Affiliated with the Brain and Cognition Division

I currently work in Paul Gold's learning and memory laboratory as a postdoctoral research associate. As such, I have been working to establish molecular biology techniques as a means for studying learning and memory in aged and young adult rats.

Representative Publications:

• Countryman, R. A.; Kaban, N. L.; & Colombo, P. J. (in press). Hippocampal c-fos is necessary for long-term memory of a socially transmitted food preference. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory.
• Countryman, R.A.; Orlowski, J. D.; Brightwell, J. J.; Oskowitz, A. Z.; & Colombo, P.J.(2005). CREB phosphorylation and c-Fos expression in the hippocampus of rats during acquisition and recall of a socially transmitted food preference. Hippocampus, 15, 56-67.
• Brightwell, J. J.; Smith, C. A.; Countryman, R. A.; Neve, R. L.; & Colombo, P. J.(2005). Hippocampal overexpression of mutant CREB blocks long-term, but not short-term memory for a socially transmitted food preference. Learning and Memory. 12, 12-17.
• Colombo, P.J.; Brightwell, J.J.; & Countryman, R.A. (2003). Cognitive Strategy-Specific Increases in Phosphorylated cAMP Response Element-Binding Protein and c-Fos in the Hippocampus and Dorsal Striatum. Journal of Neuroscience, 23, 3547-3554.