Conference Abstracts:

• Denholtz LE, Likhtik E. Satellite oligodendrocyte lineage cell interactions with parvalbumin interneurons and perineuronal nets of the infralimbic cortex promote anxiolytic effects of safety learning. Society for Neuroscience Conference, Chicago, IL, USA, Oct 2024.

• Kolaric R, Denholtz LE, Likhtik E. Safety conditioning improves auditory discrimination relative to fear conditioning in female mice. Society for Neuroscience Conference, Chicago, IL, USA, Oct 2024.

• Denholtz LE, Likhtik E. Infralimbic Parvalbumin Interneuron Activity during Safety Learning Promotes Interactions between Satellite Oligodendrocytes and Perineuronal Nets. Gordon Research Conference (& Seminar), Ventura CA USA, March 2024.

• Maleeha N, Denholtz LE, Melendez-Vasquez CV, Likhtik E. Acute cuprizone demyelination increases anxiety and chronic demyelination impairs working memory. NEURON Conference, CT, USA April 2024.

• Denholtz LE, Kolaric R, Likhtik E. Explicit Safety Learning Engages Parvalbumin Interneurons and Neuro-Glial Interactions in the Infralimbic Cortex. Society for Neuroscience Meeting, Washington DC, USA, Nov 2023.

• Denholtz LE, Kolaric R, Likhtik E. Explicit Safety Learning Engages Parvalbumin Interneurons and Neuro-Glial Interactions in the Prefrontal Cortex. Society for Neuroscience, Washington DC, USA (Nov 2023). Pavlovian Society Annual Meeting, Austin TX, USA, Oct 2023.

• Denholtz LE, Liu J, Nahmoud I, Grunfeld IS, Casaccia P, Likhtik E. Safety learning mediated changes in myelination at the medial prefrontal cortex. Pavlovian Society Annual Meeting; 2022; Milwaukee, WI, USA.

• Maleeha N, Denholtz LE, Melendez-Vasquez CV, Likhtik E (Nov 20223). Cuprizone-Induced Demyelination Impairs Spatial Working Memory and Object Recognition Memory but not Differential Fear Learning in Mice. Abercams Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students, Anaheim CA, USA.

• Itamar S. Grunfeld, L Emma Denholtz, Sadiyah Hanif, Itzik Nahmoud, Siddhartha Datta, Sumantra Chattarji, Nesha S. Burghardt, Ekaterina Likhtik. Chronic Stress Disrupts Safety Learning and Theta-Based Circuit Communication. Celebrating Sciences: CUNY Graduate Center, Aug 2022.

• Grunfeld IS, Denholtz LE, Nahmoud I, Aubry AV, Hanif S, Datta S, Chattarji S, Burghardt N, Likhtik E (2021). Chronic Social Stress Leads to Over-Generalized Fear: A Role for Impaired Safety Learning and Disrupted Communication Between the Amygdala and Prefrontal Cortex. Society for Neuroscience Conference, Chicago IL, USA.

  • Also presented at the Pavlovian Society Annual Meeting, Ann Arbor MI, USA.

• Hanif S, Antonio A, Denholtz LE, Roberts M, Hoffmann C, Ravenelle B, Burghardt NS (2019). Does Associative Learning Contribute to Social Defeat Stress-Induced Avoidance Behavior? Abercams Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students, Anaheim CA, USA.

• Denholtz LE, Zholudeva LV, Tringali JM, Lane MA, Reier PJ (2017). Novel Transgenic Stem Cell Applications to Spinal Cord Repair. University of Florida Center for Respiratory Research and Rehabilitation Annual Retreat, Gainesville, FL, USA.

• Streeter KA, Patel SR, Denholtz LE, Posgai SS, Caballero A, Reier PJ, Baekey DM, Fuller DD (2016). Mid-Cervical Spinal Discharge Following Cervical Spinal Cord Injury. Experimental Biology Annual Conference, San Diego, California, USA.

• Caballero A, Schwanebeck KA, Sexton A, Patel S, Denholtz, LE, Posgai SS, De Guzman A, Samuel K, Zhu V, Denson HB, Streeter K, Baekey DM (2016). Juxtacellular Silver Labeling of Neuronal Recording Sites in the Spinal Respiratory Network. Florida Undergraduate Research Conference, Tampa, FL, USA.