W Pfaff

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  • Degrees:
     
    Ph.D. (in progress), Behavioral Neuroscience, The Rockefeller University (New York, NY)
     
    B.S., Biology, Rhodes College (Memphis, TN)
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  • Past Advisors:
     
    Clinton Stewart (as Undergraduate Student)
     
    Heather Kleiner (as Undergraduate Student)
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  • Research:
    Deep brain stimulation increases generalized arousal and possibly ameliorates deficits in models of disorders of consciousness.

    Deep brain stimulation has been shown to increase generalized arousal in humans and rodents. All clinical applications of DBS use standard fixed frequency stimulation, but we know the brain does not function with only fixed frequency firing rates. If the brain itself uses temporal patterning to code information, then it stands to reason that DBS therapies might be more effective if they utilized temporal patterns other than the standard fixed frequency. I explore temporal patterning of DBS in intact mice and observe behavioral responses to such stimulation.

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  • Other Experience:

    2006 General Biology Tutor

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  • Honors:

    2007-2008 Women and Science Graduate Fellow

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Amy Quinkert's Publications (2)



Amy Quinkert's Posters and Presentations (1)

  • Oxycodone-induced conditioned place preference in adolescent and adult mice (poster)

    Amy J Wells, R Raugei, Y Zhang, SD Schlussman, ER Butleman, A Ho, MJ Kreek

    College on the Problem of Drug Dependence; 06/2008

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