Christina T. Siwak

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Life Sciences

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Research Topics

Human-Animal Interaction Studies(13), Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior(7), Memory and Neural Mechanisms(5), Primate Behavior and Ecology(3), Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology(3)

Publications20 total

The Canine Model of Human Brain Aging: Cognition, Behavior, and Neuropathology
Elsevier eBooks·2006· 23 cited
Chronic antioxidant and mitochondrial cofactor administration improves discrimination learning in aged but not young dogs
Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry·2005· 39 cited
Frontal Lobe Volume, Function, and β-Amyloid Pathology in a Canine Model of Aging
Journal of Neuroscience·2004· 159 citedOpen Access
Frontal lobe volume, function, and beta-amyloid pathology in a canine model of aging - eScholarship
2004· 3 cited
P3-066 Changes in frontal lobe volume, executive function, and amyloid load in a canine model of aging
Neurobiology of Aging·2004
Learning ability in aged beagle dogs is preserved by behavioral enrichment and dietary fortification: a two-year longitudinal study
Neurobiology of Aging·2004· 205 cited
Long-term treatment with antioxidants and a program of behavioral enrichment reduces age-dependent impairment in discrimination and reversal learning in beagle dogs
Experimental Gerontology·2004· 142 cited
Concept abstraction in the aging dog: development of a protocol using successive discrimination and size concept tasks
Behavioural Brain Research·2004· 37 cited
Adrafinil disrupts performance on a delayed nonmatching-to-position task in aged beagle dogs
Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior·2003· 11 cited
Effects of Age on Measures of Complex Working Memory Span in the Beagle Dog (<i>Canis familiaris</i>) Using Two Versions of a Spatial List Learning Paradigm
Learning & Memory·2003· 70 citedOpen Access
Locomotor activity rhythms in dogs vary with age and cognitive status.
Behavioral Neuroscience·2003· 74 cited
Size and Reversal Learning in the Beagle Dog as a Measure of Executive Function and Inhibitory Control in Aging
Learning & Memory·2003· 203 citedOpen Access
Age-dependent decline in locomotor activity in dogs is environment specific
Physiology & Behavior·2002· 65 cited
Age-related changes in non-cognitive behaviours in a canine model model of aging and dementia and therapeutic evaluation of adrafinil and modafinil
TSpace·2002
Effect of Age and Level of Cognitive Function on Spontaneous and Exploratory Behaviors in the Beagle Dog
Learning & Memory·2001· 115 citedOpen Access
Comparison of the effects of adrafinil, propentofylline, and nicergoline on behavior in aged dogs
American Journal of Veterinary Research·2000· 32 cited
Adrafinil: Effects on behavior and cognition in aged canines
Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry·2000· 11 cited
Oral Administration of Adrafinil Improves Discrimination Learning in Aged Beagle Dogs
Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior·2000· 24 cited
Behavioral Activating Effects of Adrafinil in Aged Canines
Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior·2000· 23 cited
Adrafinil: A Novel Vigilance Promoting Agent
CNS Drug Reviews·1999· 11 citedOpen Access

Frequent Co-authors

Norton W. Milgram(16), Bruce A. Muggenburg(10), P. Dwight Tapp(9), Elizabeth Head(8), Heather Murphey(8), Carl W. Cotman(8), Steven C. Zicker(4), Candace J Ikeda-Douglas(4), Heather Callahan(4), Dwight Tapp(3), Sandra E. Black(3), Min‐Ying Su(3), Philippe Gruet(3), Frédérique Woehrlé(3), Jimena Estrada(2), Fu Gao(2), Jr-Yuan Chiou(2), Bruce A. Muggenberg(1), Stephen Lowry(1), D. Holowachuk(1)