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Curriculum Vitae

Byron A. Heidenreich, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology
Illinois State University
Campus Box 4620
Normal, IL 61790-4620
309-438-7106
FAX: 309-438-5789
baheide@ilstu.edu

Current Position:

Assistant Professor
Departments of Psychology and Biological Sciences
Illinois State University

Previous Positions:

2000-2001

Research Assistant Professor
Department of Pharmacology, Loyola University Chicago

1996-2000

Post-doctoral Research Associate in the Neuro-pharmacology Laboratory of Herbert K. Proudfit, Ph.D.
University of Illinois at Chicago

1992-1995

Post-doctoral Research Associate in the Neuro-pharmacology Laboratory of T. Celeste Napier, Ph.D.,
Loyola University Chicago

Education:

1983-1992

Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, (A.P.A. Approved)
Minor in Physiological Psychology
Indiana University at Bloomington
Dissertation: Investigations into the Effects of Repeated Amphetamine Administration and Crus Cerebri Lesions on the Electrophysiology of Midbrain Dopamine Neurons in the Rat.

1988-1989

Internship in Clinical Psychology, (A.P.A. Approved)
Psychology Service
Hines V. A. Hospital, Hines, IL

1979-1983

B.S. in Psychology
Minor in Philosophy
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Awards and Fellowships:

2002

New Faculty Initiative Grant: “Influence of Serotonin on Basal Forebrain Neuronal Activity”
Illinois State University

1994

Young Investigator Award
Third IUPHAR Satellite Meeting on Serotonin

1993

Young Investigator Award
Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Diseases: Recent Developments
Third International conference

Professional Affiliations and Activities:

  • Society for Neuroscience
  • American Psychological Association
  • American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
  • American Association for the Advancement of Science
  • New York Academy of Sciences
  • International Association for the Study of Pain
  • Serotonin Club
  • Ad hoc reviewer, European Journal of Pharmacology

Teaching Experience

2001-present

Assistant Professor
Department of Psychology, Illinois State University:
General Psychology, Physiological Psychology, Brain and Behavior Relationships, Behavioral Psychopharmacology

2001

Guest Lecturer
Department of Pharmacology, Loyola University Chicago:
Receptor and Molecular Pharmacology

2000

Instructor
Department of Psychology, Finch University of Health Sciences – The Chicago Medical School:
Clinical Psychopharmacology

1997-2000

Guest Lecturer
Department of Pharmacology, University of Illinois at Chicago:
Neuropharmacology, Dental Pharmacology

1992-1995

Guest Lecturer
Department of Pharmacology, Loyola University Chicago:
Applied Principles of Pharmacology

1987-1988

Graduate Teaching Assistant
Indiana University:
Abnormal Psychology, Physiological Psychology, Laboratory in Physiological Psychology

1987

Associate Instructor
Indiana University:
Laboratory in Physiological Psychology

1984-1986

Graduate Teaching Assistant
Indiana University:
Introductory Psychology I, II, Psychology of Motivation, Physiological Psychology, Laboratory in Physiological Psychology

Invited Presentations

Department of Psychology, Illinois State University, Normal, IL, 2/21/01.

Department of Psychology, University of Texas, Arlington, TX, 2/6/01.

Department of Psychology, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, 4/10/00.

Northwest Center for Medical Education, Indiana University School of Medicine, Gary, IN, 2/25/00.

Clinical Experience

1988-1989

Internship in Clinical Psychology
Hines V. A. Hospital
Rotations in:
1) Inpatient Psychiatry,
2) Alcohol and Substance Abuse Treatment,
3) Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation,
4) Clinical Neuropsychology

1985-1988

Practica in Clinical Psychology,
Psychological Clinic, Indiana University:
Individual Adult Assessment and Treatment,
Child and Family Therapy,
Developmentally Disabled Children

Publications in Peer-reviewed Journals

Muma, N. A., Lee, J. M., Gorman, L., Heidenreich, B. A., Mitrovic, I., and Napier, T. C. (2001). 6-Hydroxydopamine-induced lesions of dopaminergic neurons alter the function of post-synaptic cholinergic neurons without changing cytoskeletal proteins. Experimental Neurology168:135-143.


Heidenreich, B. A. and Napier, T. C. (2000). Effects of serotonergic 5-HT1A and 5-HT1B ligands on ventral pallidal neuronal activity. NeuroReport11:2849-2853.


Heidenreich, B. A., and Rebec, G. V. (2000). Effects of crus cerebri lesions and repeated amphetamine treatment on the activity of nigral dopaminergic neurons. Synapse38:80-86.


Nuseir, K., Heidenreich, B. A., and Proudfit, H. K. (1999). The antinociception produced by microinjection of a cholinergic agonist in the ventromedial medulla is mediated by noradrenergic neurons in the A7 catecholamine cell group. Brain Research822:1-7.


Trytek, E. S., White, I. M., Schroeder, D. M., Heidenreich, B. A., and Rebec, G. V. (1996). Localization of motor- and nonmotor-related neurons within the matrix-striosome organization of rat striatum. Brain Research707:221-227.


Heidenreich, B. A., Mailman, R. B., Nichols, D. E., and Napier, T. C. (1995). Partial and full dopamine D1 agonists produce comparable increases in ventral pallidal neuronal activity: Contribution of endogenous dopamine. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics273:516-525.


Heidenreich, B. A., Trytek, E. S., Schroeder, D. M., Sengelaub, D. R., and Rebec, G. V. (1994). A methodology for determining the patch-matrix compartmental location of extracellular single-unit recordings in the striatum of freely moving rats. Journal of Neuroscience Methods52:169-174.


Rebec, G. V., Langley, P. E., Pierce, R. C., Wang, Z., and Heidenreich, B. A. (1993). A simple micromanipulator for multiple uses in freely moving rats: Electrophysiology, voltammetry, and simultaneous intracerebral infusions. Journal of Neuroscience Methods47:53-59.


Heidenreich, B. A., and Rebec, G. V. (1989). Serotonergic dorsal raphe neurons: Changes in spontaneous neuronal activity and responsiveness to 5-MeODMT following long-term amphetamine administration. Neuroscience Letters103:81-86


Heidenreich, B. A., Basse-Tomusk, A. E., and Rebec, G. V. (1987). Serotonergic dorsal raphe neurons: Subsensitivity to amphetamine with long-term treatment. Neuropharmacology26:719-724.


Manuscript Submitted

Heidenreich, B. A., Mitrovic, I. Battaglia, G. and Napier, T. C. Limbic pallidal adaptations following long-term cessation of dopaminergic transmission: I. Lack of upregulation of dopamine receptor function.


Published Abstracts (from a total of 25)


Heidenreich, B. A., Kindel, G. H., Garcia, F., D’Souza, D., Damjanoska, K. J., Zhang, Y., Van de Kar, L. D., and Muma, N. A. (2001). Time-course of the desensitization of neuroendocrine responses to repeated administration of the 5-HT2A agonist (-)DOI. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 27.


Heidenreich, B. A., and Proudfit, H. K. (1999). Role of intracellular calcium in the antinociception and altered dendritic morphology produced by microinjecting substance P near the A7 catecholamine cell group. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts25:1676.


Heidenreich, B. A., and Proudfit, H. K. (1998). Electrophysiological characterization of neurons in the A7 catecholamine cell group and surrounding dorsolateral pontine tegmentum (DLPT). Society for Neuroscience Abstracts24:1134.


Heidenreich, B. A., Nuseir K., and Proudfit, H. K. (1997). Effects of pH on the structural changes and antinociception produced by microinjecting substance P near the tyrosine hydroxylase immunoreactive dendrites of the A7 catecholamine cell group. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts23:156.


Heidenreich, B. A., Nuseir K., and Proudfit, H. K. (1996). Antinociception produced by microinjecting substance P near the A7 catecholamine cell group may be reduced by structural changes in tyrosine hydroxylase immunoreactive dendrites. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts22:868.

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