Bahareh Behrouz

Faculty Advisor: Dr. J. Goudreau
Entered Program in Fall 2004

 behrouz@msu.edu

Student Background/Interests:
I received my B.S. in psychology from Michigan State University and joined the neuroscience program in the summer of 2004. My main interests are researching the causes and prevention of neurodegeneration and aging.

Awards:

• Michigan Parkinson’s Institute’s 2004 Raymond Bauer Student Fellowship Award: Awarded fellowship based on proposal for study entitled “Gender Differences in the Chronic Mouse Model of MPTP”.
• Michigan State University’s graduate school 2005 summer acceleration fellowship.

Publications:

• Behrouz B, Drolet RE, Lookingland KJ, Goudreau JG (2006).  Resistance of Hypothalamic Tuberoinfundibular Dopamine Neurons to Mitochondrial Complex-I Inhibitors in Two Chronic Rodent Models of Parkinson’s Disease.  In preperation.

• Drolet RE, Behrouz B, Janis KL, Lookingland, KJ, Goudreau JG. (2006) α-Synuclein Mediates D2 Autoreceptor-Specific Tyrosine Hydroxylase Phosphorylation.  In preparation. 

• Drolet RE, Behrouz B, Lookingland KJ, Goudreau JG.  (2005) Substrate-Mediated Enhancement of Phosphorylated Tyrosine Hydroxylase: Evidence of a Role for α-Synuclein.  Journal of Neurochemistry.  In press. 
  

Posters:

• Behrouz B, Drolet RE, Brennan RT, Lookingland KJ, Goudreau J.L..Comparison of Chronic MPTP-Induced Nigrostriatal Dopamine Neuronal Toxicity in Male and Female Wild-Type and Knock-Out Mice. 2005. Presented at the Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C.

• Drolet RE, Behrouz B, Brennan RT, Lookingland KJ, Goudreau JL. Activity-Dependent Regulation of Phosphorylated Tyrosine Hydroxylase: Evidence of a Role for α-Synuclein. 2005. Presented at the Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C.

• Drolet RE, Behrouz B, Frayer T, Lookingland KJ, Goudreau JL.  2004.  Regulation of Tyrosine Hydroxylase and Dopamine Synthesis in α-Synuclein Knock-Out Mice.  Presented at the Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA.

• Goudreau J.L., Frayer T.H., Drolet R.D., Atkinson K.D., Behrouz B.,. Lookingland K.J. 2004. Neurotoxin Resistance of hypothalamic versus nigrostriatal dopamine neurons. Presented at the Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA.

• Drolet RE, Behrouz B, Burri R, Lookingland KJ, Goudreau JL. 2003.  Subacute and Prolonged Chronic Administration of MPTP in Wild-type and Alpha Synuclein Knock-out Mice.  Presented at the Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting New Orleans, LA.