Seth K. Sharpless, III, PhD (1925-2017)
Affiliations: | 1969-1990 | Psychology and Neuroscience | University of Colorado, Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States |
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Stimulation of brain reward centers, habituation in the mammalian brain, effects of drugs of abuse on the nervous system, denervation supersensitivity, sedative hypnoticsGoogle:
"Seth K. Sharpless, III, PhD"Bio:
Seth Kinman Sharpless, III (1925-2017), Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at the University of Colorado, Boulder (1969-1990), passed on August 19, 2017 in his 92nd year.
Dr. Sharpless was a veteran of the U.S. Navy, serving in the Pacific Theater during WWII. After the war’s end Dr. Sharpless served as a Japanese interpreter for the U.S. Military Government of Okinawa.
After leaving the Navy, Seth obtained his master’s degree in Philosophy from the University of Chicago with Professor Rudolf Carnap.
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Parents
Sign in to add mentorRudolf Carnap | grad student | 1946-1950 | Chicago | |
(MA in Philosophy at Chicago, then moved to McGill University Institute of Neurology for PhD) | ||||
Donald Olding Hebb | grad student | 1950-1952 | McGill | |
(Dual PhD in Psychology & Philosophy) | ||||
Herbert Henri Jasper | post-doc | 1952-1956 | McGill (Montreal Neuorological Institute) | |
(see: Sharpless, S. & Jasper, H., Habituation of the Arousal Response. Brain, v. 79, 1956, pp. 655-680) |
Children
Sign in to add traineeMark H. Ellisman | grad student | CU Boulder | |
Joseph Goldfarb | grad student | 1967-1969 | Albert Einstein School of Medicine |
Lawrence J. Ryan | grad student | 1977-1981 | CU Boulder |
Barbara Sanders | grad student | 1977-1982 | CU Boulder |
Harvey Babkoff | post-doc | 1967-1969 | Albert Einstein |
Collaborators
Sign in to add collaboratorHelen S. Mahut | collaborator | 1950-1956 | McGill | |
Ronald Melzack | collaborator | 1950-1956 | McGill | |
Peter Milner | collaborator | 1950-1956 | McGill | |
Brenda Milner | collaborator | 1950-1956 | Montreal Neuorological Institute | |
James Olds | collaborator | 1950-1956 | McGill | |
Patrick D. Wall | collaborator | 1956-1957 | J. B. Pierce / Yale Medical School | |
Matthew J. Friedman | collaborator | 1957-1969 | Albert Einstein | |
Jerome H. Jaffee | collaborator | 1957-1969 | Albert Einstein | |
Murray Jarvik | collaborator | 1957-1969 | Albert Einstein | |
Herbert H. Schaumberg | collaborator | 1957-1969 | Albert Einstein | |
Herman Teitelbaum | collaborator | 1957-1969 | Albert Einstein | |
Jim Barr | collaborator | 1969-1981 | CU Boulder | |
Gerald E. McClearn | collaborator | 1969-1981 | CU Boulder | |
Marvin W. Luttges | collaborator | 1969-1990 | CU Boulder | |
Kurt Schlesinger | collaborator | 1969-1990 | CU Boulder | |
Ronald J. MacGregor | collaborator | 1973-1990 | CU Boulder | |
(Dr. MacGregor was in the CU-Boulder School of Electrical Engineering.) |
Publications
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Ryan LJ, Barr JE, Sanders B, et al. (1979) Electrophysiological responses to ethanol, pentobarbital, and nicotine in mice genetically selected for differential sensitivity to ethanol. Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology. 93: 1035-52 |
Barr JE, Holmes DB, Ryan LJ, et al. (1979) Techniques for the chronic cannulation of the jugular vein in mice. Pharmacology, Biochemistry, and Behavior. 11: 115-8 |
Ryan LJ, Sharpless SK. (1979) Genetically determined spontaneous and pentylenetetrazol-induced brief spindle episodes in mice. Experimental Neurology. 66: 493-508 |
Sanders B, Sharpless SK. (1978) Dissociation between the anticonvulsant action of alcohol and its depressant action in mice of different genotypes. Life Sciences. 23: 2593-9 |
Sanders B, Sharpless SK, Collins AC, et al. (1978) Activating and anesthetic effects of general depressants. Psychopharmacology. 56: 185-9 |
Lieff BD, Sharpless SK, Schlesinger K. (1976) Inhibition of acoustic priming in mice. Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology. 90: 773-9 |
Macgregor RJ, Sharpless SK, Luttges MW. (1975) A pressure vessel model for nerve compression. Journal of the Neurological Sciences. 24: 299-304 |
Lieff BD, Permut A, Schlesinger K, et al. (1975) Developmental changes in auditory evoked potentials in the inferior colliculi of mice during periods of susceptibility to priming. Experimental Neurology. 46: 534-41 |
Babkoff H, Sharpless SK. (1971) b-Wave recovery: conditioning pulse parameters. Annals of Ophthalmology. 3: 467-76 |
Teitelbaum H, Sharpless SK, Byck R. (1968) Role of somatosensory cortex in interhemispheric transfer of tactile habits. Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology. 66: 623-32 |