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Smith, David M.
Assistant Professor
Positions
- Assistant Professor, Psychology (PSYCH), College of Arts and Sciences
David M. Smith is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at Cornell University. He received his PhD in Psychology from The University of Illinois in 2001 under Michael Gabriel, and conducted postdoctoral research at the University of Washington with Sheri Mizumori. David is the head of The Laboratory of Neurobiology of Learning and Memory.
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Research
research overview
- My research is focused on a neural systems level analysis of learning and memory processes in rodents. We record the activity of many individual neurons in behaving rats while they learn. This allows us to track the changes in neuronal responses that are associated with the acquisition of learned information. We also use pharmacological agents to temporarily inactivate discrete brain regions while recording neuronal responses in anatomically connected brain regions. This allows us to determine how the loss of that brain region impacts the rat’s ability to learn and how the loss of one part of a neural circuit can affect processing in other parts of the circuit.
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- CHOLINERGIC AND NORADRENERGIC INPUTS TO EARLY OLFACTORY PROCESSING awarded by NATL INST OF DEAFNESS & OTHER COMM DISORDER, NIH 2009 - 2012
- NEUROMODULATORY REGULATION OF EARLY OLFACTORY PROCESSING awarded by NATL INST OF HEALTH DHHS 2011 - 2014
Publications
individual publications
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academic article
- The anterior thalamus is critical for overcoming interference in a context-dependent odor discrimination task. Behavioral Neuroscience. 126:710-719. 2012
- Complimentary roles of the hippocampus and retrosplenial cortex in behavioral context discrimination. Hippocampus. 22:1121-1133. 2012
- Hippocampal context processing is critical for interference free recall of odor memories in rats. Hippocampus. 22:906-913. 2012
- Associative learning in the dengue vector mosquito, Aedes aegypti: Avoidance of a previously attractive odor or surface color that is paired with an aversive stimulus. . Journal of Experimental Biology. 216:218-223. 2012
- Hippocampal episode fields develop with learning. Hippocampus. 21:1240-1249. 2011
- Hippocampal place cells, context, and episodic memory. Hippocampus. 16:716-729. 2006
- Learning-Related Development of Context-Specific Neuronal Responses to Places and Events: The Hippocampal Role in Context Processing. Journal of Neuroscience. 26:3154-3163. 2006
- Fornix Lesions Impair Context-Related Cingulothalamic Neuronal Patterns and Concurrent Discrimination Learning in Rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus). Behavioral Neuroscience. 118:1225-1239. 2004
- Firing properties of dopamine neurons in freely moving dopamine-deficient mice: Effects of dopamine receptor activation and anesthesia. Proceedings at the National Academy of Science USA. 101:13329-13334. 2004
- Limbic Thalamic Lesions, Appetitively Motivated Discrimination Learning, and Training-Induced Neuronal Activity in Rabbits. Journal of Neuroscience. 22:8212-8221. 2002
- Lesions in the Central Nucleus of the Amygdala: Discriminative Avoidance Learning, Discriminative Approach Learning, and Cingulothalamic Training-Induced Neuronal Activity. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory. 76:403-425. 2001
- Medial Geniculate, Amygdalar and Cingulate Cortical Training-Induced Neuronal Activity during Discriminative Avoidance Learning in Rabbits with Auditory Cortical Lesions. Journal of Neuroscience. 21:3271-3281. 2001
- Chromosomal regions associated with barley yellow dwarf virus resistance in oat. Euphytica. 114:67-76. 2000
- Aphid transmission of barley yellow dwarf virus: Acquisition feeding periods and virus concentration requirements. Phytopathology. 81:539-545. 1991
- Standardized Procedure for Measuring Foaming Properties of Three Proteins, A Collaborative Study. Journal of Food Science. 55. 1990
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chapter
- The Hippocampus, Context Processing and Episodic Memory. Handbook of episodic memory. Amsterdam/Boston: Elsevier. 465-484. 2008
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conference paper
- Insecticidal control of cereal aphids and its impact on the epidemiology of barley yellow dwarf luteoviruses. 6th International Plant Virus Epidemiology Symposium. 1995
selected publications listing
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- Smith, D. M. and Mizumori, S. J. Y. (in press). Hippocampal Place Cells, Context and Episodic Memory. Hippocampus. download
- Smith, D. M. and Mizumori, S. J. Y. (2006). Context Specific Neuronal Response Patterns and the Role of the Hippocampus in the Encoding of Learning Contexts. Journal of Neuroscience. 26(12):3154-3163. download
- Smith D. M., Wakeman D., Patel J., Gabriel M. (2004). Fornix Lesions Impair Context-Related Cingulothalamic Neuronal Patterns and Concurrent Discrimination Learning. Behavioral Neuroscience. 118:1225-1239. download
- Robinson, S., Smith, D. M., Mizumori, S. J. Y., and Palmiter, R.D. (2004). Firing Properties of Dopamine Neurons in Freely-Moving Dopamine-Deficient Mice: Effects of Dopamine Receptor Activation and Anesthesia. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, United States of America. 101(36):13329-13334. download
- Smith, D. M., Freeman, J. H., Jr., Nicholson, D., and Gabriel, M. (2002). Limbic Thalamic Lesions, Appetitively Motivated Discrimination Learning And Learning-Related Neuronal Activity In Rabbits. Journal of Neuroscience. 22(18):8212-21. download
- Smith, D. M., Monteverde, J., Schwartz, E., Freeman, J. H., Jr., and Gabriel, M. (2001) Lesions in the Central Nucleus of the Amygdala: Effects on Discriminative Avoidance Learning, Discriminative Approach Learning and Cingulothalamic Training-induced Neuronal Activity. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory. 76:403-425. download
- Duvel, A., Smith, D. M., Talk, A., and Gabriel, M. (2001) Medial Geniculate, Amygdalar and Cingulate Cortical Training-induced Neuronal Activity During Discriminative Avoidance Learning in Rabbits with Auditory Cortical Lesions. Journal of Neuroscience. 21(9):3271-81. download
- Smith, D. M. and Mizumori, S. J. Y. (in press). Hippocampal Place Cells, Context and Episodic Memory. Hippocampus. download
Teaching
teaching overview
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- Introduction to Biological Psychology | Psychology 223
teaching activities
- PSYCH-4230: Navigation, Memory, and Context: What Does the Hippocampus Do? - Spring 2013
- PSYCH-4700: Undergraduate Research in Psychology - Spring 2013
- PSYCH-4710: Advanced Undergraduate Research in Psychology - Spring 2013
- PSYCH-6230: Navigation, Memory, and Context: What Does the Hippocampus Do? - Spring 2013
- PSYCH-6271: Topics in Biopsychology - Spring 2013
- PSYCH-2230: Introduction to Biopsychology - Fall 2012
- PSYCH-4700: Undergraduate Research in Psychology - Fall 2012
- PSYCH-4710: Advanced Undergraduate Research in Psychology - Fall 2012
- PSYCH-6271: Topics in Biopsychology - Fall 2012
- PSYCH-4200: Advanced Neurobiology Learning and Memory - Spring 2012
- PSYCH-4700: Undergraduate Research in Psychology - Spring 2012
- PSYCH-4710: Advanced Undergraduate Research in Psychology - Spring 2012
- PSYCH-6200: Advanced Neurobiology Learning and Memory - Spring 2012
- PSYCH-6271: Topics in Biopsychology - Spring 2012
- PSYCH-2230: Introduction to Biopsychology - Fall 2011
- PSYCH-4700: Undergraduate Research in Psychology - Fall 2011
- PSYCH-4710: Advanced Undergraduate Research in Psychology - Fall 2011
- PSYCH-6271: Topics In Biopsychology - Fall 2011
Background
education and training
- Postdoctoral Training, University of Washington 2001 - 2006
- Ph.D. in Neuroscience, University of Illinois 1995 - 2001
- B.S. in Psychology, Purdue University 1990 - 1995