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Loren Martin, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Department of Undergraduate Psychology		 Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 3111
Email: lamartin@apu.edu
Loren Martin, Ph.D., is an associate professor in the department of undergraduate psychology currently researching the neuropathology of developmental disorders. After the opportunity to provide behavioral therapy for a boy who was diagnosed with autisman, Martin became very interested in the biological underpinnings of autism. As a doctoral student in the laboratory of Dan Goldowitz at the University of Tennessee, he worked on a mutant mouse model designed to mimic the cerebellar neuropathology observed in the autistic brain. Martin then moved on to the M.I.N.D. Institute and the California National Primate Center at the University of California, Davis, and spent two years as a postdoctoral student in the laboratory of David Amaral. During this time, he worked on a monkey model designed to explore the potential role of maternal IgG antibodies in the pathogenesis of autism spectrum disorders.

Education

Ph.D. - University of Tennessee Health Science Center
B.S. - Olivet Nazarene University

Expertise

  • Autism Spectrum Disorders
  • Mouse Operant Conditioning Paradigms
  • Neurobiology of Disease
  • Operant Conditioning
  • Role of the Cerebellum in Behavior

Courses Taught

PSYC 110 – General Psychology
PSYC 390 – Cognition
PSYC 470 – Physiological Psychology
PSYC 475 – Research Methods Practicum

Professional/Scholarly Presentations

Publications
Martin, L. A., Tan, S-S and Goldowitz, D. "Cell lineage analysis and clonal architecture of the mouse hippocampus provide novel insights into hippocampal development." Journal of Neuroscience, Vol. 22, 9, (2002): 3520-3530.

Martin, L. A., Goldowitz, D., and Mittleman, G. "The cerebellum and spatial ability: Dissection of motor and cognitive components with a mouse model system." European Journal of Neuroscience, Vol. 18, 7, (2003): 2002-2010.

Martin, L. A., Goldowitz, D., and Mittleman, G. "Sustained Attention in the Mouse: A Study of the Relationship with the Cerebellum." Behavioral Neuroscience, Vol. 120, 2, (2006).

Martin, L. A., Escher, T., Goldowitz, D., and Mittleman, G. "A relationship between cerebellar Purkinje cells and spatial working memory demonstrated in a lurcher/chimera mouse model system." Genes, Brain, and Behavior, Vol. 3, 3, (2004): 158-166.

Goswami, J., Martin, L. A., Goldowitz, D., Beitz, A. J., and Feddersen, R. M. "Enhanced Purkinje cell survival but compromised cerebellar function in targeted anti-apoptotic protein transgenic mice." Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience, Vol. 29, 2, (2005): 202-221.

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Professional Involvement and Accomplishments

Accepted into the UC Davis M.I.N.D. Institute Interdisciplinary Training Program, 2004
Ruth L. Krichstein National Research Service Award for Postdoctoral Research, 2005
Azusa Pacific University Emerging Scholar Award, 2007
Azusa Pacific University Creative Teaching Grant, 2006-07

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