Assistant Professor
Ph.D., The University of Virginia, 1999
Neurobiology of Learning and Memory
Summary
Education
University of California, Irvine Postdoctoral Researcher
1999-2006
University of Virginia Ph.D., Psychobiology
1994 - 1999
American University B.A., Psychology
1990-1994
Research Experience
University of Texas at Dallas Assistant Professor of Cognition and Neuroscience,
School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences,
Richardson, TX
2006-present
University of California Postdoctoral researcher, Center for the
Neurobiology of Learning and Memory,
Irvine, CA
1999-2006 (with Dr. James L. McGaugh)
The University of Virginia Graduate researcher, Psychobiology,
Charlottesville, VA
1994-1999 (with Dr. Paul Gold)
American University Undergraduate researcher, Behavioral
Pharmacology,
Washington, DC
1993-1994 (with Dr. Anthony Riley)
McIntyre, C.K., Miyashita, T., Setlow, B., Guzowski, J.G., Marjon, K.D., Steward, O., Guzowski, J.F. and McGaugh, J.L. Memory-influencing intra-basolateral amygdala drug infusions modulate Arc expression in the hippocampus. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, USA (2005) 102:10718-10723.
Power, A.E., McIntyre, C.K., Litmanovich, A., and McGaugh, J.L. Memory enhancement by cholinergic activation in the basolateral amygdala involves activation of both M1 and M2 receptors. Behavioral Pharmacology (2003) 14:207-213.
McIntyre, C.K., Power, A.E., Roozendaal, B. and McGaugh, J.L. Role of the basolateral amygdala in memory consolidation. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences (2003) 985:273-293.
McIntyre, C.K., Marriott, L.K., and Gold, P.E. Cooperation between memory systems: Acetylcholine release in the amygdala correlates positively with performance on a hippocampus-dependent task. Behavioral Neuroscience (2003) 117:320-326.
McIntyre, C.K., Marriott L.K., and Gold, P.E. Patterns of brain acetylcholine release predict individual differences in preferred learning strategies in rats. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory (2003) 79:177-183.
McGaugh, J.L., McIntyre, C.K., and Power, A.E. Amygdala modulation of memory consolidation: Interaction with other brain systems. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory (2002) 78:539-552.
McIntyre, C.K., Hatfield, T. and McGaugh, J.L. Amygdala norepinephrine levels following learning predict long-term memory. European Journal of Neuroscience (2002) 16:1-6.
McIntyre, C.K., Pal, S.N., Marriott, L.K., and Gold, P.E. Acetylcholine output in the hippocampus correlates negatively with good performance on an amygdala-dependent memory task Journal of Neuroscience (2002) 22(3):1171-1176.
Gold, P.E., McIntyre, C., McNay, E., Stefani, M.R., and Korol, D.L. From memory consolidation to modulation: Referees of dueling memory systems. In: P.E.Gold and W.T. Greenough (Eds), Forty Years of Memories: A Festschrift for James L. McGaugh, APA Publishers, Washington, D.C. (2001).
McIntyre, C.K., Ragozzino, M.E., and Gold, P.E. Intra-amygdala infusions of scopolamine impair performance on a conditioned place preference task but not a spatial radial maze task. Behavioural Brain Research (1998) 95(2):219-226.
In Preparation
Roozendaal, B., McIntyre, C.K., McReynolds, J. and McGaugh, J.L. Glucocorticoids enhance long-term memory consolidation and impair working memory through competing neural systems.
McIntyre, C.K., Miyashita, T., Abdi, A.,
McReynolds, J., Donowho, K., and Guzowski, J.G.
Emotional arousal and amygdala activity influence local translation of
Arc protein in the hippocampus.
McReynolds, J., Roozendaal, B., and McIntyre, C.K. Glucocorticoids enhance long-term memory consolidation and local translation of Arc protein in the hippocampus.
Teaching
University of Texas at Dallas
Instructor, Laboratory Methods (Undergraduate level)
Spring, 2008; Fall, 2008; Spring, 2009
Instructor, Brain and Memory (Undergraduate level)
Fall, 2007
Instructor,
Principles of Neural Development (Graduate level)
Spring,
2007
Instructor, Neurobiology of
Memory and
Emotion (Graduate level)
Fall,
2006
Chapman University
Instructor, Psychopharmacology (Graduate level)Fall, 2005
California State University, Fullerton
Organizer and participant in lecture series entitled “The Brain” (Continuing Education)Summer, 2001
University of Virginia
Teaching Assistant, Psychobiology Lab (Undergraduate level)1995-1998
Grants and Honors:
USPHS-NIH Mental Health National Research Service Award, "Amygdala
Modulation of Multiple Neural Systems of
Memory" 2001-2003.
Postdoctoral Travel Award, Society for Neuroscience, 2005
Award for "Best Data Blitz Presentation" Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, UC Irvine, 2005
Roger Russell Award for Scholarship and Collegiality, Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, UC Irvine,
2002.
Ralf W. Gerard Fellowship, Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, UC Irvine, 1999-2000.
Dissertation Fellowship, University of Virginia, "Competition and Cooperation across Multiple Systems of Memory:
Contributions of Acetylcholine" 1998-1999.
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Professional Activities:
Editor for Write Science Right: www.writescienceright.com (2003-present)
Psychology representative to Graduate Student Council (1996-1997).
Minority affairs committee (1998-1999).
Member of Society for Neuroscience (1995-present)
Reviewed Papers and Grants for:
National Science Foundation Neurobiology of Learning and Memory
Journal of Neuroscience European Journal of Pharmacology
European Journal of Neuroscience Behavioural Brain Research
Proceedings of the National Acadamy of Sciences Neuroscience
Brain Research Neuroscience Letters