Lab Members
Current graduate students

Lauren Rudolph
Developmentally restricted effects of estrogens
Tom Verhovshek
Interactions of trophic factors and steroid hormones via the
neuromuscular periphery
Graduates of Sengelabs
Heather Eisthen, Ph.D. 1992
Anatomy of peripheral olfactory and vomeronasal systems
Assoc. Prof., Michigan State University
Development and steroid regulation of sexually dimorphic neuron number in lumbosacral dorsal root ganglia
Linda Goldstein, Ph.D. 1993
Ontogenetic cues involved in the regulation of motoneuron
morphology in a sexually dimorphic neuromuscular system
Senior Medical Writer, Complete Healthcare Communications
Cara Wellman, Ph.D. 1993
Changes in spatial learning and neocortical morphology in
adult and aged basal forebrain lesioned rats
Assoc. Prof., Indiana University
Marie Clark-Phelps, Ph.D. 1997
Aging in an androgen-sensitive neuromuscular system
Ceylan Isgor, Ph.D. 1997
Effects of perinatal gonadal steroids on adult spatial navigation and hippocampal morphology
Asst. Prof., Florida Atlantic University
Kristy Hamilton, Ph.D. 2000
The role of lMAN in perceptual selectivity for individual songs in
female brown-headed cowbirds

Mark Harty, Ph.D. 2000
Androgen effects on the morphology and electrophysiology of sexually dimorphic and non-dimorphic rat spinal motoneurons
Research Associate, Rhode Island Hospital
Allison Foster, Ph.D. 2004
Ontogenetic function in a sexually dimorphic rat neuromuscular system
Medical Writer, Clinical Research, Advanced Bionics
Keith Fargo, Ph.D. 2006
Prevention of dendritic atrophy after induced motoneuron loss
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Chicago Loyolla
Kathryn Lenz, Ph.D. 2009
Maternal influences on dendritic development of motoneurons in a
sexually dimorphic neuromuscular system
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Maryland