Franklin A. Lee, B.S.
Graduate Student
Research Interest
I graduated from the University of Texas at Tyler in May of 2006 with a B.S. in Psychology. From there I worked for the mental health authority in the Dallas Metro doing crisis intervention work. I started in the Applied Biopsychology program here at U.N.O. in the fall of 2008. I work in the Soignier Lab and am interested in neurobiological and behavioral effects of opioids and pain. I am currently working on my thesis which involves characterization of the role of the intracellular messaging protein rhes in locomotor activation, morphine analgesia, tolerance, and withdrawal.
Presentations
F.A. Lee, B.A. Baiamonte, R.D. Soignier, L.M. Harrison, D. Spano. MORPHINE-INDUCED ANALGESIA IN THE TAIL FLICK AND FORMALIN TEST IN RHESK/O MICE . Poster presented at the L.S.U. Neuroscience Retreat, New Orleans, LA, May 2009 and the International Narcotics Research Conference, Portland, OR, July 2009. Accepted for presentation at the Society for Neuroscience International Conference, Chicago, IL, October 2009.
B.A. Baiamonte, F.A. Lee, R.D. Soignier. Tolerance develops to morphine-induced analgesia and cognitive deficits at different rates in rats. Accepted for presentation at Society for Neuroscience International Conference, Chicago, IL, October 2009.
Revised 8/24/09