Associate Professor
Ph.D., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1998
Office: (603) 646-3439, Moore 263
Lab: (603) 646-0057, Moore B40
David.J.Bucci@Dartmouth.edu
Go to the Bucci Lab Web site
My research is concerned with the brain mechanisms underlying learning, memory, and attention. Current studies utilize modern behavioral, neuroanatomical, and biochemical techniques in rodent models to examine the role of cortical structures and subcortical neurochemical systems in these processes. The ultimate goal of this research is to further our understanding of basic mechanisms of information processing in the brain and ultimately relate these findings to the biological basis of cognitive dysfunction in humans.
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Keene, C.S. and Bucci, D.J. (in press) Contributions of the retrosplenial and posterior parietal cortices to cue-specific and contextual fear conditioning. Behavioral Neuroscience.
Bucci, D.J., Hopkins, M.E., Nunez, A.A., Breedlove, S.M., Sisk, C., and Nigg, J.T. (2007) Effects of sex hormones on associative learning in the spontaneously hypertensive rat. Physiology and Behavior, doi:10.1016/j.physbeh.2007.11.005 [epub before print]
Bucci, D.J., Hopkins, M.E., Keene, C.S., Sharma, M., and Orr, L.E. (2007) Sex differences in learning and inhibition in spontaneously hypertensive rats. Behavioural Brain Research, doi:10.1016/j.bbr.08.022 [e-pub before print]
Bucci, D.J. and MacLeod, J.E. (2007) Changes in neural activation during a surprise-induced enhancement of attention. European Journal of Neuroscience, 26, 2669-2676.
Keene, C.S. and Bucci, D.J. (2007) Automated measure of conditioned orienting behavior in rats. Behavior Research Methods, 39(2), 303-308.
Bucci, D.J. and Falls, W.A. (2007) An Undergraduate Neuroscience Seminar Based on the Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience. Journal of Undergraduate Neuroscience Education, 5(2), A49-A52.
MacLeod, J.E., DeLeo, J., Hickey, W., Ahles, T.A., Saykin, A.J., Bucci, D.J. (2007) Cancer chemotherapy impairs contextual but not cued fear conditioning in rats. Behavioural Brain Research, 181, 168-172.
Chess, A.C., Simoni, M.K., Alling, T.E., and Bucci, D.J. (2007) Elevations of endogenous kynurenic acid produce spatial working memory deficits. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 33(3), 797-804.
MacLeod, J.E., Potter, A.S., Simoni, M.K., and Bucci, D.J. (2006) Nicotine administration enhances conditioned inhibition in rats. European Journal of Pharmacology, 551, 76-79.
Arenos, J.D., Musty, R.E., and Bucci, D.J. (2006) Blockade of cannabinoid CB1 receptors alters contextual learning and memory. European Journal of Pharmacology, 539, 177-183.
Chess, A.C. and Bucci, D.J. (2006) Increased levels of cerebral kynurenic acid alter stimulus processing and conditioned responding in rats. Behavioural Brain Research, 170, 326-332.
