Laura Berkowitz

Laura Berkowitz

Doctoral Candidate in Psychology studying neural mechanisms of spatial orientation

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Education

Work experience

Publications

Isaacson, M., Chang, H., Berkowitz, LE, Zirkel, R., Park, Y., Hu, D., Ellwood, I.,Schaffer, C.B., (2023). MouseGoggles: an immersive virtual reality headset for mouse neuroscience and behavior. Nature Methods, revisions submitted

Harvey RE., Berkowitz, LE., Savage, DD., Hamilton, DA., Clark, BJ. (2020). Altered hippocampal place cell representation and theta rhythmicity following moderate prenatal alcohol exposure. Current Biology. link

Harvey RE., Berkowitz, LE., Hamilton, DA., Clark, BJ. (2019). The Effects of Developmental Alcohol Exposure on the Neurobiology of Spatial Processing. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews. link

Xu Z., Wu W., Winter SS., Mehlman ML., Butler WN., Simmons C., Harvey RE., Berkowitz, LE., Chen Y., Taube JS., Wilber AA., Clark BJ. (2019). A Comparison of Neural Decoding Methods and Population Coding Across Thalamo-Cortical Head Direction Cells. Frontiers in Neural Circuits. link

Berkowitz, LE., Harvey, RE., Clark, BJ. (2019). Spatial Navigation and Alzheimer’s disease. In: Martin & Preedy (Ed.). The Neuroscience of Dementia: Genetics, Neurology, Behavior, and Diet. link

Clark BJ., Simmons, CM., Berkowitz, LE., Aaron A Wilber (2018). The Retrosplenial-Parietal Network and Reference Frame Coordination for Spatial Navigation. Behavioral Neuroscience. link

Berkowitz, LE., Harvey, RE., Drake, EN., Thompson, SM., & Clark, BJ. (2018). Progressive impairment of directional and spatially precise trajectories by TgF344-Alzheimer’s disease rats in the Morris Water Task. Scientific Reports. link

Thompson, SM., Berkowitz, LE., & Clark, BJ. (2017) Behavioral and neural subsystems of rodent exploration. Learning and Motivation.link

Pentkowski, N., Berkowitz, LE., Geck, EN., Olguin, C., & Clark, BJ. (2017). Anxiety-like behavior as an early endophenotype in the TgF344-AD rat model of Alzheimer’s disease. Neurobiology of Aging.link

Berkowitz, LE., Ybarra, I. , Jessicah A. Jones, Michele E. Amato, Annette M. Rodriguez and Calton, JL. (2015). NMDA Blockade Inhibits Experience-dependent Modification of Anterior Thalamic Head Direction Cells. Behavioral Neuroscience. link

Housh, AA., Berkowitz, LE., Ybarra, I. , Kim, E., Lee, BR., & Calton, JL. (2014). Impairment of the Anterior Thalamic Head Direction Cell Network Following Administration of the NMDA antagonist MK-801. Brain research bulletin. link

Au, J., Berkowitz-Sutherland, LE., Andrea Schneider, Schweitzer, JB., Hessl, D., & Hagerman, RJ. (2014). A feasibility trial of Cogmed working memory training in fragile X syndrome. Journal of Pediatric Genetics. link

Au, J., Scott R. Akins, Berkowitz-Sutherland, LE., Tang, H. T., Chen, Y., Boyd, A., … & Hagerman, R. (2013). Prevalence and risk of migraine headaches in adult fragile X premutation carriers. Clinical genetics. link

Poster Presentations

Gabaldon-Parish, M., Berkowitz, LE., Harvey, RE.., Sneddon, E., Clark, BJ. (2019). Distributed home base behavior in TgF344-AD rat model of Alzheimer’s disease. Poster presented at UNM Neuroscience day, Albuquerque, NM.

Goncalaves-Garcia, M., Donaldson, T., Berkowitz, LE., Harvey, R.E., Gabaldon-Parish, M., Sanchez, L.,Goss, J.K., Wagner, J., Davies, S., Tofighi, D., Savage, D.D., Clark, B.J. (2019). The effects of moderate prenatal alcohol exposure on the organization of exploratory behavior by adult female rats. Poster presented at UNM Neuroscience day, Albuquerque, NM.

Harvey, RE., Berkowitz, LE., Savage, DD., Hamilton, DA., & Clark, BJ. (2018). Spatial and temporal stability in CA1 hippocampal place cells following moderate prenatal alcohol exposure. Poster presented at the Society for Neuroscience Conference. San Diego, CA.

Harvey, RE., Berkowitz, LE., Savage, D. D., Hamilton, DA., & Clark, BJ. (2018). Spatial and temporal deficits in hippocampal place cells following moderate prenatal alcohol exposure. Poster presented at FASD Awareness Day. Albuquerque, NM.

Harvey, RE., Berkowitz, LE., Savage, D. D., Hamilton, DA., & Clark, BJ. (2018). Altered spatial coding of hippocampal place cells following moderate prenatal alcohol exposure. Poster presented at the International Conference on Learning and Memory. Huntington Beach, CA.

Berkowitz, LE., Harvey, RE. & Clark, BJ. (2018). Characterization of Head Direction Cells in the TgF344-AD Rat Model of Alzheimer’s Disease. Poster presented at the International Conference on Learning and Memory. Huntington Beach, CA.

Harvey, RE., Berkowitz, LE., Savage, D. D., Hamilton, DA., & Clark, BJ. (2018). Reduced Spatial Coding of Hippocampal Place Cells Following Moderate Prenatal Alcohol Exposure. Poster presented at the Gordon Research Conference. Galveston, TX.

Harvey, RE., Goss, JK., Rigg, T., Berkowitz, LE., Lilliana M. Sanchez, Jennifer L. Wagner, Savage, DD., Hamilton, DA., Clark, BJ. (2017) Reduced spatial coding of hippocampal place cells following moderate prenatal alcohol exposure. Poster presented at the Society for Neuroscience Conference. Washington, DC.

Berkowitz, LE., Thompson, SM., Drake, EN., John T. Madden, Elizabeth A. Sneddon, Harvey, RE., & Clark, BJ. (2017) Sex specific spatial navigation and spatial memory impairment in the TgF344-ad rat model of Alzheimer’s disease. Poster presented at the Society for Neuroscience Conference. Washington, DC.

Berkowitz, LE., Yang, Y., Geck, EN., Thompson, SM., Sillerud L., & Clark, BJ. (2016) Longitudinal assessment of Papez circuit structural change and spatial disorientation in the TgF344-AD transgenic rat model of Alzheimer’s disease. Poster presentation at Neuroscience Day, University of New Mexico.

Berkowitz, LE., Yang, Y., Geck, EN., Thompson, SM., Laurel Sillerud & Clark, BJ. (2016) Longitudinal assessment of Papez circuit structural change and spatial disorientation in the TgF344-AD transgenic rat model of Alzheimer’s disease. Poster presentation at Psychology Research Day, University of New Mexico.

Pastor, IA., Ybarra, I., Berkowitz, LE., Calton, JL. (2015) Absence of light-dependent magnetic field modulation of the head direction cell circuitry. Poster presentation at the Society for Neuroscience Annual Conference, Chicago, Il.

Amato, ME., Annette M. Rodriguez, Berkowitz, LE., Ybarra, I. , Jessicah A. Jones, Pastor, IA., Calton, JL. (2014). NMDA blockade and disorientation disrupts the establishment of a stable head direction signal. Poster presentation at the Faculty for Undergraduate Neuroscience poster session, Society for Neuroscience Annual Conference, Washington DC.

Ybarra, I. , Berkowitz, LE., Jones, JA. , Amato, ME. , Rodriguez, AM., Housh AA., and Calton, JL. (2013). Blockade of NMDA transmission interferes with the stability of the head direction cell network during locomotion into a novel environment. Poster Presentation at the Faculty for Undergraduate Neuroscience poster session, Society for Neuroscience Annual Conference, San Diego, CA.

Au, J., Schneider, A., Berkowitz-Sutherland, LE.., Hessl, D., Hagerman, RJ., & Schweitzer, JB. (2012). Evaluation of Cogmed Working Memory Training in Fragile X Syndrome. Poster session presented at the 13th International Fragile X Conference, Miami, FL.

Berkowitz-Sutherland, LE., Housh, A., Kim, E., Zafar, T., Ramon, C., Ybarra, I., and Calton, JL. (2012) The role of NMDA transmission in the experience-dependent plasticity of thalamic head direction cells. Poster Presentation at the Faculty for Undergraduate Neuroscience poster session, Society for Neuroscience Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA.

Kim, E., Housh, A., Berkowitz-Sutherland, LE., and Calton, JL. (2011) Dose-dependent effect of NMDA blockade on the Head Direction System. Poster Presentation at the Faculty for Undergraduate Neuroscience poster session, Society for Neuroscience Annual Conference, Washington DC.

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2015