Science & Technical Writing

Items that are embellished are considered my strongest work.

Ask a Scientist at UTK

Lead Author

  • 2018
    • Ask a Scientist: What does the word “chemical” mean?   . . . . . .   View Online   ∣   Download PDF
    • Ask a Scientist: What benefit, evolutionarily or otherwise, does love provide to people?   . . . . . .   View Online   ∣   Download PDF
  • 2017
    • Ask a Scientist: Does nicotine affect dreaming?  . . . . . .   View Online   ∣   Download PDF
    • Ask a Scientist: Where are humans from?   . . . . . .   View Online   ∣   Download PDF
    • Ask a Scientist: If the polar ice caps grew last year, what does that mean for global warming?  . . . . . .   View Online   ∣   Download PDF
    • Ask a Scientist: Why do pain meds make you loopy?  . . . . . .   View Online   ∣   Download PDF
    • Ask a Scientist: Why don’t I feel better when I get more sleep?  . . . . . .   View Online   ∣   Download PDF
    • Ask a Scientist: How can people have an impact on the global climate?  . . . . . .   View Online   ∣   Download PDF
    • Ask a Scientist: What is Schrödinger’s cat?  . . . . . .   View Online   ∣   Download PDF
    • Ask a Scientist: Are animals right- or left- “pawed”, like people are right- or left-handed?  . . . . . .   View Online   ∣   Download PDF
    • Ask a Scientist: Would the rising seas affect the grand canyon or such places in any way?  . . . . . .   View Online   ∣   Download PDF

Research Publications

First Author

  • 2017
    • Barnes, Abigail K., Summer B. Smith, and Subimal Datta. “Beyond Emotional and Spatial Processes: Cognitive Dysfunction in a Depressive Phenotype Produced by Long Photoperiod Exposure.” Ed. Tiziana Rubino. PLoS ONE 12.1 (2017): e0170032. PMC. Web. 19 Aug. 2018.   . . . . . .   View Online   ∣   Download PDF
    • Barnes, Abigail K. et al. “Activation of Brain‐derived Neurotrophic Factor‐tropomyosin Receptor Kinase B Signaling in the Pedunculopontine Tegmental Nucleus: A Novel Mechanism for the Homeostatic Regulation of Rapid Eye Movement Sleep.” Journal of Neurochemistry 141.1 (2017): 111–123. PMC. Web. 19 Aug. 2018.   . . . . . .   View Online   ∣   Download PDF

Contributor

  • 2018
    • Garner, Jennifer M et al. “Changes in Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Expression Influence Sleep–Wake Activity and Homeostatic Regulation of Rapid Eye Movement Sleep.” Sleep 41.2 (2018): zsx194. PMC. Web. 19 Aug. 2018.
  • 2017
    • Cooper, Matthew et. al. “Dominance status alters restraint-induced neural activity in brain regions controlling stress vulnerability.” Physiol Behav. 179 (2017): 153–161. Published online 2017 Jun 9.
    • Geist, Phillip A. et al. “BNDF Heterozygosity Is Associated with Memory Deficits and Alterations in Cortical and Hippocampal EEG Power.” Behavioural brain research 332 (2017): 154–163. PMC. Web. 19 Aug. 2018.
  • 2016
    • Clinard, Catherine T. et al. “Winning Agonistic Encounters Increases Testosterone and Androgen Receptor Expression in Syrian Hamsters.” Hormones and behavior 86 (2016): 27–35. PMC. Web. 19 Aug. 2018.
  • 2015
    • Datta, Subimal et al. “The Homeostatic Regulation of REM Sleep: A Role for Localized Expression of Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor in the Brainstem.” Behavioural brain research 292 (2015): 381–392. PMC. Web. 19 Aug. 2018.

Other Writing

Contests & Awards

Blakely Award

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