The pulvinar is the largest nucleus of the human dorsal thalamus and is affected in a variety of brain disorders, such as schizophrenia. The experiments described in this dissertation elucidate key features of tecto-pulvino-cortical pathways as a...
The secondary visual pathway, from the retina through the superior colliculus and pulvinar nucleus has been linked to spatial attention (Snow et aI., 2009; Arend et aI., 2008) movement planning and motor response to visual stimuli (Wilke et aI....
Cortical and tectal inputs to the caudal LPN in the rat were examined using anatomical and physiological techniques. Pyramidal cells in layer 6 of the visual cortex and wide-field vertical cells in the stratum opticum of the superior colliculus...
Acting; Cleage, Pearl--Characters--Leland Cunningham; Cleage, Pearl. Blues for an Alabama Sky
This thesis examines my preparation for performing Leland Cunningham in Blues for an Alabama Sky by Pearl Cleage. Using the motif of personal expectations, I explore how my ideas of performance have become unbalanced. I evaluate the origin of these...
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616; Courtly love in literature
"It is in the south of France and at a very early period that we must look for the origin of the system of Courtly Love. Gathered about several small courts, there existed, as early as the eleventh century, a brilliant society, in which woman...
A careful perusal of Shakespeare’s works leads to one outstanding conclusion. Shakespeare was preeminently interested in words, as such. His every play shows a painstaking attention to words in their various shades of meaning. It is our interest...
High-throughput sequencing has provided a myriad of genetic data for thousands of organisms. Computational analysis of one data type, expressed sequence tags (ESTs) yields insight into gene expression, alternative splicing, tissue specificity gene...
Character portrait of actress Ada Rehan wearing a white bonnet and fur-lined coat or cape with medallions around her neck. Born Bridget Crehan, in Limerick, Ireland, on April 22, 1857, she died in New York City on January 8, 1916. Her first...
Character portrait of actress Ada Rehan wearing a black pointed hat with white lace trim around the brim, and black velvet dress with puffy sleeves and white ruffled neckline, possibly for a role in a Shakespeare or other Elizabethan or...
School yearbooks; Schools; Students; University of Louisville--Students; Alumni & alumnae; University of Louisville--Alumni and alumnae; Student organizations; Universities & colleges; Medical students; Law students; Dental students;...
Yearbook published by the senior classes of the College of Liberal Arts, the Speed Scientific School and the School of Law of the University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, 1931.
Women and literature; Gothic revival (Literature); Zhang, Ailing; Welty, Eudora, 1909-2001; McCullers, Carson, 1917-1967
This study seeks to situate our understanding of Zhang Ailing's Chuanqi as part of global women's efforts to establish a voice of their own by way of hijacking patriarchal literary heritage. In order to show Zhang Ailing as a conscious weaver of...
The Chautauqua movement has been called "culture under canvas" and "the university of the people." What began as a training camp for Sunday School teachers on the shores of Lake Chautauqua in western New York State in the...
Nerves--Regeneration; Spinal cord--Wounds and injuries--Treatment
These studies set out to identify strategies to rescue and repair the adult nervous system. First, we investigated the role of ciliary neurotrophic factor (CNTF) in 5HT1A receptor-induced neurogenesis in the rodent brain. Systemic treatment with an...
Portrait of actor Malcolm Bradley wearing a three-piece suit and white ascot with stickpin. He appeared at Macauley's Theatre in March 1906 with E. H. Sothern and Julia Marlowe, with whom he frequently performed, in a series of Shakespeare plays,...
School yearbooks; Schools; Students; University of Louisville--Students; Alumni & alumnae; University of Louisville--Alumni and alumnae; Student organizations; Universities & colleges; Medical students; Law students; College students;...
Yearbook published by the students of the University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, 1910.
