Susan Larson
(Ph.D.,  McMaster University)

Department of Psychology
Concordia College

901 8th St. South
Moorhead, MN 56562

Phone: (218) 299-3252
Fax:     (218) 299-4308
E-mail: larson@cord.edu
Office:  Ivers 244B
 

Teaching Areas
Research Interests
Current Projects
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Teaching Areas

Physiological Psychology
Principles of Learning
Drugs and Behavior
Research Methods
General Psychology

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Research Interests

The behavioral effects of sickness
Psychoneuroimmunology
Environmental control of drug tolerance and drug taking

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Current Projects

Current research in my laboratory investigates various aspects of sickness behavior.  I am particularly interested in the effects of immune system activation on motivated behaviors and on learning and memory.  One current project investigates the effect of cytokines and sickness on food-motivated behavior using operant schedules.  Other work employs a mouse model of lupus to evaluate impairments in working memory in these mice, with a view to understanding if memory performance correlates with the progression of lupus. 

 

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Recent Publications

Mori, M. & Susan S.J. (2006). Using biographies to illustrate the intrapersonal and interpersonal dynamics of science.  Journal of Undergraduate Neuroscience Education, 5, A1-A5.

 

Larson, S. J. (2006).  Lipopolysaccharide and interleukin-1b decrease sucrose intake but do not affect place preference in rats.  Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior, 84, 429-435. 

 

Larson, S. J. & Dunn, A. J. (2005).  Behavioral mechanisms for defense against pathogens.  In Neuroimmune Biology: Vol 5: Natural Immunity, Editors: L Bertok & DA Chow, pp. 351-368.

 

Larson, S. J., Romanoff, R. L., Dunn, A. J. & Glowa, J. R. (2002).  Effects of interleukin-1β on food-maintained behavior in the mouse.  Brain, Behavior and Immunity, 16, 398-410. 

 

Larson, S. J. & Dunn, A. J. (2001).  Behavioral effects of cytokines.  Brain, Behavior and Immunity, 15, 371-387.

Recent Presentations

Hartle, K.D., Ivanco, T.L. & Larson, S.J. (May, 2006).  Acute administration of interleukin-1ß disrupts non-hippocampal learning.  Poster presented at International Behavioral Neuroscience Society 15th Annual Meeting, Whistler, BC. 

 

Larson, S.J., Hartle, K.D. & Ivanco, T.L. (February, 2006) You cannot expect me to learn that – I’m sick.  Presented by TLI at the 18th Annual Spring Conference on Behaviour and Brain., Fernie, BC 

 

Larson, S.J. & Mori, M.M. (November, 2005).  Using biographies to teach about women in science.  Poster presented at Society for Neuroscience 35th Annual Meeting.  Washington, D.C.

 

Larson, S. J. & Fystrom, A. (June, 2003).  The effect of lipopolysaccharide on schedule-controlled behavior in rats:  Assessments of motivational and environmental mediators of immune-induced behavior change. Poster presented at Psychoneuroimmunology Research Society Annual Meeting, Amelia Island, FL. 

 

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