Selected Publications from the Laboratory of Quantitative Neuromorphology

 

Travis, K.,Ford, K., & Jacobs, B. (2005). Regional dendritic variation in neonatal human cortex: A quantitative Golgi study. Developmental Neuroscience, 27, 277-287. Abstract pdf

Jacobs, B. Creswell, J., Britt. J.P., Ford, K.L., Bogen J.E., & Zaidel, E. (2003). Quantitative analysis of cortical pyramidal neurons following corpus callosotomy. Annals of Neurology, 54, 126-130. Abstract pdf

Jacobs, B., & Scheibel, A.B. (2002). Regional dendritic variation in primate cortical pyramidal cells. In A. Schüz & R. Miller, Cortical areas: Unity and diversity (Conceptual advances in brain research series; pp. 111-131). London: Taylor & Francis. Abstract

Jacobs, B., Schall, M., Prather, M., Kapler, L., Driscoll, L., Baca, S., Jacobs, J., Ford, K., Wainwright, M. & Treml, M. (2001). Regional dendritic and spine variation in human cerebral cortex: A quantitative Golgi study. Cerebral Cortex, 11, 558-571.Abstract pdf

Jacobs, B., Driscoll, L., & Schall, M. (1997). Lifespan dendritic and spine changes in areas 10 and 18 of human cortex: A quantitative Golgi study. The Journal of Comparative Neurology, 386, 661-680. Abstract pdf

Jacobs, B., Chugani, H.T., Allada, V., Chen, S., Phelps, M.E., Pollack, D.B., & Raleigh, M.J. (1995). Developmental changes in brain metabolism in sedated rhesus macaques and vervet monkeys revealed by positron emission tomography. Cerebral Cortex, 5, 222-233. Abstract

Jacobs, B. (1995). Dis-integrating perspectives of language acquisition: A response to Eubank and Gregg. Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 17, 65-71.

Chugani, H.T., & Jacobs, B. (1994). Metabolic recovery in caudate nucleus of children following cerebral hemispherectomy. Annals of Neurology, 36, 794-797.

Jacobs, B., Batal, H. A., Lynch, B., Ojemann, G., Ojemann, L., & Scheibel, A. B. (1993). Quantitative dendritic and spine analyses of speech cortices: A case study. Brain and Language, 44, 239-253. Abstract

Jacobs, B., & Scheibel, A. B. (1993). A quantitative dendritic analysis of Wernicke's area in humans. I. Lifespan changes. The Journal of Comparative Neurology, 327, 83-96. Abstract pdf

Jacobs, B., Schall, M., & Scheibel, A. B. (1993). A quantitative dendritic analysis of Wernicke's area in humans. II. Gender, Hemispheric, and Environmental Factors. The Journal of Comparative Neurology, 327, 97-111. Abstract pdf

Jacobs, B., & Schumann, J. (1992). Language acquisition and the neurosciences: Towards a more integrative perspective. Applied Linguistics, 13, 282-301. Abstract

Jacobs, B. (1988). Neurobiological differentiation of primary and secondary language acquisition. Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 10, 303-337. Abstract

Society for Neuroscience Abstracts

 

Hass, C., Lee, H.W., Travis, K., Dufault, C.A., Jacobs, B.   (2005). Dendritic morphometries of human insular pyramidal neurons. [Abstract/Poster] Society for Neuroscience, Washington DC, #410.11. Abstract

Lee, H.W., Travis, K.E, Dufault, C.A., Hass, C.A., Jacobs, B. (2004).   Regional dendritic variation in human insular cortex:   A quantitative Golgi study. [Abstract/Poster] Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, California, November, #381.4. Abstract

Travis, K., Lee, H.W., Dufault, C.A., & Jacobs, B. (2003). Regional dendritic variation in neonatal human cortex: A quantitative Golgi analysis. [Abstract/Poster] Society for Neuroscience, New Orleans, Louisiana, #144.9. Abstract

Creswell, J., Hrubes, M., & Jacobs, B. (2001). Putative dendritic changes following corpus callosotomy in human cortex: A quantitative and qualitative case study. [Abstract/Poster] Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, California, November, #251.15. Abstract

Sann, S.B, Hrubes, M., & Jacobs, B. (2000). Regional dendritic variation in spine-free nonpyramidal neurons: A quantitative Golgi study in humans. [Abstract/Poster] Society for Neuroscience, New Orleans, Louisiana, November, #461.16. Abstract

Kapler, E., Scheibel, A.B., & Jacobs, B. (2000). Cell packing density in Brodmann's areas 10 and 18 of the human cerebral cortex. [Abstract/Poster] Society for Neuroscience, New Orleans, Louisiana, November, 461.17. Abstract

Shen, T., Davenport, P., E. Kapler, E., Jacobs, J., Sann, S., Ford, K., Prather, M., Tyson, W., & Jacobs, B. (1999). A quantitative Golgi analysis of infant human Betz cells: Preliminary findings. [Abstract/Poster] Society for Neuroscience, Miami, Florida, October, #905.8. Abstract

Prather, M., Treml, M., Driscoll, L., Schall, M., & Jacobs, B. (1997). Regional variation in dendritic and spine complexity: A quantitative Golgi analysis of human cerebral cortex. [Abstract/Poster] Society for Neuroscience, New Orleans, Louisiana, October, #87.13. Abstract

Kamm, G., Hovey, S., Treml, M., Prather, M., & Jacobs, B. (1997). The Colorado College elementary school outreach program for neuroscience education: What the children say. [Abstract/Poster] Society for Neuroscience, New Orleans, Louisiana, October, #111.9. Abstract

Courns, K., Ferguson, J., Larsen, L., Schall, M. & Jacobs, B. (1996). Age-related dendritic and spine changes in human occipital and prefrontal cortices: A quantitative Golgi study. [Abstract/Poster] Society for Neuroscience, Washington, D.C., November, #307.2. Abstract

Ferguson, J., Driscoll, J., Courns, K., Rattenbury, K., Baca, S., Larsen, L. & Jacobs, B. (1995). An overview of the Colorado College elementary school outreach program for neuroscience education. [Abstract/Poster] Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, California, November, #101.21 Abstract

Baca, S., Larsen, L., Fisher, B., Kernan, R., Schall, M., & Jacobs, B. (1995). Dendritic and spine analyses across hierarchically arranged areas of human neocortex: A quantitative Golgi study. [Abstract/Poster] Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, California, November, #182.9. Abstract

Larsen, L., Swanson, R.L., Wainwright, M.L., & Jacobs, B. (1994). Quantitative dendritic and spine analyses of human prefrontal and occipital cortices. [Abstract/Poster] Society for Neuroscience, Miami, Florida, November, #584.13 Abstract


Undergraduate Publications

 

Travis, K. & Jacobs, B. (2003). Regional dendritic variation in human neonatal cortex: A quantitative Golgi analysis.   Journal of Behavioral and Neuroscience Research, 1 , 8-16. [Online, peer-reviewed Journal]

Creswell, J., Britt, J., Hrubes, M., Jacobs, B. (2001). Putative dendritic changes following corpus callosotomy in human cortex: A quantitative and qualitative case study. Journal of Psychology and the Behavioral Sciences, 15, 1-21

Prather, M., Schall, M., & Jacobs, B. (1998). Regional differences in dendritic and spine complexity: A quantitative Golgi analysis of human cerebral cortex. Psi Chi Journal, 3, 151-162.

Fisher, B. M., & Jacobs, B. (1998). A quantitative dendritic analysis of a bulimic brain: A case study. Psi Chi Journal, 3, 3-17.

Courns, K., & Jacobs, B. (1996). Age-related dendritic changes in human occipital and prefrontal cortices: A quantitative Golgi study. Modern Psychological Studies, 4, 10-20.

Baca, S. M., & Jacobs, B. (1995). A quantitative dendritic analysis of four functionally distinct areas of human cerebral cortex. Modern Psychological Studies, 3, 52-63.

Larsen, L. L. & Jacobs, B. (1995). Quan titative dendritic and spine analyses of human prefrontal and occipital cortices. The Drexel University Journal of Undergraduate Research, 1, 14-20.


Selected Student Presentations

 

Lee, H.W. & Jacobs, B. (2004) Regional dendritic variation in human insular cortex: A quantitative Golgi analysis. Annual West Coast Biological Sciences Undergraduate Research Conference, April 24.

Lee, H.W., Travis, K., Dufault, C. & Jacobs, B. (2004).   Regional dendritic variation in human insular cortex:   A quantitative Golgi Analysis.   Southwestern and Rocky Mountain Division of the American Association for the Advancement   of Science, April 10.

Travis, K., & Jacobs, B. (2003). Regional dendritic variation in neonatal cortex: A quantitative Golgi Analysis. Colorado-Wyoming Academy of Science, April 26.

Watt, H., & Jacobs, B. (2003). Quantitative dendritic properties of human insular cortex. Colorado-Wyoming Academy of Science, April 26.

Creswell, J., Hrubes, M., & Jacobs, B. (2001). Putative dendritic changes following corpus callosotomy in human cortex: A quantitative and qualitative case study. West Coast Biological Sciences Undergraduate Research Conference. Santa Clara, CA, April 28.

Faust, J. (2001). The effects of formalin fixation on the Golgi-Kopsch and rapid Golgi methods. West Coast Biological Sciences Undergraduate Research Conference. Santa Clara, CA, April 28.

Sann, S. (2000). Regional dendritic variation in spine-free nonpyramidal cells: A quantitative Golgi study in humans. Colorado College Third Annual Psychology/Neuroscience Poster Day. Colorado Springs, Colorado, May 5.

Kapler, E. (2000). Cell packing density in Brodmann’s areas 10 and 18 in the human cerebral cortex. Colorado College Twelfth Annual Biology Day. Colorado Springs, Colorado, April 15.

Jacobs, J. (2000). A quantitative Golgi analysis of laminae III and V neurons in four regions of human cerebral cortex: A case study. Colorado College Twelfth Annual Biology Day. Colorado Springs, Colorado, April 15.

Davenport, P. (1999). Quantitative Golgi analysis of dendritic and spine systems in the prefrontal and occipital cortices over the life-span of the vervet monkey. Colorado College Second Annual Psychology/Neuroscience Poster Day. Colorado Springs, Colorado, May 7.

Shen, T., & Jacobs, B. (1999). A quantitative Golgi analysis of developing dendritic systems in four regions of human cerebral cortex. 24th West Coast Biological Sciences Undergraduate Research Conference. University of California, Irvine, May 1.

Prather, M., Schall, M., & Jacobs, B. (1998). Regional differences in dendritic and spine complexity: A quantitative Golgi analysis of human cerebral cortex. Colorado College First Annual Psychology/Neuroscience Poster Day. Colorado Springs, Colorado, May 1.

Jacobson, A., & Jacobs, B. (1998). Quantitative Golgi analysis of dendritic and spine systems in the prefrontal and visual cortices of the neonatal vervet monkey. Colorado College Tenth Annual Biology Day. Colorado Springs, Colorado, April 25.

Treml, M., & Jacobs, B. (1998). Quantitative dendritic and spine analyses of primary and heteromodal areas of human cerebral cortex. Colorado College First Annual Psychology/Neuroscience Poster Day. Colorado Springs, Colorado, May 1.

Rattenbury, K., & Jacobs, B. (1997). The rehabilitation and acute recovery of aphasic traumatic brain injury and brainstem infarct: Two case studies. Annual Rocky Mountain Region Neuroscience Group Symposium. University of Colorado, Boulder, May 20.

Haas, S.D, & Jacobs, B. (1996). Quantitative dendritic and spine analyses of fifteen distinct cortical areas: A case study. Colorado College Tenth Annual Biology Day. Colorado Springs, Colorado, April 5.

Courns, K., & Jacobs, B. (1996). Age-related dendritic changes in human occipital and prefrontal cortices: A quantitative Golgi study. [Abstract/Poster] 21st Annual West Coast Biological Sciences Undergraduate Research Converence, San Diego, April 27.

Ginardi, R., & Jacobs, B. (1996). Quantitative dendritic analysis of area 18 of human cerebral cortex: Age-related changes. Colorado College Ninth Annual Biology Day. Colorado Springs, Colorado, April 12.

Fisher, B., & Jacobs, B. (1996). Quantitative analysis of a bulimic brain: A case study. Rocky Mountain Psychological Association. Park City, Utah, April 11-14.

Baca, S. M., & Jacobs, B. (1995). A quantitative dendritic analysis of four functionally distinct areas of human cerebral cortex. [Abstract/Talk] Rocky Mountain Region Neuroscience Group. Denver, Colorado, May 23.

Bekhit, S., & Jacobs, B. (1995). Quantitative dendritic and spine analysis of speech cortices. [Abstract/Poster] National Conference on Undergraduate Research. Union College, New York. April, 20-22, 1995.

Larsen, L., Swanson, R. L., Wainwright, M. L, & Jacobs, B. (1995). Quantitative dendritic and spine analyses of human prefrontal and occipital cortices. [Abstract/Talk] Colorado-Wyoming Academy of Science. Colorado Springs, Colorado, April 21.

Kernan, R., & Jacobs, B. (1995). Hierarchical cognitive function and neuronal complexity: A quantitative dendritic and spine analysis. [Abstract/Poster] Colorado College Eighth Annual Biology Day. Colorado Springs, Colorado, April 15.

Larsen, L., Swanson, R.L., Wainwright, M.L., & Jacobs, B. (1994). Quantitative dendritic and spine analyses of human prefrontal and occipital cortices. [Abstract/Poster] Society for Neuroscience, Miami, Florida, October.

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