Graduate |
Program |
Specialty |
Omar Zurkiya |
Beth Israel Deaconnes Medical Center |
Radiology - Diagnostic |
Mathew Whalin |
Emory University School of Medicine |
Anesthesiology |
Mathew Palmer |
Yale - New Haven Hospital |
Anatomic Pathology |
Aki Morikawa |
Emory University School of Medicine |
Internal Medicine |
Jasmeer Chhatwal |
Mass General |
Neurology |
Cecily Hamill |
Yale - New Haven Hospital |
Opthamology |
Tuan Tran |
Johns Hopkins |
Internal Medicine |
Dinesh Raju |
Mass
General |
Preliminary Med & Neurology |
Joanna Bonsall |
Emory University School of Medicine |
Internal Medicine |
Paul Garcia |
Emory University School of Medicine |
Anesthesiology |
Tove Goldson |
UT Galveston TX |
Deferred Residency - Postdoc |
Huiming Hon |
Emory University School of Medicine |
Internal Medicine |
Matheau Julien |
University of Virginia |
General Surgery |
Miranda Lim |
Washington University in St. Louis |
Neurology |
Ken Mandell |
Massachusetts Eye/Ear Infirmary |
Ophthalmology |
Joseph McNally |
U Utah Affil Hospitals |
Radiology-Diagnostic |
Renata Zappala |
U of Colorado School of Medicine |
Medicine-Preliminary |
Eric Muller |
Washington University in St. Louis |
Pediatrics |
Ann Chahroudi |
University of Pennsylvania |
Deferred Residency - Postdoc |
Advisor: Larry J. Young, Ph.D.
Thesis: Neural mechanisms of pair bond formation in vole species.
Awards: NIMH pre-doctoral NRSA (2001-2006)
Center for Behavioral Neuroscience Graduate Scholar (2001-2004)
Atlanta Chapter SFN Post-Doctoral Travel Award (2004)
Publications:
1. Young LJ, Lim MM, Gingrich B, and Insel TR (2001). Cellular mechanisms of social attachment. Hormones and Behavior. 40: 133-138.
2. Lim MM, Murphy AZ, and Young LJ (2004). Ventral striato-pallidal oxytocin and vasopressin V1a receptors in the monogamous prairie vole (Microtus ochrogaster). Journal of Comparative Neurology. 468(4): 555-70.
3. Lim MM and Young LJ (2004). Vasopressin-dependent neural circuits underlying pair bonding in the monogamous prairie vole (Microtus ochrogaster). Neuroscience. 125(1): 35-45.
4. Lim MM, Hammock EAD, and Young LJ (2004). The role of vasopressin in the genetic and neural regulation of monogamy. Journal of Neuroendocrinology. 16(4): 325-332.
5. Lim MM, Hammock EAD, and Young LJ (2004). A method for acetylcholinesterase staining of brain sections previously processed for receptor autoradiography. Biotechnic and Histochemistry. 79(1): 11-16.
6. Lim MM, Wang ZX, Olazabal DE, Ren XH, Terwilliger EF, and Young LJ (2004). Enhanced partner preference in a promiscuous species by manipulating the expression of a single gene. Nature. 429(6993): 754-757.
7. Lim MM, Hammock EAD, and Young LJ (2004). Vole species as an animal model for the evolution of social behavior: From genes to brain to behavior. Acta Zoologica Sinica. 50(4): 479-489.
8. Lim MM, Bielsky IF, and Young LJ (2005). Neuropeptides and the social brain: Potential rodent models of autism. International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience. 23(2-3): 235-243.
9. Hammock EAD, Lim MM, Nair HP, Young LJ (2005). Vasopressin V1a receptor levels are associated with a regulatory microsatellite and behavior. Genes, Brain & Behavior. Jul;4(5): 89-301.
10. Lim MM, Nair HP, and Young LJ (2005). Species and sex differences in brain distribution of CRF receptor subtypes 1 and 2 in monogamous and promiscuous vole species. Journal of Comparative Neurology. Jun 20; 487(1): 75-92.
11. Hunter RG, Lim MM, Philpot KB, Young LJ, Kuhar MJ (2005). Species differences in brain distribution of CART mRNA and peptide between prairie and meadow voles. Brain Research. 2005 Jun 28; 1048(1-2): 12-23.
If you would like to know more about Miranda or her lab, please visit the following web addresses:
http://research.yerkes.emory.edu/Young/MirandaLim.htm
http://research.yerkes.emory.edu/Young/index.htm
