Denise B. McQuade
Senior Teaching Associate in Biology
Address:
Dana Science Center
Room 315
Department of Biology Skidmore College
Saratoga Springs, New York 12866
Telephone:
(518) 580-5077
Fax:
(518) 580-5071
E-mail:
Education:
M.S., Biobehavioral Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
- Master's Thesis: "Physiological and Behavioral Responses of Female Rats Mated to Males with Reduced Erectile Capacity"
B.A., Psychobiology, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA
- Undergraduate Thesis: "Sensory Cues Used in Cache Recovery by the Eastern Gray Squirrel"
Courses Taught:
Introduction to Neuroscience (NS 101)
Biological Sciences I (BI 105)
Biology of the Mind (BI 110)
Human Genetics (BI 170)
Population Biology (BI 190)
Comparative Vertebrate Physiology (BI 236)
Teaching Interests:
With a broad background in Biology and Neuroscience, Denise enjoys teaching a variety of laboratories.
Publications:
Bitran, D., Miller, S.A., McQuade, D.B., Liepheimer, R.E., and Sachs, B.D.(1989). Inhibition of sexual reflexes by lumbosacral injection of a GABAb agonist in the male rat. Physiol. Biochem. And Behav. 31, 657-666.
McQuade, D.B., Williams, E.H., and Eichembaum, H.B. (1986). Cues used for localizing food by the gray squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis). Ethology, 72, 22-30.
Durkot, M.J., Martinez, O., Brooks-McQuade, D., and Francesconi, R. (1986). Simultaneous determination of fluid shifts during thermal stress in small-animal model. J. Appl. Physiol., 61, 1031-1034.