Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Type
Research Project (R01)
Project #
3R01NS023208-05S1
Application #
3406416
Study Section
Neurology B Subcommittee 2 (NEUB)
Project Start
1986-01-15
Project End
1993-12-31
Budget Start
1990-01-01
Budget End
1990-12-31
Support Year
5
Fiscal Year
1990
Total Cost
Indirect Cost
Name
University of Oregon
Department
Type
Other Domestic Higher Education
DUNS #
948117312
City
Eugene
State
OR
Country
United States
Zip Code
97403
Hazelett, Dennis J; Weeks, Janis C (2005) Segment-specific muscle degeneration is triggered directly by a steroid hormone during insect metamorphosis. J Neurobiol 62:164-77
Kinch, Ginger; Hoffman, Kurt L; Rodrigues, Elizabeth M et al. (2003) Steroid-triggered programmed cell death of a motoneuron is autophagic and involves structural changes in mitochondria. J Comp Neurol 457:384-403
Gray, John R; Weeks, Janis C (2003) Steroid-induced dendritic regression reduces anatomical contacts between neurons during synaptic weakening and the developmental loss of a behavior. J Neurosci 23:1406-15
Weeks, Janis C (2003) Thinking globally, acting locally: steroid hormone regulation of the dendritic architecture, synaptic connectivity and death of an individual neuron. Prog Neurobiol 70:421-42
Melville, J M; Hoffman, K L; Jarrard, H E et al. (2003) Cell culture of mechanoreceptor neurons innervating proleg sensory hairs in Manduca sexta larvae, and co-culture with target motoneurons. Cell Tissue Res 311:117-30
Walters, E T; Illich, P A; Weeks, J C et al. (2001) Defensive responses of larval Manduca sexta and their sensitization by noxious stimuli in the laboratory and field. J Exp Biol 204:457-69
Wiel, D E; Wood, E R; Weeks, J C (2001) Habituation of the proleg withdrawal reflex in Manduca sexta does not involve changes in motoneuron properties or depression at the sensorimotor synapse. Neurobiol Learn Mem 76:57-80
Zee, M C; Weeks, J C (2001) Developmental change in the steroid hormone signal for cell-autonomous, segment-specific programmed cell death of a motoneuron. Dev Biol 235:45-61
Lubischer, J L; Verhegge, L D; Weeks, J C (1999) Respecified larval proleg and body wall muscles circulate hemolymph in developing wings of Manduca sexta pupae. J Exp Biol 202:787-96
Weeks, J C (1999) Steroid hormones, dendritic remodeling and neuronal death: insights from insect metamorphosis. Brain Behav Evol 54:51-60

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