Student
Elizabeth Atwood
Name: Elizabeth Atwood
Email: e.atwood@fisheries.ubc.ca
Program: Zoology, MSc
Thesis: Studying stress and thyroid hormones as well as diet in wild populations of northern fur seals to determine if these factors are contributing to a decline in some populations
Supervisor: Andrew Trites
Degree Held: BA Psychology (University of Colorado 2005)
Biography
I am addressing the following questions: 1) Do northern fur seals differ in thyroid and stress hormones in different populations? 2) If so, is it because of nutritional stress?
Approach
I process scat taken from St. Paul, Bogoslof and San Miguel Islands and measure hormone levels using radioimmunoassays.
Selected Publications
Allen R.M., Uban K.A., Atwood E.M., Albeck D.S., Yamamoto D.J. Continuous intracerebroventricular infusion of the competitive NMDA receptor antagonist, LY235959, facilitates escalation of cocaine self-administration and increases break point for cocaine in Sprague-Dawley rats (2007) Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior, 88 (1), pp. 82-88.Continuous Intracerebroventricular Administration of the Competitive NMDA Receptor Antagonist, LY 235959, Facilitates the Escalation of Cocaine Self-Administration and Leads to Increase in Break Point when Rats self-administer in Long Access (6 hr) Self-Administration Sessions.
R.M. Allen, K.A. Uban, E.M. Atwood, D.S. Albeck, D.J. Yamamoto. Poster presentation at the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Atlanta, GA, 2006.
The Effects of NMDA Receptor Antagonism in the Cerebral Ventricles and Nucleus Accumbens on the Escalation of Cocaine Consumption. E.M. Atwood, K.A Uban, D.S. Albeck, and D.J. Yamamoto, R.M. Allen. Poster presentation at the annual meeting of the Rocky Mountain Psychological Association, Denver, CO, 2007.
Presentations
Testing the nutritional-stress hypothesis in northern fur seals. Oral presentation at the Marine Mammal Symposium, Vancouver, BC, 2008.
E.M. Atwood, K.A Uban, D.S. Albeck, and D.J. Yamamoto, R.M. Allen. The Effects of NMDA Receptor Antagonism in the Cerebral Ventricles and Nucleus Accumbens on the Escalation of Cocaine Consumption. Poster presentation at the Research and Creative Activities Day, University of Colorado at Denver, CO, 2007.
E.M. Atwood, K.A Uban, D.S. Albeck, and D.J. Yamamoto, R.M. Allen. The Effects of NMDA Receptor Antagonism in the Cerebral Ventricles and Nucleus Accumbens on the Escalation of Cocaine Consumption. Poster presentation at the annual meeting of the Rocky Mountain Psychological Association, Denver, CO, 2007.
R.M. Allen, K.A. Uban, E.M. Atwood, D.S. Albeck, D.J. Yamamoto Continuous Intracerebroventricular Administration of the Competitive NMDA Receptor Antagonist, LY 235959, Facilitates the Escalation of Cocaine Self-Administration and Leads to Increase in Break Point when Rats self-administer in Long Access (6 hr) Self-Administration Sessions. Poster presentation at the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Atlanta, GA, 2006.
