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Shirley L. Buchanan
Papers and Abstracts
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., Tkacik, M., Buchanan, S.L. &
Milligan, W.L. Cardiovascular responses elicited by electrical brain stimulation
in the rabbit. Physiology and Behavior, 1976, 16, 227-230.
Powell, D.A., Milligan, W.L. & Buchanan, S.L.
Orienting and classical conditioning in the rabbit (Oryctolagus Cuniculus):
Effects of septal area lesions. Physiology and Behavior, 1976, 17,
955-962.
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
Cuniculus): Effects of caudate lesions. Physiology and Behavior,
1978, 20, 143-150.
Buchanan, S.L., Hernández, L.L. & Powell, D.A. A
comparison of Pavlovian autonomic and somatic conditioning in "old"
and "young" rabbits. IRCS Journal of Medical Science: Psychology
and Psychiatry, 1979, 7, 357.
Hernández, 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 and Psychiatry, 1979, 7, 356.
Powell, D.A. & Buchanan, S.L. Autonomic-somatic
relationships in the rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus): Effects of
hippocampal lesions. Physiological Psychology, 1980, 8, 455-462.
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.
Hernández, 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. & Hernández, L.L.
Age-related changes in classical (Pavlovian) conditioning in the New Zealand
Albino rabbit. Experimental Aging Research, 1981, 7, 453-465.
Buchanan, S.L. & Powell, D.A. Hippocampal lesions
and Pavlovian cardiovascular conditioning. Pavlovian Journal of Biological
Sciences, 1982, 17, 158-164.
Buchanan, S.L. & Powell, D.A. Cingulate damage
attenuates conditioned bradycardia. Neuroscience Letters, 1982, 29,
261-268.
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. 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., Buchanan, S.L. & Hernández, L.L.
Age-related changes in Pavlovian conditioning: CNS correlates. Physiology
and Behavior, 1984, 32, 609-616.
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. & Hernández, L.L.
Intraseptal scopolamine has differential effects on eyeblink and heart rate
conditioning. Behavioral Neuroscience, 1985, 99, 75-87.
Powell, D.A., Hernández, L.L. & Buchanan, S.L.
Electrical stimulation of insular cortex elicits cardiac inhibition but insular
lesions do not abolish conditioned bradycardia in rabbits. Behavioral Brain
Research, 1985, 17, 125-144.
Powell, D.A., Buchanan, S.L. & Hernández, L.L.
Intraseptal scopolamine administration attenuates Pavlovian heart rate
conditioning in the rabbit. Pavlovian Journal of Biological Science,
1985, 20, 116-123.
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.
Buchanan, S.L. & Powell, D.A. Electrical stimulation
of anteromedial and mediodorsal thalamus elicits differential cardiovascular
response patterns from conscious rabbits. Physiological Psychology,
1986, 14, 115-123.
Powell, D.A. & Buchanan, S.L. Autonomic changes
elicited by chemical stimulation of mediodorsal nucleus of the thalamus. Pharmacology,
Biochemistry and Behavior, 1986, 25, 423-430.
Hernández, L.L., Buchanan, S.L. & Powell, D.A.
Somatomotor thresholds in the New Zealand albino rabbit in response to
paraorbital electrical shock. Psychological Reports, 1987, 67,
265-266.
Buchanan, S.L. & Powell, D.A. 3H-2-Deoyglucose
uptake after electrical stimulation of cardioactive sites in insular cortex and
mediodorsal nucleus of the thalamus in rabbits. Brain Research Bulletin,
1987, 19, 439-452.
Buchanan, S.L. & Ginn, S.R. Classically
conditioned cardiac responses in "old" and "young" Fischer
344 rats. Psychology and Aging, 1988, 3, 51-58.
Buchanan, S.L. and Powell, D.A. Age-related changes
in associative learning: Studies in rabbits and rats. Neurobiology of Aging,
1988, 9, 523-534.
Buchanan, S.L. Mediodorsal thalamic lesions impair
differential Pavlovian heart rate conditioning. Experimental Brain Research,
1988, 73, 320-328.
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.
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.
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.
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: It's Structures, Function, and Pathology, Progress in Brain
Research, Vol. 85, Elsevier, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1990, pp. 423-456.
Powell, D.A., Watson, K.L. & Buchanan, S.L.
Neuronal activity in the mediodorsal and intralaminar nuclei of the dorsal
thalamus during classical heart rate conditioning. Brain Research, 1990,
532, 211- 221.
Buchanan, S.L. & Thompson, R.H. Mediodorsal
thalamic lesions and Pavlovian conditioning of heart rate and eyeblink responses
in the rabbit. Behavioral Neuroscience, 1990, 104, 912-918.
Powell, D.A., Buchanan, S.L. & Hernández, L.L.
Classical (Pavlovian) conditioning models of age-related changes in associative
learning and their neurobiological substrates. Progress in Neurobiology,
1991, 36, 201-228.
Buchanan, S.L. Differential and reversal Pavlovian
conditioning in rabbits with mediodorsal thalamic lesions: assessment of heart
rate and eyeblink responses. Experimental Brain Research, 1991, 86,
174-181.
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. Boston, MA: Birkhauser, 1993, pp. 381-414.
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 rabbits. Cerebral Cortex,
1994, 4, 230-246.
Buchanan, S.L. & Thompson, R.H. Neuronal activity
in the midline thalamic nuclei during Pavlovian heart rate conditioning. Brain
Research Bulletin, 1994, 35, 237-240.
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.
Buchanan, S.L. Mediodorsal thalamic lesions impair
acquisition of an eyeblink avoidance response in rabbits. Behavioural Brain
Research, 1994, 65, 173-179.
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.
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.
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
Papers presented [Abstract citation, if published]
Young, S.R., Powell, D.A. & Buchanan, S.L.
(Presented by S.R. Young). Effect of maternal psychoactive drug administration
on behavior of mouse off-spring. Behavior Genetics Association, 1974. [Behavior
Genetics, 1975, 5, 112]
Powell, D.A., Buchanan, S.L. & Milligan, W.L.
(Presented by D.A. Powell). Relationships between learning, performance and
arousal in aged vs. younger V.A. patients. Gerontological Society, 1975. [Journal
of Gerontology, 1975, 45]
Francis, J., Buchanan, S.L. & Powell, D.A.
(Presented by J. Francis) Effects of septal and hippocampal lesions on
Pavlovian conditioning of corneoretinal potential and heart rate and blood
pressure changes. Society for Neuroscience, 1977. [Society for Neuroscience
Abstracts, 1977, 3, 232]
Powell, D.A., Mankowski, D. & Buchanan, S.L.
(Presented by D.A. Powell) Concomitant somatic and cardiovascular conditioning:
Effects of caudate lesions. Society for Neuroscience, 1977 [Society for
Neuroscience Abstracts, 1977, 3, 238]
Powell, D.A., Buchanan, S.L., Hernández, L.L. and
Francis, J. (Presented by D.A. Powell) Hippocampal and cortical control of
Pavlovian conditioned autonomic and somatic responses. Society for
Neuroscience, 1978. [Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 1978, 4,
262]
Powell, D.A., Buchanan, S.L. & Hernández, L.L.
(Presented by D.A. Powell) Classical conditioning in old and young rabbits.
Psychonomic Society, 1978. [Bulletin of the Psychonomic Society, 1978, 11,
273]
Powell, D.A., Hernández, L.L. & Buchanan, S.L.
(Presented by D.A. Powell) Sex, CS intensity and latent inhibition: Effects of
Pavlovian corneoretinal potential and heart rate conditioning. Society for
Psychophysiological Research, 1979. [Psychophysiology, 1980, 17,
287]
Buchanan, S.L., Hernández, L.L., Powell, D.A. &
Shah, N.S. Age- related changes in Pavlovian conditioning in rabbits: CNS
correlates. Society for Neuroscience, 1979. [Society for Neuroscience
Abstracts, 1979, 5, 3]
Powell, D.A., Buchanan, S.L. & Hernández, L.L.
Central scopolamine administration differentially affects the cardiac component
of the orienting reflex and Pavlovian conditioning. Society for Neuroscience,
1980. [Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 1980, 6, 168]
Powell, D.A. & Buchanan, S.L. Anterior cingulate
cortex modulates autonomic but not somatomotor conditioning. Society for
Psychophysiological Research, 1981. [Psychophysiology, 1982, 19,
341]
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, 1982. [Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 1982, 8,
74]
Buchanan, S.L. & Powell, D.A. Lesions of
dorsomedial thalamus but not insular cortex, attenuate stimulation-elicited
cardiovascular changes from anterior medial cortex. Society for Neuroscience,
1983. [Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 1983, 9, 106]
Powell, D.A., Hernández, L.L. & Buchanan, S.L.
(Presented by D.A. Powell) Insular cortex participates in cardiovascular
inhibition, but is not necessary for Pavlovian conditioned bradycardia in
rabbits. Society for Neuroscience, 1983. [Society for Neuroscience Abstracts,
1983, 9, 106]
Powell, D.A., Hernández, L.L. & Buchanan, S.L.
(Presented by D.A. Powell) Acquisition of the Pavlovian conditioned eyeblink
response is related to the period during the cardiac cycle in which CS is
initiated. Society for Neuroscience, 1984. [Society for Neuroscience
Abstracts, 1984, 10, 614]
Buchanan, S.L., Powell, D.A. & Valentine, J.
Cardiovascular adjustments elicited by electrical stimulation of frontal cortex
in conscious rabbits. Society for Neuroscience, 1984. [Society for
Neuroscience Abstracts, 1984, 10, 614]
Ginn, S.R. & Buchanan, S.L. Unconditioned
somatomotor and cardiac responses as a function of age in the Fischer 344 rat.
Society for Neuroscience, 1984. [Society for Neuroscience Abstracts,
1984, 10, 772]
Buchanan, S.L. & Powell, D.A. Interruption of the
thalamic MD- prefrontal projection has no effect on stimulation-elicited
cardiac changes or learned bradycardia in the rabbit. Society for Neuroscience,
1985. [Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 1985, 11, 196]
Powell, D.A. & Buchanan, S.L. (Presented by D.A.
Powell) Application of glutamate and carbachol to the mediodorsal nucleus of
the thalamus elicits autonomic changes in conscious rabbits. Society for
Neuroscience, 1985. [Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 1985, 11,
196]
Buchanan, S.L. & Powell, D.A. Forebrain
incorporation of 3H-2- deoxyglucose (3-H 2-DG) during
electrical stimulation of mediodorsal (MD) nucleus of the thalamus and insular
cortex. Society for Neuroscience, 1986. [Society for Neuroscience Abstracts,
1986, 12, 936]
Ginn, S.R., Gibbs, C.M., Buchanan, S.L. & Powell,
D.A. (Presented by S.R. Ginn) Forebrain afferents to agranular prefrontal
cortex demostrated by Fast Blue and horseradish peroxidase retrograde labeling
in the rabbit. Society for Neuroscience, 1986. [Society for Neuroscience
Abstracts, 1986, 12, 1441]
Buchanan, S.L. & Powell, D.A. Mediodorsal
thalamic lesions impair differential Pavlovian heart rate conditioning. Society
for Neuroscience, 1987. [Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 1987, 13,
649].
Powell, D.A. & Buchanan, S.L. Parasagittal
thalamic knife cuts retard Pavlovian eyeblink conditioning and abolish the
tachycardiac component of the heart rate conditioned response. Society for
Neuroscience, 1988. [Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 1988, 14,
1229].
Thompson, R.H. & Buchanan, S.L. Prefrontal
projections to the medial nuclei of the dorsal thalamus in the rabbit. [Society
for Neuroscience Abstracts, 1989, 15, 71].
Buchanan, S.L. & Thompson, R.H. Mediodorsal
thalamic lesions and classical conditioning of heart rate and eyeblink
responses. [Society for Neuroscience Abstract, 1990, 16, 269].
Buchanan, S.L., Penney, J. & Powell, D.A. Lesions
of the limbic thalamus differentially impair Pavlovian eyeblink conditioning
under non-optimal parametric conditions. [Society for Neuroscience Abstracts,
1994, 20, 797].
Murphy, V., Buchanan, S.L. & Powell, D.A. Lesions
of the mediodorsal nucleus of the thalamus attentuate CS-evoked neuronal
activity in the prefrontal cortex, but have no effect on concomitantly
occurring conditioned bradycardia. [Society for Neuroscience Abstracts,
1993, 19, 1231.
Honors, Offices, Professional Organizations, etc.
Research and Development Committee, VA Hospital,
Columbia, SC, 1984 - 1987, 1994-present;
Chairman,
1986 - 1987, 1995-present
Research Review Subcommittee, VA Hospital, Columbia,
SC,1989 - 1992
Invited participant, National Institute on
Aging-sponsored workshop, "Experimental Models of Age-Related Memory
Dysfunction", Baltimore, MD, 1987
Secretary-Treasurer, S.C. Chapter, Society for
Neuroscience,1984-1986; President, 1988-1989.
Animal Studies Subcommittee, VA Hospital, Columbia,
SC, 1981-1984
Invited speaker, Staff conference, Brian Center
Nursing Home, Columbia, SC, "Possible CNS correlates of age-related
changes in learning and memory", 1985.
Recipient, VA Innovative Aging Research Award,
1983-1985
Invited speaker, Biomedical Sciences Project, USC
Department of Education, Columbia, SC, "Relevance of basic neuroscience
research strategiesto practical biomedical questions", 1982
Quondam Reviewer: National Science Foundation; NIMH;
Veterans Administration
Medical Research (Merit Review); Animal Learning
and Behavior; Psychology and Aging; Neurobiology of Aging; Peptides;
Diabetes; Experimental Brain Research.
Member: Society for Neuroscience
AAAS
Research and Academic Activities
Research Interests
Central
nervous system control of cardiovascular adjustments
and
their relationship to learning
Neurobiology
of aging and its relationship to behavior
Grants (as P.I.)
S.C. Heart Association, "Forebrain control of
cardiovascular inhibition", 1982-1983
VA Innovative Aging Research Award ,
"Age-related changes in Pavlovian conditioning: CNS correlates",
$87,300, 1983-1985
VA Merit Review, "Limbic system substrates of
cardiovascular inhibition", 1984-1987
VA Merit Review, "Mediodorsal thalamus and
associative learning", 1987-1990
VA Merit Review, "Mediodorsal thalamus and
associative learning",1990-1992; 1993-1995
VA Merit Review, "Thalamic mechanisms in
associative learning", 1996-1999
Teaching Interests
Physiological psychology
Learning
General experimental psychology
Social/personality
Courses Taught
Introductory psychology, 1978; 1981-present
Basic learning theory, 1978
Survey of personality theory, 1983-present
Social psychology, 1985-1986