Dr. Alexander Lynn Beckman's Presentations
Seminars, Papers/Posters, and Invited Lectures:
"Behavioral and Physiological Thermoregulatory Responses Following Stimulation of the Preoptic and Anterior Hypothalamus." Philadelphia Physiological Society, 1969 (Seminar).
"Activation of Thermoregulatory Responses by Intrahypothalamic Chemical Stimulation in the Rat." University of California, Irvine, 1969 (Seminar).
"Hypothalamic Mechanisms of Body Temperature Control in the Rat." Princeton University, 1969 (Seminar).
"Effect of Preoptic and Anterior Hypothalamic Microinjections of Norepinephrine on Thermoregulatory Responses in the Rat." Annual Meeting of the Psychonomics Society, 1969 (Paper).
"Responses of Hypothalamic Temperature-Sensitive Cells to Biogenic Compounds." University of Oregon, 1970 (Seminar).
"Effects of Biogenic Compounds on Hypothalamic Thermosensitive Cells and Thermoregulatory Responses." Duke University, 1970 (Seminar).
"Responsiveness of Temperature-Sensitive Hypothalamic Neurons to Microelectrophoretically Applied Amines in Rats and Cats." Annual Meeting of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, 1970 (Paper).
"Neuronal Substrates of Hypothalamic Control of Body Temperature: Neurochemical Mediation." University of California, Santa Barbara, 1970 (Seminar).
"Arousal from Hibernation and Changes in Body Temperature Following Intrahypothalamic Chemical Stimulation in Citellus lateralis." Hibernation-Hypothermia IV Symposium, 1971 (Paper).
"Effects of Intracerebral Injection of Biogenic Amines on Hibernation and Thermoregulation in the Ground Squirrel." XXV International Congress of Physiological Sciences, 1971 (Paper).
"Responsiveness of Rat Hypothalamic Thermosensitive and Non-Thermosensitive Neurons to Iontophoretically Applied Sodium Salicylate." Sixth International Biometeorological Congress, 1972 (Paper).
"Responsiveness of Rat Hypothalamic Thermosensitive and Non-Thermosensitive Neurons to Iontophoretically Applied Sodium Salicylate." Fifth International Congress on Pharmacology, 1972 (Paper).
"CNS Control of Body Temperature in Hibernators." University of Pennsylvania, 1973 (Seminar).
"Function of Neurochemical Systems in the CNS." Department of Anatomy, University of Pennsylvania, 1973 (Lecture).
"Hypothalamic Regulation of Hunger, Thirst, and Temperature." Department of Neurology, University of Pennsylvania, 1973 (Lecture).
"Thermal Responses and Arousal from Hibernation Following Midbrain Chemical Stimulation in Citellus lateralis." Annual Meeting of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, 1974 (Paper).
"Neurochemical Systems of the Brain." Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, 1974 (Lecture).
"Thermoregulatory Responses Following Brainstem Neurochemical Stimulation During Hibernation and Euthermia in Citellus lateralis." University of Pennsylvania, 1974 (Seminar).
"Activation of Thermal Responses Following Brainstem Chemical Stimulation in Hibernators." Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, Warsaw, Poland, 1974 (Seminar).
"Thermal Responses During Hibernation Following Brainstem Microinjections of Acetylcholine in Citellus lateralis." XXVI International Congress of Physiological Sciences. Jerusalem Satellite Symposium on Temperature Regulation, 1974 (Paper).
"The Hypothalamus." Department of Neurology, University of Pennsylvania, 1974 (Lecture).
"The Limbic System." Department of Anatomy, University of Pennsylvania, 1974 (Lecture).
Properties of the Brainstem Triggering Mechanism for Arousal from Hibernation." University of Pennsylvania, 1975 (Seminar).
"Properties of the Brainstem Triggering Mechanism for Arousal from Hibernation." Yale University, John B. Pierce Foundation Laboratory, 1975 (Seminar).
"Limbic System Control of Cardiovascular and Endocrine Function." Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, 1975 (Lecture).
"CNS Control of Body Temperature in Hibernators." Hahnemann Medical College, 1976 (Seminar).
"Temperature Regulation and Brainstem Mechanisms at Low Body Temperature." Alfred I. duPont Institute, 1977 (Seminar).
"Role of Hypothalamic and Midbrain Mechanisms in Controlling the Hibernation Bout." Temple University, 1977 (Seminar).
"Hypothalamic and Midbrain Mechanisms for Arousal from Hibernation." University of Calgary, 1977 (Seminar).
"Preliminary Observations of Hypothalamic Single Unit Activity in Arousing and Unanesthetized Euthermic Ground Squirrels." Fifth International Symposium, Strategies in Cold: Natural Torpidity and Thermogenesis, 1977 (Paper).
"Hypothalamic and Midbrain Mechanisms for Arousal from Hibernation." University of Delaware, 1978 (Seminar).
CNS Function During Hibernation." Symposium on the Neural Basis of Behavior, Alfred I. duPont Institute, 1979 (Paper).
"Responses of Hypothalamic Thermosensitive Neurons to Iontophoretically Applied Biogenic Amines in Rats and Ground Squirrels." Fourth International Symposium on the Pharmacology of Thermoregulation, 1979 (Paper).
"Comparison of Morphine Abstinence Syndrome in Awake and Hibernating Ground Squirrels." Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, 1979 (Paper).
"Temperature Regulation." Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, 1980 (Lecture).
"Hibernation." Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, 1980 (Lecture).
"Failure of Morphine to Produce Physical Dependence Following Central Administration During Hibernation." Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, 1980 (Paper).
"The Neural Basis of CNS Regulatory Mechanisms." Alfred I. dePont Institute, 1981 (Seminar).
"Temperature Regulation." Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, 1981 (Lecture).
"Hibernation." Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, 1981 (Lecture).
"Lack of Opioid Dependence in Depressed CNS." Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, 1981 (Seminar).
"CNS Thermoregulatory Network: Interactions and Comparisons." Symposium on Interactions Between Opioid Peptides and Other Systems in the Brain; Joint Meeting of the American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics and the Society for Toxicology, 1982 (Paper).
"Effects of Iontophoretically Applied Met- and Leu-Enkephalin on Hypothalamic Thermosensitive Neurons in Rats." Annual Fall Meeting, American Physiological Society, 1982 (Paper).
"Modulation of Opioid Physical Dependence During the Hibernation Cycle." Delaware Chapter of the Society for Neuroscience, 1983 (Seminar).
"Modulation of Opioid Physical Dependence During the Hibernation Cycle." Symposium on Mechanisms of Drugs/Dependence, 13th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, 1983 (Paper).
"Temperature Regulation." Department of Pharmacology, Temple University, 1984 (Lecture).
"How is Physical Dependence to Morphine Altered by the Hibernating Brain." University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Graduate Group in Pharmacological Sciences, 1985 (Seminar).
"Hibernation Bout Duration is Reduced by Infusion of Met-Enkephalin into the Lateral Cerebral Ventricle of the Ground Squirrel." Annual Meeting of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, 1985 (Poster).
"Functional Aspects of Brain Opioid Peptide Systems in Mammalian Hibernation." Department of Zoology, University of Alberta, 1985 (Seminar).
"Functional Aspects of Brain Opioid Peptide Systems in Mammalian Hibernation." Division of Neurosciences, Beckman Research Institute of the City of Hope, 1985 (Seminar).
"Functional Aspects of Brain Opioid Peptide Systems in Hibernation." International Symposium on Living in the Cold, 1985 (Paper).
"Strategies and Pitfalls of Studying Drug Action in the CNS." Department of Pharmacology, Temple University, 1985 (Lecture).
"Physical Dependence and the Depressed Brain." Department of Psychology, California State University, Long Beach, 1986 (Seminar).
"Aspects of CNS Function During Hibernation." Department of Medicine, Cardiovascular-Pulmonary Division, University of Pennsylvania, 1986 (Seminar).
"Thermoregulation: An Overview." Joint meeting of the American Physiological Society and the American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, 1988 (Paper).
"Functional Aspects of Brain Opioid Peptide Systems During the Hibernation State." Department of Pharmacology, University of California, Los Angeles, 1989 (Seminar).
"Functional Aspects of Brain Opioid Peptide Systems in Hibernation." Department of Anatomy and Physiology, California State University, Long Beach, 1989 (Seminar).
"Morphine Physical Dependence During Hypothermia in the Ground Squirrel, (Citellus lateralis)." Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, 1989 (Poster).
"CNS Mechanisms Underlying Development of Morphine Dependence Remain Functional During CNS Depression Induced by Anesthesia in Rat and Ground Squirrel." Annual Fall Meeting of the American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, 1991 (Poster).
"Development of Tolerance to Morphine Analgesia During the Nonhibernating State in Ground Squirrels (Citellus lateralis)." Annual Meeting of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, 1992 (Poster).
"b-Endorphin Action During Hibernation: Dose-dependent Reduction of Bout Length Produced by Intracerebroventricular Infusion in Citellus lateralis." 9th International Hibernation Symposium, 1993 (Poster).
"Hibernation-related Regional Changes in Brain mu, delta, and kappa Opioid Receptor Binding." Annual Meeting of the College on Problems of Drug Dependence, 1995 (Poster).