Psychology Department Gill, Maggie

Maggie Gill

Advisor: Dr. Mary Cain

Description of Research

My primary research interest focuses on how environmental factors influence drug abuse and relapse. Specifically, I am interested in determining how environmental factors influence neural mechanisms in the brain, and in turn, how these neural changes influence one’s susceptibility to future drug abuse and relapse. In addition to the influence of environmental factors I am also interested in individual differences using a sensation seeking model, and how these individual differences influence susceptibility to drug abuse.

Representative Publications

Cain, M.E., Coolon, R.A., & Gill, M.J. (2009) The contribution of the central nucleus of the amygdala to individual differences in amphetamine-induced hyperactivity. Behavioural Brain Research, 202(1), 11-8.

Gill, M.J. and Cain, M.E. (under review, 2010) Effects of satiety on sucrose-reinforced responding in rats raised in enrichment.

Gill, M.J. and Cain, M.E. (in preparation, 2009) Effects of differential rearing on amphetamine-induced c-fos expression in rats.

Gill, M.J., Velazquez, F.J., Bowen, K.R., and Cain, M.E. (in preparation, 2009) Dose dependent effects of d-cycloserine on operant responding

Gill, M.J., Bowen, K.R., Saucier, D., Cain, M.E. (in preparation, 2009) Effects of Differential Rearing and Psychostimulants on Psychostimulant-induced Hyperactivity: A Meta-Analysis

Representative Presentations

Gill, M.J., Eck, M., Reinhardt, E., Coolon, R.A., & Cain, M.E. Inactivation of the amygdala influences amphetamine-induced and conditioned hyperactivity in high and low responder rats. Society for Neuroscience, Annual Meeting October 2009, Chicago, IL.

Bowen, K.R., Velazquez, F.J., Gill, M.J., & Cain, M.E. The effects of d-cycloserine in sucrose-maintained high and low responder rats. Society for Neuroscience, Annual Meeting October 2009, Chicago, IL.

Gill, M.J., & Cain, M.E. Effects of differential rearing on amphetamine-induced c-fos expression in the basolateral amygdala and nucleus accumbens. Winter Conference on the Brain, Annual Meeting January 2009, Copper Mountain, CO.

Gill, M.J., **Guttierez, M.M., & Cain, M.E. Effects of differential rearing on amphetamine-induced c-fos expression in the amygdala. Society for Neuroscience, Annual Meeting November 2008, Washington D.C.

Cain, M.E., Gill, M.J., & Coolon, R.A. (Nov,2008). The role of the central nucleu of the amygdala in individual differences in amphetamine-induced sensitization and reinstatement. Society for Neuroscience, Annual Meeting November 2008, Washington, D.C.

Cooper-Synder, J., Gill, M.J., & Cain, M.E. (2008). Effects of differential rearing on amphetamine-induced c-fos expression in the nucleus accumbens. Merck Merial NIH Veterinary Scholars Symposium, Michigan State University College of Veterinary Medicine.

Gill, M.J., Coolon, R.A., and Cain, M.E. Effect of amygdala inactivation on conditioned hyperactivity and sensitization in high responder and low responder rats. Conference on Problems of Drug Dependence, Annual Meeting June, 2008, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Steiner, A.P., Gill, M.J., Ha, R.A., & Cain, M.E. (2007). Dose dependent effects of d-cycloserine on operant responding. Midwestern Psychological Association, Annual Meeting May 2007, Chicago, IL.

Neises, A.M., Pittenger, S.T., Gill, M.J., and Cain, M.E. Effects of Environmental Enrichment on Amphetamine Induced Hyperactivity. Midwestern Psychological Association, Annual Meeting May 2006, Chicago, IL.

Gill, M.J., Zucchero, T.M., Cooper, M.E., Marazita, M.L., and Murray, J.C. Association of genotypes and phenotypes in Van der Woude syndrome. National Conference on Undergraduate Research, Annual Meeting April 2005, Lexington, VA.

Gill, M.J., Zucchero, T.M., and Murray, J.C. Association of common variation in IRF6 with Van der Woude syndrome. National Conference on Undergraduate Research, Annual Meeting April 2004, Indianapolis, IN.