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Characterizing the spontaneous blink generator: an animal model by Kaminer, Jaime, Powers, Alice S, Horn, Kyle G, Hui, Channing, Evinger, Craig

“…Although spontaneous blinking is one of the most frequent human movements, little is known about its neural basis. We developed a rat model of spontaneous…”
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Classical fear conditioning in the anxiety disorders: a meta-analysis by Lissek, Shmuel, Powers, Alice S., McClure, Erin B., Phelps, Elizabeth A., Woldehawariat, Girma, Grillon, Christian, Pine, Daniel S.

“…Fear conditioning represents the process by which a neutral stimulus comes to evoke fear following its repeated pairing with an aversive stimulus. Although…”
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Revised nomenclature for avian telencephalon and some related brainstem nuclei by Reiner, Anton, Perkel, David J., Bruce, Laura L., Butler, Ann B., Csillag, András, Kuenzel, Wayne, Medina, Loreta, Paxinos, George, Shimizu, Toru, Striedter, Georg, Wild, Martin, Ball, Gregory F., Durand, Sarah, Gütürkün, Onur, Lee, Diane W., Mello, Claudio V., Powers, Alice, White, Stephanie A., Hough, Gerald, Kubikova, Lubica, Smulders, Tom V., Wada, Kazuhiro, Dugas‐Ford, Jennifer, Husband, Scott, Yamamoto, Keiko, Yu, Jing, Siang, Connie, Jarvis, Erich D.

“…The standard nomenclature that has been used for many telencephalic and related brainstem structures in birds is based on flawed assumptions of homology to…”
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Blinks slow memory-guided saccades by Powers, Alice S, Basso, Michele A, Evinger, Craig

“…Memory-guided saccades are slower than visually guided saccades. The usual explanation for this slowing is that the absence of a visual drive reduces the…”
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Affective Ratings and Startle Modulation in People With Nonclinical Depression by Mneimne, Malek, McDermut, Wilson, Powers, Alice Schade

“…This study tested predictions based on the emotion context insensitivity (ECI) hypothesis of Rottenberg, Gross, and Gotlib (2005) that a nonclinical sample of…”
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Beyond arousal: Valence, dominance, and motivation in the lateralization of affective memory by Mneimne, Malek, Wellington, Robin, Walton, Kate E., Powers, Alice S.

“…Studies have found that memory for the affective dimensions of valence and arousal are lateralized in left and right hemispheric systems, yet much…”
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Conditioned Eyelid Movement Is not a Blink by Schade Powers, Alice, Coburn-Litvak, Pamela, Evinger, Craig

“…1 Department of Psychology, St. John's University, Jamaica; 2 Program in Neuroscience, State University of New York, Stony Brook; and 3 Departments of…”
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Emotional valence and arousal effects on memory and hemispheric asymmetries by Mneimne, Malek, Powers, Alice S., Walton, Kate E., Kosson, David S., Fonda, Samantha, Simonetti, Jessica

“…This study examined predictions based upon the right hemisphere (RH) model, the valence–arousal model, and a recently proposed integrated model ( Killgore &…”
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Painted Turtles Solve a Detour Task Using Proximal Cues by Kochen, William, Gomerez, Jeanny, Powers, Alice

“…Painted turtles (Chrysemys picta) are a common species of pond turtle, which forage for food in shallow water and on land, necessitating navigation around…”
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Role of Acetylcholine in Negative Patterning in Turtles (Chrysemys picta) by Powers, Alice Schade, Hogue, Phillip, Lynch, Christian, Gattuso, Brian, Lissek, Shmuel, Nayal, Christine

“…Turtles were run on a negative patterning task involving 2 positive elements, a key with white stripes on a black background, and a solid red key, and a…”
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An Explanation for Reflex Blink Hyperexcitability in Parkinson's Disease. I. Superior Colliculus by Basso, Michele A, Powers, Alice S, Evinger, Craig

“…Hyperexcitable reflex blinks are a cardinal sign of Parkinson's disease. We investigated the neural circuit through which a loss of dopamine in the substantia…”
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Obituary: Howard S. Hoffman (1925-2006) by Powers, Alice S., Leitner, Donald

“…Presents an obituary for Howard S. Hoffman. Although he made many contributions to the field of psychology, Hoffman is probably best known for his role in…”
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Howard S. Hoffman (1925-2006) by Powers, Alice S, Leitner, Donald

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Dry eye, blinking, and blepharospasm by Evinger, Craig, Bao, Jian-Bin, Powers, Alice S., Kassem, Iris S., Schicatano, Edward J., Henriquez, Victor M., Peshori, Kavita R.

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Housing Experience Affects Adult Neurogenesis in Turtles (Chrysemys Picta) by Hanusch, Bethany, Ayanru, Alexis, Powers, Alice Schade

“…Adult neurogenesis increases in mammals when they are exposed to an enriched environment or given the opportunity to exercise. In this experiment, we…”
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Dominance Hierarchies in Captive Painted Turtles (Chrysemys picta) by Koprowski, Justin, Hu, Cassidy, Narula, Aayush, Sanchez, Bernard, Sankaran, Sanjana, Powers, Alice S.

“…We investigated dominance in two groups of captive painted turtles, each over a period of 8 weeks. In each case, we began with five turtles, then added a sixth…”
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Adult neurogenesis in mammals and nonmammals. Commentary on Kempermann G (2012): new neurons for 'survival of the fittest'. Nat Rev Neurosci 13:727-736 by Powers, Alice Schade

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Effects of Blocking Nitric Oxide on Learning in Turtles (Chrysemys picta ) by Yeh, Chun-I, Powers, Alice Schade

“…Turtles ( Chrysemys picta ) were given the nitric oxide synthase inhibitor N W -nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME) or its inactive isomer N W…”
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Avian brains and a new understanding of vertebrate brain evolution by Jarvis, Erich D, Güntürkün, Onur, Bruce, Laura, Csillag, András, Karten, Harvey, Kuenzel, Wayne, Medina, Loreta, Paxinos, George, Perkel, David J, Shimizu, Toru, Striedter, Georg, Wild, J. Martin, Ball, Gregory F, Dugas-Ford, Jennifer, Durand, Sarah E, Hough, Gerald E, Husband, Scott, Kubikova, Lubica, Lee, Diane W, Mello, Claudio V, Powers, Alice, Siang, Connie, Smulders, Tom V, Wada, Kazuhiro, White, Stephanie A, Yamamoto, Keiko, Yu, Jing, Reiner, Anton, Butler, Ann B

“…We believe that names have a powerful influence on the experiments we do and the way in which we think. For this reason, and in the light of new evidence about…”
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Dorsal cortex lesions impair habituation in turtles (Chrysemys picta) by Moran, A, Wojcik, L, Cangiane, L, Powers, A S

“…Two experiments investigated habituation in painted turtles (Chrysemys picta). In the first, turtles were given lesions of the dorsal cortex or sham lesions…”
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