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Education

• Ph.D.,ÌýUniversity of California, San Diego, 1981

Research Interests

• Neuroscience
• Development
• Aging

Research Description

My research interests are focused on the relationship between the structure and function of individual neurons in the mammalian brain, particularly during development and normal aging. In addition, my laboratory has investigated the effects of estrogen on learning and neuronal morphology in a rodent model, and we have examined the development of right/left differences in the hippocampal formation. I am currently re-activating my research program after serving as Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs (Â鶹ŮÀÉ) and Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences (University of New Mexico).

Recent Publications

• Rahimi, O. andÌý Ìý Claiborne, B.J. Ìý Ìý(2007). Morphological development and maturation of granule neuron dendrites in the rat dentate gyrus.Ìý Ìý Ìý163:167-181.
• Mescal, J.R., Kroes, R.A., Otto, N.J., Rahimi, O.ÌýandÌý Ìý Claiborne, B.J. (2006). Distinct patterns of gene expression in the left and right hippocampal formation of developing rats.Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý 16(8):629-634.
• Garza-Meilandt, A., Cantu, R.E. andÌýClaiborne, B.J Ìý Ìý Ìý . Ìý Ìý(2006). Estradiol's effects on learning and neuronal morphology vary with route of administration.Ìý Ìý Ìý120(4):905-916.
• O'Boyle, M.P., Do, V., Derrick, B.E. andÌýClaiborne B.J. (2004). In vivo recordings of long-term potentiation and long-term depression in the dentate gyrus of the neonatal rat.Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý 91(2):613-622.