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Eric P. Wiertelak, DeWitt Wallace Professor of Psychology (B.A. University of Central Florida, 1989; M.A. University of Colorado Boulder, 1991; Ph.D. University of Colorado, Boulder, 1993.)
Eric Wiertelak is the director of Macalester's Cognitive and Neuroscience Studies major program. A past-president of Faculty for Undergraduate Neuroscience (the international organization devoted to neuroscience education and research at the undergraduate level), he is a behavioral neuroscientist and conducts behavioral and physiological research to investigate how environmental stressors and learning impact on neurophysiological response mechanisms, such as pain modulation. The current focus of his lab is the systematic investigation of the claimed psychoactive effects of natural remedies and aromatherapeutic agents. This work received funding from the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine at the National Institutes of Health. He teaches courses related to behavioral neuroscience, sensation, and principles of learning.
Selected publications include (undergraduate coauthors indicated by *):
Wiertelak, E.P. (2007). Toward a better neuroscience
tomorrow: Thoughts on the Society for Neuroscience and the undergraduate. Journal of Undergraduate Neuroscience Education, 5 (2), 15-16.
Hardwick, J.C., Kerchner, M., Lom, B., Ramirez, J.J. and
Wiertelak, E.P. (2006). Encouraging Innovation in Undergraduate Neuroscience Education by Supporting Student Research and Faculty Development. CBE Life Science Education (5), 86-90.
Wiertelak, E.P. (2003). Introductory neuroscience-- Courses
in an evolving concept, teaching that which is yet to be truly defined. Journal of Undergraduate Neuroscience Education, 1 (2), 2-3.
Wiertelak, E.P. (2002). And the winner is: Inviting Hollywood
into the neuroscience classroom. Journal of Undergraduate
Neuroscience Education, 1 (1), 4-17.
Wiertelak, E.P., Koski, D., Carriere, J.*, Stamschror, S.*, and
Robins, S.* (2002). Thalidomide blockade of lipopolysaccharide- and lithium chloride-induced hyperalgesias. Analgesia, 6, 11-18.
Wiertelak, E.P., Roemer, B.*, Maier, S.F., Watkins, L.R. (1997). Comparison of the effects of nucleus tractus solitarius and ventral medial medulla lesions on illness-induced and subcutaneous foralin-induced hyperalgesias. Brain Research , 748, 143-150.
Wiertelak, E.P., Smith K.P.*, Furness, L.*, Mooney-Heiberger, K.*, Mayr, T., Maier, S.F., and Watkins, L.R. (1994). Acute and conditioned hyperalgesic responses to illness. Pain, 56, 227-234.
Wiertelak, E.P., Maier, S.F., and Watkins, L.R. (1992). Cholecystokinin antianalgesia: Safety cues abolish morphine analgesia. Science, 256, 830-833
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