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Donald A. Powell, Ph.D.

Director, Shirley L. Buchanan Neuroscience Laboratory

WJB Dorn VA Medical Center

(803) 695-6821

 

Journal Articles and Book Chapters 

Scott, T.R., & Powell, D.A. Motion aftereffects in the rhesus monkey. Science, 1963, 140, 57-59.

Scott, T.R., Lavender, A.D., McWhirt, R.A., & Powell, D.A. Directional asymmetry of motion aftereffects. Journal of Experimental Psychology, 1966, 71, 806-815.

Powell, D.A., & Creer, T.L. The interaction of environmental and developmental variables in shock-elicited aggression. Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology, 1969, 69, 219-225.

Powell, D.A., Francis, J., Braman, M.J., & Schneiderman, N. Frequency of attack in shock-elicited aggression as a function of the performance of individual rats. Journal of Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 1969, 12, 817-823.

Powell, D.A., Kazis, E., & Milligan, W.L. Divergencies in the conditioned and unconditioned heart rate response in the rabbit. Proceedings of the 1970 American Psychological Association, 1970, 257-258.

Powell, D.A., Silverman, T., Francis, J., & Schneiderman, N. The effects of sex and prior experience with fighting on shock-induced aggression. Communications in Behavioral Biology, 1970, 5, 51-56.

Sideroff, S., Schneiderman, N., & Powell, D.A. Motivational properties of septal stimulation as the US in classical conditioning of heart rate in rabbits. Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology, 1971, 74, 1- 10.

Creer, T.L., & Powell, D.A. Effects of age and housing conditions on shock- elicited aggression. Psychonomic Science, 1971, 22, 259-261.

Powell, D.A., Francis, J., & Schneiderman, N. The effects of castration, neonatal injections of testosterone, and previous experience with fighting on shock-elicited aggression. Communications in Behavioral Biology, 1971, 5, 371-377.

Powell, D.A., Lipkin, M., Milligan, W.L., & Kazis, E. Relationships between autonomic and somatic systems: Eyeblink and heart rate conditioning. VA Newsletter for Research in Psychology, 1971, 13, 24-26.

Creer, T.L., & Powell, D.A. Effects of repeated shock presentations and different stimulus intensities on shock-induced aggression. Psychonomic Science, 1971, 24, 133-134.

Powell, D.A., Schneiderman, N., Elster, A., & Jacobson, A. Differential classical conditioning in rabbits to tones and changes in illumination. Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology, 1971, 76, 267-274.

Powell, D.A., Goldberg, S., Schneiderman, N., Dauth, G.W. & Schneiderman, E. Adrenergic and cholinergic blockade of cardiovascular responses to subcortical electrical stimulation in unanesthetized rabbits. Physiology & Behavior, 1972, 8, 927-936.

Powell, D.A., Francis, J.D., Francis, M.J., & Schneiderman, N. Shock- induced aggression as a function of prior experience with avoidance, fighting, or unavoidable shock. Journal of Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 1972, 18, 323-332.

Duncan, S., & Powell, D.A. An inexpensive apparatus for separately stimulating or recording from two animals in a social situation. VA Newsletter for Research in Psychology, 1972, 14, 22-24.

McClain, W.C., & Powell, D.A. The effects of alpha methyl tyrosine and parachlorophenylalanine on predatory attach and shock elicited aggression. VA Newsletter for Research in Psychology, 1972, 14, 29-31.

Kazis, E., Milligan, W.L., & Powell, D.A. Autonomic-somatic relationships: Blockade of heart rate and corneoretinal potential responses. Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology, 1973, 84, 98-110.

Milligan, W.L., Powell, D.A., & Borasio, G. Sexual variables and shock- elicited aggression. Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology, 1973, 83, 441-450.

Powell, D.A., Walters, K., Duncan, S., & Holley, J.R. The effects of chlorpromazine and d-amphetamine on shock-elicited aggression. Psychopharmacologia, 1973, 30, 303-314.

Powell, D.A., Milligan, W.L., & Walters, K. The effects of muscarinic cholinergic blockade upon shock-elicited aggression. Pharmacology, Biochemistry & Behavior, 1973, 1, 389-394.

Duncan, S.D. & Powell, D.A. An inexpensive apparatus for presenting aversive stimulation to rodents in a social situation. Psychological Reports, 1973, 32, 851-854.

Joseph, J.A., & Powell, D.A. Peripheral chemical sympathectomy and learning. VA Newsletter for Research in Mental Health and Behavioral Sciences, 1973, 15, 32-36.

Kazis, E., Duncan, S., & Powell, D.A. Cholinergic and adrenergic control of heart rate changes in the rabbit. Bulletin of the Psychonomic Society, 1973, 3, 41-43.

McClain, W.C., Cole, B.T., Schrieber, R., & Powell, D.A. Central catechol- and indolamine systems and aggression. Pharmacology, Biochemistry & Behavior, 1974, 2, 123-126.

Powell, D.A., Lipkin, M., & Milligan, W.L. Concomitant changes in classically conditioned heart rate and corneoretinal potential discrimination in the rabbit (Oryctolagus Cuniculus). Learning and Motivation, 1974, 5, 532-547

Powell, D.A., & Joseph, J. Autonomic-somatic interactions and hippocampal theta activity. Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology, 1974, 87, 978-986.

Milligan, W.L., & Powell, D.A. Cardiovascular and behavioral responses elicited by electrical stimulation of the brain as a function of stimulus frequency, intensity, and train duration. Physiological Psychology, 1975, 3, 59-64.

Duncan, S., & Powell, D.A. Agonistic behavior elicited by subdermal shock in rats. Psychological Reports, 1975, 36, 327-337.

Powell, D.A., & Lipkin, M. Heart rate changes accompanying differential classical conditioning of somatic responses in the rabbit. Bulletin of the Psychonomic Society, 1975, 5, 28-30.

Duncan, S., & Powell, D.A. Stimulus parameters and aggression elicited by subdermal shock in rats. Bulletin of the Psychonomic Society, 1975, 5, 378-380.

Powell, D.A., & Milligan, W.L. Effects of partial and continuous reinforcement on conditioned heart rate and corneoretinal potential responses in the rabbit (Oryctolagus Cuniculus). Psychological Record, 1975, 25, 419-426.

Holley, R., & Powell, D.A. Mercury commutator arrangement for simultaneously stimulating or recording from two small animals in a social situation. Physiology & Behavior, 1975, 15, 741-743.

Powell, D.A., & Milligan, W.L. Autonomic-somatic relationships: The effect of septal-area lesions. VA Newsletter for Research in Mental Health and Behavioral Sciences, 1975, 17, 39-42.

Powell, D.A., Tkacik, M., Buchanan, S.L., & Milligan, W.L. Cardiovascular responses elicited by electrical brain stimulation in the rabbit. Physiology & Behavior, 1976, 16, 227-230.

Powell, D.A., Holley, R., & Buchanan, S.L. Agonistic postures in the rat: Reliability of human observations. Bulletin of the Psychonomic Society, 1976, 7, 409-412.

Powell, D.A., Milligan, W.L., & Buchanan, S.L. Orienting and classical conditioning in the rabbit (Oryctolagus Cuniculus): Effects of septal area lesions. Physiology & Behavior, 1976, 17, 955-962.

Powell, D.A., & Kazis, E. Blood pressure and heart rate changes accompanying classical eyeblink conditioning in the rabbit (Oryctolagus Cuniculus). Psychophysiology, 1976, 13, 441-447.

Holley, J.R., & Powell, D.A. The effects of prior subcutaneous shock on agonistic behavior elicited by foot shock and subsutaneous shock. Psychological Record, 1976, 26, 247-253.

Powell, D.A., & Milligan, W.L. Autonomic changes and performance of behavioral tasks in older veterans. IRCS Journal of Medical Science: Psychology & Psychiatry, 1976, 4, 435.

Shah, N., Gulati, O.D., Powell, D.A., & Kleinburd, V. Regional localization of 14C-mescaline in rabbit brain after intraventricular administration: Effects of chloropromazine and iproniazid pretreatment. Neurochemical Research, 1977, 2, 265-279.

Powell, D.A., & Buchanan, S.L. A comparison of several aggression models in Long Evans hooded rats. Psychological Reports, 1978, 43, 704-720.

Powell, D.A., Mankowski, D., & Buchanan, S.L. Concomitant heart rate and corneoretinal potential conditioning in the rabbit (Oryctolagus Cunciculus): Effects of caudate lesions. Physiology & Behavior, 1978, 20, 143-150.

Pritchett, J., Cole, B.T., & Powell, D.A. Effects of prior shock and scopolamine on aggressive behavior and blood glucose levels in the rat. Behavioral and Neural Biology, 1979, 25, 176-189.

Joseph, J.A., Boggan, W., & Powell, D.A. Adrenal demedullation and peripheral 6-OHDA administration in the rabbit: Effects on body weight, general activity, and cardiovascular responsivity. Pharmacology, Biochemistry & Behavior, 1979, 10, 875-881.

Powell, D.A. Peripheral and central muscarinic cholinergic blockade: Effects on Pavlovian conditioning. Bulletin of Psychonomic Society, 1979, 14, 161-164.

Buchanan, S.L., Hernandez, L.L., & Powell, D.A. A comparison of Pavlovian autonomic and somatic conditioning in "old" and "young" rabbits. IRCS Journal of Medical Science: Psychology & Psychiatry, 1979, 7, 357.

Hernandez, L.L., Buchanan, S.L., Powell, D.A., & Shah, N.S. A comparison of biogenic amine concentrations in discrete brain areas of "old" and "young" rabbits. IRCS Journal of Medical Science: Psychology & Psychiatry, 1979, 7, 356.

Powell, D.A., Milligan, W.L., & Furchtgott, E. Peripheral autonomic changes accompanying learning and reaction time performance in older people. Journal of Gerontology, 1980, 35, 57-65.

Hernandez, L.L., & Powell, D.A. Effects of Naloxone on Pavlovian conditioning of eyeblink and heart rate responses in rabbits. Life Sciences, 1980, 27, 863-869.

Albiniak, B.A., & Powell, D.A. Peripheral autonomic mechanisms and Pavlovian conditioning in the rabbit (Oryctolagus Cuniculus). Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology, 1980, 94, 1101-1113.

Joseph, J.A., & Powell, D.A. Peripheral 6-hydroxydopamine administration in the rabbit (Oryctolagus Cuniculus): Effects on Pavlovian conditioning. Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology, 1980, 94, 1114-1125.

Powell, D.A., & Buchanan, S.L. Autonomic-somatic relationships in the rabbit (Oryctolagus Cuniculus): Effects of hippocampal lesions. Physiological Psychology, 1980, 8, 251-256.

Shah, N.S., Powell, D.A., Yates, J.D., & May, D.A. Interaction of Methadone with Naloxone in rabbit brain regions: Possible explanation for narcotic- induced pharmacological effects. Research Communications in Substances of Abuse, 1980, 1, 251-256.

Buchanan, S.L., & Powell, D.A. Divergencies in Pavlovian conditioned heart rate and eyeblink responses produced by hippocampectomy in the rabbit. Behavioral and Neural Biology, 1980, 30, 20-38.

Francis, J., Hernandez, L.L., & Powell, D.A. Lateral hypothalamic lesions: Effects on Pavlovian conditioning of eyeblink and heart rate responses in the rabbit. Brain Research Bulletin, 1981, 6, 155-163.

Milligan, W.L., Powell, D.A., & Purchtgott, E. Learning and reaction time performance in older veterans: Relationship to attitudes and life satisfaction. International Journal of Aging and Human Developement, 1981, 13, 151-168.

Hernandez, L.L., & Powell, D.A. Forebrain norepinephrine and sertonin concentrations and Pavlovian conditioning in septal damaged and normal rabbits. Brain Research Bulletin, 1981, 6, 479-486.

Hernandez, L.L., Buchanan, S.L., & Powell, D.A. CS pre-exposure: Latent inhibition and Pavlovian conditioning of heart rate and eyeblink responses as a function of sex and CS intensity in rabbits. Animal Learning and Behavior, 1981, 9, 513-518.

Powell, D.A., Buchanan, S.L., & Hernandez, L.L. Age-related changes in classical (Pavlovian) conditioning in the New Zealand albino rabbit. Experimental Aging Research, 1981, 7, 453-465.

Powell, D.A., Milligan, W.L., & Mull, P. Lateral septal lesions enhance conditioned bradycardia in the rabbit. Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology, 1982, 96, 742-754.

Buchanan, S.L., & Powell, D.A. Cingulate cortex: Its role in Pavlovian conditioning. Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology, 1982, 96, 755-774.

Buchanan, S.L., & Powell, D.A. Cingulate damage attenuates conditioned bradycardia. Neuroscience Letters, 1982, 29, 261-268.

Buchanan, S.L., & Powell, D.A. Hippocampal lesions and Pavlovian cardiovascular conditioning. Pavlovian Journal of Biological Science, 1982, 17, 158-164.

Shah, N.S., Powell, D.A., Shah, A.B., McAmis, W., Orli, R., & Wischovitch, R. Regional distribution of dextro-3H amphetamine in rabbit brain: Effects of chlorpromazine pre-treatment. Research Communications in Substances of Abuse, 1982, 3, 307-322.

Shah, N.S., Shah, S., & Powell, D.A. Future Scope of Endorphin Research. In N.S. Shah and A.G. Donald (Eds.), Current Status of Endorphin and Opiate Antagonist in Psychiatric Research. New York: Plenum Press, 1982, pp. 459-475.

Shah, N.S., Powell, D.A., & Shah, A.B. Regional localization of [14C] Methylphenidate in rabbit brain. Progress in Neuropsychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry, 1983, 7, 101-106.

Hernandez, L.L., & Powell, D.A. Naloxone induces multiple effects on aversive Pavlovian conditioning in rabbits. Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology, 1983, 97, 478-491.

Hernandez, L.L., & Powell, D.A. Vasopressin analogue delays extinction of classically conditioned bradycardia. Peptides, 1983, 4, 37-41.

Ginn, S.R., Valentine, J.D., & Powell, D.A. Concomitant Pavlovian conditioning of heart rate and leg flexion responses in the rat. Pavolvian Journal of Biological Science, 1983, 18, 154-160.

Buchanan, S.L., & Powell, D.A. ACTH4-10: Effects on Pavlovian conditioning. In N.S. Shah and A.G. Donald (Eds.), Psychoneuroendocrine dysfunction in psychiatric and neurological illnesses: Influence of psychopharmacological agents. New York: Plenum Press, 1984, pp. 231-242.

Powell, D.A., Milligan, W.L., & Furchtgott, E. Interaction of physiomedical and psycho-social variables in age-related functional impairments. International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 1984, 19, 231-248.

Powell, D.A., Hernandez, L.L., & Buchanan, S.L. Age-related changes in Pavlovian conditioning: CNS correlates. Physiology & Behavior, 1984, 32, 609-616.

Milligan, W.L., Powell, D.A., Harley, C., & Furchtgott, E. A comparison of physical health and psychosocial variables as predictors of reaction time and serial learning performance in the elderly. Journal of Gerontology, 1984, 39, 704-710.

Buchanan, S.L., Powell, D.A., & Buggy, J. 3H-2-Deoxyglucose uptake after electrical stimulation of cardioactive sites in anterior medial cortex in rabbits. Brain Research Bulletin, 1984, 13, 371-382.

Powell, D.A., Buchanan, S.L., & Hernandez, L.L. Intraseptal scopolamine has differential effects on eyeblink and heart rate conditioning. Behavioral Neuroscience, 1985, 99, 75-87.

Milligan, W.L., Harley, C., Furchtgott, E., & Powell, D.A. Physical health correlates of attitudes toward aging in the elderly. Experimental Aging Research, 1985, 11, 75-80.

Powell, D.A., Hernandez, L.L., & Buchanan, S.L. Intracerebral scopolamine attenuates conditioned bradycardia in the rabbit. Pavlovian Journal of Biological Science, 1985, 20, 116-123.

Powell, D.A., Hernandez, L.L., & Buchanan, S.L. Electrical stimulation of insular cortex elicits cardiac inhibition but insular lesions do not abolish conditional bradycardia in rabbits. Behavioral Brain Research, 1985, 17, 125-144.

Buchanan, S.L., Valentine, J.D., & Powell, D.A. Autonomic responses are elicited by electrical stimulation of the medial but not lateral frontal cortex in rabbits. Behavioral Brain Research, 1985, 18, 51-62.

Hernandez, L.L., & Powell, D.A. Ethanol enhancement of Pavlovian conditioning: Comparison with instrumental conditioning. Psychopharmacology, 1986, 88, 75-81.

Kao-Kuen, T., & Powell, D.A. Substantia nigra lesions retard Pavlovian somatomotor learning but do not affect autonomic conditioning. Neuroscience Letters, 1986, 64, 1-6.

Buchanan, S.L., & Powell, D.A. Electrical stimulation of anteriomedial and mediodorsal thalamus elicits differential cardiovascular response patterns from conscious rabbits. Physiological Psychology, 1986, 14, 115-123.

Ginn, S.R., & Powell, D.A. Pizotifen (BC105) attenuates orienting and Pavlovian heart rate conditioning in rabbits. Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior, 1986, 24, 677-685.

Hernandez, L.L., Valentine, J.D., & Powell, D.A. Ethanol enhancement of Pavlovian conditioning. Behavioral Neuroscience, 1986, 100, 494-503.

Ginn, S.R., & Powell, D.A. Pizotifen (BC105) attenuates Pavlovian eyeblink and heart rate conditioning in the rabbit. Physiological Psychology, 1986, 14, 36-41.

Powell, D.A., & Buchanan, S.L. Autonomic changes elicited by chemical stimulation of the mediodorsal nucleus of the thalamus. Pharmacology, Biochemistry & Behavior, 1986, 25, 423-430.

Powell, D.A. Cognitive and affective components of reinforcement. American Psychologist, 1987, 42, 409-410.

Hernandez, L.L., & Powell, D.A. Comparison of 3H-spiperone binding in caudate nuclei of rabbits and rats. Pharmacology, Biochemistry & Behavior, 1987, 26, 253-258.

Buchanan, S.L., & Powell, D.A. 3H-2-Deoxyglucose uptake after electrical stimulation of cardioactive sites in insular cortex and mediodorsal nucleus of the thalamus in rabbits. Brain Research Bullentin, 1987, 19, 439-452.

Hernandez, L.L., Buchanan, S.L., & Powell, D.A. Somatomotor thresholds in the New Zealand albino rabbit. Psychological Reports, 1987, 61, 265-266.

Powell, D.A., & Buchanan, S.L. Using the Scouten knife with rabbits. The Kopf Carrier, 1988, 19, 1-4.

Milligan, W.L., Powell, D.A., & Furchtgott, E. Psychosocial and physiomedical factors affecting outplacement of the medically disabled elderly. Journal of Applied Gerontology, 1988, 7, 85-96.

Kao, Kuen-Teng, & Powell, D.A. Lesions of the substantia nigra retard Pavlovian eyeblink conditioning in the rabbit. Behavioral Neuroscience, 1988, 102, 515-525.

Milligan, W.L., Powell, D.A., & Furchtgott, E. The Older Americans Resources and Services Interview and the medically disabled elderly. Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology, 1988, 1, 77-83.

Buchanan, S.L. & Powell, D.A. Age-related changes in associative learning: studies in rabbits and rats. Neurobiology of Aging, 1988, 9, 523-534.

Gibbs, C.M., Spencer, B.A., Kao, K-T., & Powell, D.A. Methoxamine is an effective unconditioned stimulus for cardiovascular conditioning. Physiology and Behavior, 1988, 43, 177-185.

Buchanan, S.L. & Powell, D.A. Parasagittal thalamic knife cuts retard Pavlovian eyeblink conditioning and abolish the tachycardiac component of the heart rate conditioned response. Brain Research Bulletin, 1988, 21, 723-729.

Powell, D.A., & Levine-Bryce, D. A comparison of two model systems of associative learning: Heart rate and eyeblink conditioning in the rabbit. Psychophysiology, 1988, 25, 672-682.

Gibbs, C.M., & Powell, D.A. Neuronal correlates of classically conditioned bradycardia in the rabbit: studies of the medial prefrontal cortex. Brain Research, 1988, 442, 86-96.

Milligan, W.L., Prescott, L., Powell, D.A., & Furchtgott, E. Attitudes toward aging and physical health. Experimental Aging Research, 1989, 15, 33-41.

Buchanan, S.L. & Powell, D.A. Parasagittal thalamic knife cuts and cardiac changes. Behavioral Brain Research, 1989, 32, 241-253.

Prescott, L., Buchanan, S.L., & Powell, D.A. Leg flexion conditioning in the rat: Its advantages and disadvantages as a model system of age- related changes in associative learning. Neurobiology of Aging, 1989, 10, 59-65.

Powell, D.A. & Levine-Bryce, D. Conditioned bradycardia in the rabbit: effects of knife cuts and ibotenic acid lesions in the lateral hypothalamus. Experimental Brain Research, 1989, 76, 103-121.

Buchanan, S.L., Thompson, R.H. & Powell, D.A. Midline thalamic lesions enhance conditioned bradycardia and the cardiac orienting reflex in rabbits. Psychobiology, 1989, 17, 300-306.

Buchanan, S.L., Powell, D.A. & Thompson, R.H. Prefrontal projections to the medial nuclei of the dorsal thalamus in the rabbit. Neuroscience Letters, 1989, 106, 55-59.

Durkin, M., Prescott, L., Jonet, C.J., Frank, E., Niggel, M. & Powell, D.A. Photoresistive measurement of the Pavlovian conditioned eyelid response in human subjects. Psychophysiology, 1990, 27, 599-603.

Powell, D.A., Buchanan, S.L. & Gibbs, C.M. Role of the prefrontal-thalamic axis in classical conditioning. In H.M.B. Uylings, C.G. Van Eden, J.P.C. De Bruin, M.A. Corner, & M.G.P. Feenstra (Eds.). The Prefrontal Cortex: Its Structure, Function, and Pathology, Progress in Brain Research, Vol. 85, Elsevier, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1990, pp. 423-456,

Powell, D.A., Furchtogott, E., Henderson, M., Prescott, L., Mitchell, A., Hartis, P. & Milligan, W.L. Some determinants of attrition in prospective studies on aging. Experimental Aging Research, 1990, 16, 17-24.

Hernandez, L.L., Powell, D.A. & Gibbs, C.M. Amygdaloid central nucleus neuronal activity accompanying Pavlovian cardiac conditioning: effects of naloxone. Behavioral Brain Research, 1990, 41, 71-79.

Powell, D.A., Watson, K.L. & Buchanan, S.L. Neuronal activity in the mediodorsal nucleus and the intralaminar nuclei of the dorsal thalamus during classical heart rate conditioning. Brain Research, 1990, 532, 211- 221.

Powell, D.A., Buchanan, S.L. & Hernandez, L.L. Classical (Pavlovian) conditioning models of age-related changes in associative learning and their neurobiological substrates. Progress in Neurobiology, 1991, 36, 201-228.

Hernandez, L.L., Valentine, J.D., & Powell, D.A. Opioid modulation of different stages of Pavlovian learning in rabbits: Involvement of anterior amygdala pathways. Behavioral Neuroscience, 1991, 105, 431-442.

Gibbs, C.M. & Powell, D.A. Single unit activity in the dorsomedial prefrontal cortex during the expression of discriminative bradycardia in rabbits. Behavioural Brain Research, 1991, 43, 79-92.

Gibbs, C.M., Prescott, L. & Powell, D.A. A comparison of CS-evoked multiple unit activity in medial and insular prefrontal cortex during classical heart rate conditioning. Experimental Brain Research, 1992, 89, 599-610.

Ginn, S.R. & Powell, D.A. Nucleus basalis lesions attenuate acquisition, but not retention, of Pavlovian heart rate conditioning and have no effect on eyeblink conditioning. Experimental Brain Research, 1992, 89, 501-510.

Prescott, L., Durkin, M., Furchtgott, E. & Powell, D.A. Concomitant heart rate and eyeblink Pavlovian conditioning in human subjects as a function of interstimulus interval. Psychophysiology, 1992, 29, 646-656.

Powell, D.A. The prefrontal-thalamic axis and classical conditioning. Integrative Physiological and Behavioral Science, 1992, 27, 101-116.

Buchanan, S.L. & Powell, D.A. Cingulothalamic and prefrontal control of autonomic function. In B.A. Vogt & M. Gabriel (Eds.). The Neurobiology of Cingulate Cortex and Limbic Thalamus, Birkhauser, Berlin, 1993, pp. 381- 414.

Powell, D.A., Gibbs, C.M., Maxwell, B.L. & Levine-Bryce, D. On the generality of conditioned bradycardia in rabbits: assessment of CS and US modality. Animal Learning and Behavior, 1993, 21, 303-313.

Durkin, M., Prescott, L., Furchtgott, E., Cantor, J. & Powell, D.A. Concomitant eyeblink and heart rate classical conditioning in young, middle-aged, and elderly human subjects. Psychology and Aging, 1993, 8, 571-581.

Maxwell, B., Powell, D.A. & Buchanan, S.L. Multiple and single unit activity in area 32 (prelimbic region) of the medial prefrontal cortex during Pavlovian heart rate conditioning in the rabbit. Cerebral Cortex, 1994, 4, 230-246.

Powell, D.A., Watson, K. & Maxwell, B. Involvement of subdivisions of the medial prefrontal cortex in learned cardiac adjustments. Behavioral Neuroscience, 1994, 108, 294-307.

Buchanan, S.L., Thompson, R.H., Maxwell, B.L. & Powell, D.A. Efferent connections of the medial prefrontal cortex in the rabbit. Experimental Brain Research, 1994, 100, 469-483.

Powell, D.A. Rapid associative learning: conditioned bradycardia and its central nervous system substrates. Integrative Physiological and Behavioral Science, 1994, 29, 109-133.

Durkin, M., Prescott, L., Furchtgott, E., Cantor, J. & Powell, D.A. Performance, but not acquisition of skill learning is severely impaired in the elderly. Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics, 1995, 20, 167-183.

Chachich, M., Maxwell, B.L., & Powell, D.A. Subicular lesions and classical heart rate conditioning. Behavioral Neuroscience, 1996, 110, 707-717.

Powell, D.A., Maxwell, B.L., & Penney, J.A. Neuronal changes in the medial prefrontal cortex during Pavlovian eyeblink and nictitating membrane conditioning in the rabbit. Journal of Neuroscience, 1996, 19, 6296-6306.

Buchanan, S.L., Beylotte, F.M., & Powell, D.A. Lesions of the thalamic reticular nucleus or the basal forebrain impair Pavlovian eyeblink conditioning and attenuate learning-related multiple unit activity in the mediodorsal nucleus of the thalamus. Psychobiology, 1997, 25, 48-58.

Chachich, M., Buchanan, S.L., & Powell, D.A. Characterization of single unit activity in the mediodorsal nucleus of the thalamus during expression of differential heart rate conditioning in the rabbit. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, 1997, 67, 129-141.

Buchanan, S.L., Penney, J., Tebbutt, D., & Powell, D.A. Lesions of the mediorsal nucleus of the thalamus and classical eyeblink conditioning under less-than-optimal stimulus conditions: role of partial reinforcement and interstimulus interval. Behavioral Neuroscience, 1997, 111, 1075-1085.

Tapp, W., Servatius, R., Hunt, J., & Powell, D.A. Vagal activity predicts eyeblink conditioning in human subjects. NeuroReport, 1997, 8, 1203-1207.

Powell, D.A., Chachich, M., Murphy, V., & McLaughlin, J., Tebbutt, D., & Buchanan, S.L. Amygdala-prefrontal interactions and conditioned bradycardia in the rabbit. Behavioral Neuroscience, 1997, 111, 1056-1074.

Flaten, M., & Powell, D.A. Conditioned reflex facilitation in young and older adults. Experimental Aging Research, 1998, 24, 387-410.

Buchanan, S.L., Powell, D.A., Beylotte, F.M., Penney, J. Lesions of the midline thalamic nuclei impair classical conditioning under partial but not continuous reinforcement conditions. Behavioural Brain Research, 1998, 97, 49-58

McLaughlin, J., & Powell, D.A. Pavlovian heart rate and jaw movement conditioning in the rabbit: effects of medial prefrontal lesions. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, 1999, 71, 150-166.

Chachich, M., & Powell, D.A. Both medial prefrontal and amygdala central nucleus lesions abolish heart rate classical conditioning, but only prefrontal lesions impair reversal of eyeblink differential conditioning. Neuroscience Letters, 1999, 257, 151-154.

 

Powell, D.A. A behavioral stages model of classical (Pavlovian) conditioning: application to cognitive aging. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 1999, in press.

Powell, D.A., McLaughlin, J., & Chachich, M. Classical conditioning of autonomic and somatomotor responses and their central nervous system substrates. In Woodruff-Pak, D.S. & Steinmetz, J.E. (Eds.), Eyeblink Classical Conditioning: Animal, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Norwell, MA, 1999, in press.

 

Papers Presented (Abstract citation if published)

Sources of variation in shock-elicited aggression. Southeastern Psychological Association, April, 1967.

Research involving shock-elicited aggression. American Psychological Association, September, 1968.

With Braman, M.J. A baseline study of shock-induced fighting and free- operant avoidance as a function of prior experience with fighting and shock. Southeastern Psychological Association, April, 1969.

Goldberg, S.R., Powell, D.A., Dauth, G.W., & Schneiderman, N. Pharmacological intervention in cardiovascular responses elicited by electrical brain stimulation. [The University of Michigan Medical Center Journal, 1970, 36, 246].

Sideroff, S., Schneiderman, N., & Powell, D.A. Motivational properties of electrical stimulation of septal region as the US in classical conditioning of heart rate. [Psychonomic Science, 1970, 21, 281].

With Kazis, E. The effects of cholinergic and adrenergic blockade upon unconditioned autonomic responses in the rabbit. Southeastern Psychological Association, April, 1970.

The effects of castration, neonatal injections of testosterone and previous experience with fighting on shock-elicited aggression. Southeastern Psychological Association, April, 1970.

With Milligan, W.L., & Kazis, E. Divergencies in the conditioned and unconditioned heart rate response in the rabbit. American Psychological Association, September, 1970.

Kazis, E., & Powell, D.A. Cholinergic and adrenergic control of heart rate changes in the rabbit. [VA Newsletter for Research in Psychology, 1971, 12, 9-10].

Milligan, W.L., & Powell, D.A. Sexual variables and aggression. [VA Newsletter for Research in Psychology, 1971, 13, 19].

With Kazis, E. Cholinergic and adrenergic control of heart rate changes in the rabbit. Southeastern Psychological Association, April, 1971.

With Milligan, W.L. (Presented by W.L. Milligan). Sexual variables and defensive aggression. Southeastern Psychological Association, April, 1971.

Milligan, W.L., & Powell, D.A. Cardiovascular effects evoked by electrical brain stimulation (ESB) as a function of stimulus frequency, intensity, and train duration. [VA Newsletter for Research in Psychology, 1972, 14, 35-36].

With Milligan, W.L. Cardiovascular effects evoked by electrical brain stimulation as a function of frequency and intensity parameters. Southeastern Psychological Association, April, 1972.

With Milligan, W.L. (Presented by W.L. Milligan). Cardiovascular and behavioral responses elicited by electrical stimulation of the brain (ESB) as a function of ESB frequency, intensity, and train duration. American Psychological Association, September, 1972.

Powell, D.A. Peripheral vs. central determinants of classical eyeblink and heart rate conditioning. [Bull. of Psychon. Soc., 1973, 2, 236].

With Kazis, E. Factors influencing heart rate and blood pressure conditioning in the rabbit (Oryctolagus Cuniculus). Southeastern Psychological Association, April, 1973.

With Milligan, W.L., & Tkacik, M. (Presented by W.L. Milligan). Effect of 6-hydroxyudopamine on heart rate changes accompanying eyeblink avoidance conditioning in the rabbit (Oryctolagus Cuniculus). Southeastern Psychological Association, April, 1973.

A two component model of aggression. Symposium on Aggression. Southeastern Psychological Association, April, 1973.

Powell, D.A., Holley, R., & Duncan, S.D. The effects of prior aversive stimulation upon unlearned and instrumental behaviors. [Bull. of the Psychon. Soc., 1974, 4, 259].

Invited Presentation: Shock-elicited aggression: An animal model of defensive behavior. Presented at symposium entitled "Infrahuman models of Experiment Aggression." Eastern Psychological Association, April, 1974.

With Holley, R. Agonistic postures elicited by subcutaneous or footshock as a function of response-to-shock histories. Southeastern Psychological Association, May, 1974.

With Holley, R., & Duncan, S.D. The effects of prior aversive stimulation upon unlearned and instrumental behaviors. [Bulletin of the Psychonomic Society, 1974, 26.]

Young, S.R., Powell, D.A., & Buchanan, S.L. Effect of maternal pyschoactive drug administration on behavior of mouse off-spring. [Behavior Genetics, 1975, 5, 112.]

Powell, D.A. Concommitant conditioning of autonomic and somatic response systems: The effects of forebrain lesions. [Bull. of the Psychon. Soc., 1975, 6, 445.]

Powell, D.A., Buchanan, S.L., & Milligan, W.L. Relationships between learning, performance, and arousal in aged vs. younger VA patients. [Journal of Gerontology, 1975, 45.]

Shan, N.S., Gulati, O.D., Powell, D.A., & Kleinburd, V. Regional localization of 14C Mescaline in rabbit brain after intracerebroventricular administration: Effects of chlorpromazine and iproniazed pretreatment. [Proceedings of Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, 1975.]

With Milligan, W.L., Buchanan, S.L., & Mull, P. (Presented by W.L. Milligan). Effect of septal lesions on heart rate responses accompanying classical eyeblink discrimination conditioning in the rabbit. Eastern Psychological Association, April, 1975.

Powell, D.A., Joseph, J., & Albiniak, B.A. Peripheral autonomic blockade and differential classical conditioning in the rabbit (Oryctolagus Cuniculus). [Bull. of the Psychon. Soc., 1976, 8, 432.

Powell, D.A., & Cordova, I. Learning and psychomotor performance in the elderly: Relationship to life satisfaction, attitudes, social interaction, and autonomic arousal. [Journal of Gerontology, 1977, 30, 109.]

Francis, J., Buchanan, S.L., & Powell, D.A. Effects of septal and hippocampal lesions on Pavlovian conditioning of corneoretinal potential and heart rate and blood pressure changes. [Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 1977, 3, 232.]

Powell, D.A., Mankowski, D., & Buchanan, S.L. Concommitant somatic and cardiovascular conditioning: Effects of caudate lesions. [Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 1977, 3, 238.]

Francis, J.S., Hernandez, L.L., Clark, D.D., & Powell, D.A. Medial forebrain bundle lesions and Pavlovian conditioning of corneoretinal potential and heart rate changes. [Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 1978, 4, 258.

Powell, D.A., Buchanan, S.L., Hernandez, L.L., & Francis, J. Hippocampal and cortical control of Pavlovian conditioned autonomic and somatic responses. [Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 1978, 4, 273.]

Powell, D.A., Buchanan, S.L., & Hernandez, L.L. Classical conditioning in old and young rabbits. [Bull. of the Psychon. Soc., 1978, 11, 273.]

Shah, N.S., Powell, D.A., Yates, J.D., May, D.A., & Eargle, D.J. Cerebral distribution of 14C Methylphenidate in rabbit. [American Society for Neurochemistry, 1979, 10, 142.

Powell, D.A., Shah, N.S., Yates, J.D., & May, D.A. Regional localization of [14C] methadone in rabbit brain after intracerebroventricular administration: Effect of naloxone pretreatment. [Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 1979, 5, 569.]

Buchanan, S.L., Hernandez, L.L., Powell, D.A., & Shah, N.S. Age-related changes in Pavlovian conditioning in rabbits: CNS correlates. [Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 1979, 5, 3.]

Powell, D.A., Hernandez, L.L., & Buchanan, S.L. Sex, CS intensity & Latent inhibition: Effects on Pavlovian corneoretinal potentional and heart rate conditioning. [Psychophysiology, 1980, 17, 297.]

Powell, D.A., Buchanan, S.L., & Hernandez, L.L. Central scopolamine administration differentially affects the cardiac component of the orienting reflex and Pavlovian conditioning. [Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 1980, 6, 168.]

Invited Presentation: Primary bradycardia: Possible CNS substrates. USC School of Medicine Biomedical Seminar Series, January, 1980.

What the bunny's heart tells the rabbits brain. South Carolina Chapter of the Society for Neuroscience, May, 1980.

Shah, N.S., Day, J.F., Powell, D.A., & Donald, A.G. [3H] D-ALA-met enkephalamide binding to rabbit brain regions. [Transactions of the American Society of Neurochemistry, 1981, 12, 126.]

With Brewer, D.R. The effects of scopolamine on Pavlovian eyeblink and heart rate conditioning. South Carolina Chapter of the Society for Neuroscience, May, 1981.

With Buchanan, S.L. Anterior cingulate cortex modulates autonomic but not somatomotor Pavlovian conditioning. South Carolina Chapter of the Society for Neuroscience, May, 1981.

With Hernandez, L.L. Opiate antagonism by naloxone influences Pavlovian conditioning in rabbits. South Carolina Chapter of the Society for Neuroscience, May, 1981.

Invited Presentation: Forebrain control of time-dependent primary bradycardia. Symposium entitled: Biobehavioral Correlates of Cardiovascular Regulation. Annual Meeting of the Pavlovian Society, Baltimore, MD, December, 1981.

Buchanan, S.L., & Powell, D.A. Cardiovascular responses elicited by electrical stimulation of midline neocortex and the mediodorsal and anterior thalamic nuclei of the conscious rabbit. [Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 1982, 8, 74.]

Powell, D.A., & Buchanan, S.L. Anterior cingulate cortex modulates autonomic, but not somatomotor Pavlovian conditioning. [Psychophysiology, 1982, 19, 341.

With Wiscovitch, R., Shah, N.S., Shah, A.B., McAmis, W., & Orli, R. Localization of dextro-3H-amphetamine in various rabbit brain regions: Effects of Chlorpromazine. Third Annual Meeting of the S.C. Chapter of the Society for Neuroscience, May, 1982.

With Buchanan, S.L. ACTH4-10: Effects on Pavlovian conditioning. Third Annual Metting of the S.C. Chapter of the Society of Neuroscience, May, 1982.

With Ginn, S.R., & Valentine, J.D. CS duration and classical conditioning of heart rate and leg flexion responses in the rat. Third Annual Meeting of the S.C. Chapter of the Society for Neuroscience, May, 1982.

With Shah, A.B., Shah, N.S., Wiscovitch, R., & McAmis, W. Distribution of 3H-levo-cocaine in brain regions of rabbit after intracerebroventricular administration. Third Annual Meeting of the S.C. Chapter of the Society for Neuroscience, May, 1982.

With Sartiano, G.P., Valdiviesco, J., McFarland, J., Puckett, J., Butler, W., Gonzalez, F., Leventis, A.M., & Calkins, J.H. Trial oral nubain for chronic pain due to malignancy. Third Annual Meeting of the S.C. Chapter of the Society for Neuroscience, May, 1982.

Invited Presentation: "Limbic System" at a symposium entitled "Neurobiological Bases of Conditioned Bradycardia