Michael P. Jankowski, Ph.D.

Graduated: December, 2006

Mentor: Dr. Kathy Albers

Thesis: Neuron survival, axon growth and the transcription factor SRY-Box containing Gene 11 (SOX-11)

Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

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Prior Degree: MS University of Pittsburgh (2003)

Publications:

Pinto, A., Jankowski, M.P. and Sesack, S.R. Projections from the paraventricular nucleus of the thalamus to the rat prefrontal cortex and nucleus accumbens shell: Ultrastructural characteristics and spatial relatioships with dopamine afferents. J. Comp. Neurol. 459(2): 142-155, 2003.

Jankowski, M.P. and Sesack, S.R. Prefrontal cortical projections to the rat dorsal raphe nucleus: Ultrastructural features and associations with serotonin and gamma-amino butyric acid neurons. J. Comp. Neurol. 468: 518-29, 2004.

Jankowski, M.P. and Sesack, S.R. The dorsal raphe nucleus to prefrontal cortex projection in the rat contains a substantial population of GABA cells. Accepted: Neuroscience. (pending minor revisions), 2006.