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Schoenfeld, Thomas A. Dr. Thomas A. Schoenfeld
 Office Information:
CS-114
Phone: 978-665-4024
Email: tschoenf@fsc.edu

 

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Education:

 
  • Postdoctoral, Neuroscience, University of Florida School of Medicine
  • Ph.D., Psychobiology, Rutgers University
  • M.S., Psychobiology, Rutgers University
  • B.A., Psychology, Lawrence University

 

Research Interests:

  • The terrestrial vertebrate nose as a gas chromatograph: How smelling is like seeing
  • Persistent birth and long-term survival of new olfactory receptor neurons from stem cells in the adult nose: When hamsters are like lobsters
  • Physiological determinants of female dominance in Syrian hamster social interactions
 Current Projects:

  • Three dimensional computer mapping of the rodent nose
  • Categorizing odorants by their chromatographic properties
  • Interpreting public science


 

Representative Publications:

Schoenfeld, T. A., & Cleland, T.A. (2006). Anatomical contributions to odorant sampling and representation in rodents: Zoning in on sniffing behavior. Chemical Senses, 31, 131-144.

Schoenfeld, T. A., & Cleland, T. (2005). The anatomical logic of smell. Trends in Neurosciences, 28, 620-627.

Schoenfeld, T. A., & Knott, T. K. (2004) Evidence for the disproportionate mapping of olfactory airspace onto the main olfactory bulb of the hamster. Journal of Comparative Neurology, 476, 186-201.

Schoenfeld, T. A., & Knott, T. K. (2002). NADPH diaphorase activity in olfactory receptor neurons and their axons conforms to a rhinotopically-distinct dorsal zone of the hamster nasal cavity and main olfactory bulb. Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy, 24, 269-285.

Clancy, A., Schoenfeld, T. A., Forbes, W., & Macrides, F. (1994). The spatial organization of the peripheral olfactory system of the hamster: Part II: Receptor surfaces and odorant passageways within the nasal cavity. Brain Research Bulletin, 34. 211-241.

Schoenfeld, T. A., Clancy, A., Forbes, W., & Macrides, F. (1994). The spatial organization of the peripheral olfactory system of the hamster: Part I: Receptor neuron projections to the main olfactory bulb. Brain Research Bulletin, 34, 183-210.



Professional Affiliations:

  • Association for Chemoreception Sciences
  • New York Academy of Sciences

 

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