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Eleanor M. Josephson, DVM, PhD

Associate Professor of Neuroscience and Anatomy, joined the College of Veterinary Medicine in 2000. She received a B.S. in Zoology from the University of Louisville in 1984, and a D.V.M. from Auburn University in 1988. After completing an internship at Rowley Memorial Animal Hospital in Springfield, Massachusetts, she received a Ph.D. in Biomedical Science from Auburn University in 1995. She was a postdoctoral fellow in the lab of Dr. Kent Morest at the University of Connecticut Health Center.

111 Greene Hall
334-844-5423
josepem@auburn.edu

Research Interests

My research has focused on the anatomical correlates of information processing in the olfactory system. I have developed a culture system of olfactory epithelium and olfactory bulb tissues that responds to airborne odorants. My colleagues and I hope to use the culture system to study signaling and signal regulation in olfactory receptor neurons and olfactory bulb neurons.

My other research interests is the study of how people learn best. I recently collaborated in a public-private partnership to create a video-based dissection tutorial program.

Selected Publications

Josephson EM, Moore LJ. An electronic instructor for gross anatomy dissection. Journal of Veterinary Medical Education 33(3):465-473, 2006.

Josephson EM, Yilma S, Vodyanoy V, Morrison EE. Structure and function of long-lived olfactory organotypic cultures from post-natal mice. Journal of Neuroscience Research 75:642-653, 2004.

Josephson EM, Morest DK. Synaptic nests and glutamate transport in the cochlear nucleus of the mouse. Synapse 49(1):29-46, 2003.

Josephson EM, Morest DK. A quantitative profile of the synapses on the stellate cell body and axon in the cochlear nucleus of the chinchilla. Journal of Neurocytology 27(11):841-864, 1998.

Josephson E, Padgett ML, Buxton DF. The lateral and medial compartments of the rat olfactory tubercle and their relation to olfactory-related input as determined by artificial neural network analysis. Brain Research 744(2):253-271, 1997.