Arizona Research Laboratories, Division of Neurobiology

Gould-Simpson 626
PO Box 210077
Tucson, AZ 85721
Phone: (520) 621-9720
E-mail: nighorn@neurobio.arizona.edu

EDUCATION:

Baylor College of Medicine, 1993 (Ph.D.)

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

Molecular Biology, Molecular Genetics, Neurobiology, Neuroscience

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

Boyle M, Nighorn A, Thomas JB. Drosophila Eph receptor guides specific axon branches of mushroom body neurons. Development. 133(9):1845-54, 2006.

Mammen A, Simpson PJ, Nighorn A, Imanishi Y, Palczewski K, Ronnett GV, Moon C. Hippocalcin in the olfactory epithelium: a mediator of second messenger signaling. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 322(4):1131-9, 2004.

Collmann C, Carlsson MA, Hansson BS, Nighorn A. Odorant-evoked nitric oxide signals in the antennal lobe of Manduca sexta. J Neurosci. 24(27):6070-7, 2004.

SPONSORED THROUGH MSRP:

Shahan Fernando (MSRP 2004): "Eph/Ephrin signalling in the development of insect ORNs."

Last updated: 6/16/2006