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             Ilsun M. White, PhD
Associate Professor of Psychology                                       

Contact 
Address: 601 Ginger Hall, Morehead State university, Morehead, KY 40351
Phone:  606-783-2991;   Lab:  606-783-2407;   E-mail:  i.white@morehead-st.edu

Education and Qualifications 
1976     B.S., Korea University
1981     M.A., Korea University
1985     M.A., Western Michigan University
1992     Ph.D., Indiana University
Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Psychology, Indiana University 

Intramural Research Fellow, National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), National Institute of Health (NIH)
Senior Scientist, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, Switzerland

Research Interests
The prefrontal-basal ganglia system in higher-order learning 
Involvement of limbic structures in hyperactive behavior

Dopamine modulation on learned and spontaneous behavior

Long-term effects of psychostimulants on social interaction and learning

Selected Publications 

White, I.M. & Hagiwara, N. (submitted). Deactivation of the shell and the core of the accumbens produces comparable impairment in visuospatial discrimination in rats: Distinctive role of D1 receptors within the shell. 

Odell, J.R., Minamoto, T., & White, I.M. (submitted). Acute and chronic effects of methamphetamine and PCP on social interaction in rats. 

White, I.M. & Whitaker, C. (submitted). Amphetamine-induced hyperlocomotion in rats: Modulation by the ventral hippocampus. Synapse.  

White, W. & White, I.M. (in press). An activity indicator of acute withdrawal depends on amphetamine dose in rats. Physiology and Behavior.  

White, W., Feldon, J., & White, I.M. (2004). Development of acute withdrawal during periodic administration of amphetamine in rats. Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior. Pharmacol Biochem Behav. 79:55-63.

Salarzar R.F., White, W., Feldon, J., & White, I.M. (2004).  NMDA lesions in the medial prefrontal cortex impair the ability to inhibit responses during reversal of a simple spatial discrimination. Behavioral Brain Research, 152:413-24.

Lacroix, L., White, I.M., & Feldon, J. (2002).  Effect of excitotoxic lesion of rat medial prefrontal cortex on spatial memory. Behavioral Brain Research, 133:69-81. 

Chen, N-H., White, I.M., & Wise, S.P. (2001). Neuronal activity in dorsomedial prefrontal cortex and prefrontal cortex reflecting in location of conditional visual instructions in monkeys.  Experimental Brain Research, 139:116-119.

Bast, T., Zhang, W., Feldon, J., & White, I.M. (2000). MK801-induced disruption of prepulse inhibition and the effect of pretreatment with haloperidol or clozapine: re-examination in two strains of rats.  Pharmacology, Biochemistry, Behavior, 67:1-12.

White, W., Feldon, J., Heidbreder, C.A., & White, I.M., (2000). Effects of administering cocaine at the same versus varying times of day on circadian activity patterns and sensitization in rats. Behavioral Neuroscience, 114:972-982.

White, I.M. & Wise, S.P. (1999).  Rule-dependent neuronal activity in the prefrontal cortex. Experimental Brain Research, 126:315-335.

White, I.M., Doubles, L., & Rebec, G.V. (1998).  Cocaine-induced activation of striatal neurons during focused stererotypy in rats.  Brain Research, 810:146-152.

Rebec, G.V., White, I.M., & Puotz, J.K. (1997).  Response of striatal neurons during amphetamine-induced focused stereotypy.  Psychopharmacology, 130:343-351.

Trytek, E.S., White, I.M., Schroeder, D.M., Heidenreich, B.A., & Rebec, G.V. (1996).  Localization of motor- and nonmotor-related neurons within the matrix-striosome organization of rat striatum. Brain Research, 707:221-227.

White, I.M. & Rebec, G.V. (1995).  A lever-release version of the conditioned avoidance response (CAR) paradigm for assessing the neuronal mechanisms of action of anitpsychotic drugs.  Neuroscience Protocols, 95:1-15.

White, I.M., Flory, G.S., Hooper, K.C, Speciale, J., Banks, D.A., & Rebec, G.V. (1995).  Phencyclidine-induced excitation of striatal neurons in behaving rats: reversal by haloperidol and clozapine. Journal of Neural Transmission, 102:99-112.  

White, I.M., Christensen, J.R., Flory, G.S., Miller, D.W., & Rebec, G.V. (1995).  Amphetamine, cocaine, and dizocipline enhance performance on a lever-release, conditioned avoidance response task in rats. Psychopharmacology, 118: 324-331.  

White, I.M. & Rebec, G.V. (1994).  Performance on a lever-release, conditioned avoidance response task involves both D1 and D2   

            dopamine receptors. European Journal of Pharmacology, 253:167-169.  

White, I.M., Miller, D.P., White, W., Dike, G., Rebec, G.V. & Steinmetz, J.E.  (1994).  Neuronal activity in rabbit neostriatum during 

            classical eyelid conditioning. Experimental Brain Research, 99:179-190.  

White, I.M. & Rebec, G.V. (1993).  Responses of rats striatal neurons during performance of a lever-release version of the conditioned avoidance response task. Brain Research, 616:71-82.  

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Grants
National Institute of Health (NIH),  Co-PI, with Dr. Timothy Moran (PI: Johns Hopkins University); 7/1/05-6/31/10
National Institute of Health (NIH), MH067606-01; Principal Investigator,   $112,200;  4/1/03-3/31/06
Kentucky Academy of Science; Principal Investigator,  $10,000;  1/1/03-2/29/04 Kentucky Biomedical Research Infrastructure Network (KBRIN),  Principal Investigator,  $104,100;  1/1/03-6/31/04
NSF Kentucky EPSCoR, EPS-0132295; Principal Investigator,   $25,000;  4/1/02-3/31/04

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