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Northcutt, Richard

Professor of Neurosciences

Degrees:

• Ph.D., University of Illinois

Research Interests:

• Evolutionary neurobiology
• Evolution of vertebrates
• Changes in central nervous system characters that have occurred during vertebrate evolution, the functional significance of these changes, and the phylogenetic relationships that exist. CNS evolution

Honors and Awards:

• Academic Honors: Phi Kappa Phi Phi Sigma Sigma Xi Sigma Zeta Millikin Biology Prize, 1962 and 1963 Phi Sigma Seminar Prize, 1966 and 1967 Sigma Xi Seminar Prize, 1968 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellow, 1979 Amoco Good Teaching Award, 1983 Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science Javits Neuroscience Investigator Award Neurosciences Basic ScienceTeaching Award, UCSD, 1995

Mentoring:

• Mosrel, Melinda (Other; 2008-2008)
• Khonsari, Hossein (Other; 2006-2006)
• Cartwright, Heather (Graduate; 2003-2006)
• Schenker, Natalie (Graduate; 2003-2005)
• Solari, Soren (Graduate; 2003-)
• Yu, Jr.-Kai (Graduate; 2002-2005)
• Eisthen, Heather (Post Doc; 1997-1998)
• Gibbs, Melissa (Post Doc; 1997-1998)
• Schlosser, Gerhard (Post Doc; 1996-1998)
• Matz, Stuart (Post Doc; 1995-1999)
• Rupp, Barbara (Post Doc; 1995-1996)
• Alves-Gomes, Jose (Graduate; 1994-1996)
• Wong, Calvin (Graduate; 1994-1997)
• Yopek, Kara (Other; 1994-1996)
• Hofmann, Michael (Post Doc; 1993-1995)
• Holmes, Preston (Graduate; 1993-2001)
• Pinuela, Carmen (Post Doc; 1993-1996)
• Barlow, Linda (Post Doc; 1992-1997)
• Braun, Christopher (Graduate; 1992-1997)
• Catania, Kenneth (Graduate; 1991-1994)
• Collin, Shaun (Post Doc; 1989-1991)
• Webb, Jacqueline (Post Doc; 1987-1989)
• Striedter, Georg (Graduate; 1985-1990)
• Wullimann, Mario (Post Doc; 1985-1988)
• Song, Jiakun (Graduate; 1982-1989)
• Puzdrowski, Richard (Graduate; 1981-1988)
• Ronan, Mark (Graduate; 1978-1983)
• Neary, Timothy (Post Doc; 1974-1977)
• Bass, Andrew (Graduate; 1973-1978)
• McCormick, Catherine (Graduate; 1973-1978)
• Wilczynski, Walter (Graduate; 1973-1978)
• Braford, Mark (Post Doc; 1971-1975)
• Pritz, Michael (Graduate; 1969-1975)
• Butler, Ann (Graduate; 1968-1971)

Last 10 years

Barlow, Linda A., and R. Glenn Northcutt 1998 The role of innervation in the development of taste buds: insights from studies of amphibian embryos. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 855: 58-69.

Barlow, Linda A., and R. Glenn Northcutt 1998 Vertebrate taste-bud development: are salamanders the model?: letter to the editor. Trends in Neuroscience, 21: 338.

Braun, Christopher B., and R. Glenn Northcutt 1998 Cutaneous exteroreceptors and their innervation in hagfishes. In The Biology of Hagfishes (ed. by J.M. Jørgensen, J.P. Lomholt, R.E. Weber, and H. Malte). Chapman and Hall, London, pp. 510-532.

Northcutt, R. Glenn 1998 [Review of] The Central Nervous System of Vertebrates (by R. Nieuwenhuys, H.J. den Donkelaar and C. Nicholson), Springer, New York, 1997. Nature 392: 670-671.

Northcutt, R. Glenn, and Linda A. Barlow 1998 Amphibians provide new insights into taste-bud development. Trends in Neurosciences, 21: 38-43.

Oelschläger, H.A., C. Helpert, and R.G. Northcutt 1998 Coexistence of FMRFamide-like and LHRH-like immunoreactivity in the terminal nerve and forebrain of the big brown bat Eptesicus fuscus. Brain, Behavior and Evolution, 52: 139-147. Ronan, Mark C., and R. Glenn Northcutt 1998 The central nervous system of hagfishes. In The Biology of Hagfishes (ed. by J.M. Jørgensen, J.P. Lomholt, R.E. Weber, and H. Malte). Chapman and Hall, London, pp. 452-479.

Rupp, Barbara, and R. Glenn Northcutt 1998 The diencephalon and pretectum of the white sturgeon (Acipenser transmontanus): A cytoarchitectonic study. Brain, Behavior and Evolution, 51: 239-262.

Wicht, Helmut, and R. Glenn Northcutt 1998 Telencephalic connections in the Pacific hagfish (Eptatretus stouti), with special reference to the thalamopallial system. Journal of Comparative Neurology, 395: 245-260.

Braun, Christopher B., and R. Glenn Northcutt 1999 Chordate and vertebrate body structure: brain and cranial nerves. In Encyclopedia of Paleontology (ed. by Ronald Singer and Michael K. Diamond). Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago, pp. 185-192.

Catania, Kenneth C., R. Glenn Northcutt, and John H. Kaas 1999 The development of a biological novelty: a different way to make appendages as revealed in the snout of the star-nosed mole Condylura cristata. Journal of Experimental Biology, 202: 2719-2726.

Cruce, William L.R., Sherry L. Stuesse, and R. Glenn Northcutt 1999 Brainstem neurons with descending projections to the spinal cord of two elasmobranch fishes, thornback guitarfish, Platyrhinoidis triserita, and horn shark, Heterodontus francisci. Journal of Comparative Neurology, 403: 534-560.

Northcutt, R. Glenn 1999 Evolution of vertebrate brains. In Elsevier’s Encyclopedia of Neuroscience, 2nd edition (ed. by George Adelman and Barry H. Smith). Elsevier Science B.V. Amsterdam, pp. 688-692.

Northcutt, R. Glenn 1999 Field homology: a meaningless concept. European Journal of Morphology, 37: 95-99.

Northcutt, R. Glenn 1999 [Review of] The Origin and Evolution of Larval Forms (eds. Brian K. Hall and Marvalee H. Wake), Academic Press, San Diego, 1999. Cell, 98: 696-697.

Northcutt, R. Glenn 1999 Sensory structures in vertebrates: lateral line system. In Encyclopedia of Paleontology (eds. Ronald Singer and Michael K. Diamond). Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago, pp. 650-657.

Schlosser, Gerhard, Chris Kintner, and R. Glenn Northcutt 1999 Loss of ectodermal competence for lateral line placode formation in the direct developing frog Eleutherodactylus coqui. Developmental Biology, 213: 354-369.

Weigle, Christoph, and R. Glenn Northcutt 1999 The chemoarchitecture of the forebrain of lampreys: evolutionary implications by comparisons with gnathostomes. European Journal of Morphology, 37: 122-125. Northcutt, R. Glenn, Linda A. Barlow, Christopher B. Braun, and Kenneth C. Catania 2000 Distribution and innervation of taste buds in the axolotl. Brain, Behavior and Evolution, 56: 123-145.

Northcutt, R. Glenn, Preston H. Holmes, and James S. Albert 2000 Distribution and innervation of lateral line organs in the channel catfish. Journal of Comparative Neurology, 421: 570-592.

Reiner, Anton, and R. Glenn Northcutt 2000 Succinic dehydrogenase histochemistry reveals the location of the putative primary visual and auditory areas within the dorsal ventricular ridge of Sphenodon punctatus. Brain, Behavior and Evolution, 55: 26-36. Schlosser, Gerhard, and R. Glenn Northcutt 2000 Development of neurogenic placodes in Xenopus laevis. Journal of Comparative Neurology, 418: 121-146.

Epperlein, Hans H., Robert Cerny, and R. Glenn Northcutt 2001 Early developmental processes in vertebrates. Annals of Anatomy, 183: 581-592. 220. Northcutt, R. Glenn 2001 Changing views of brain evolution. Brain Research Bulletin, 55: 663-674.

Northcutt, R. Glenn 2001 Lancelet lessons: evaluating a phylogenetic model. Journal of Comparative Neurology, 435: 391-393.

Northcutt, R. Glenn 2001 [Review of] Major Events in Early Vertebrate Evolution (ed. P.E. Alberg.) Taylor and Frances, London, 2001. The Palaeontology Newsletter, 47: 93-99.

Schlosser, Gerhard, and R. Glenn Northcutt 2001 Lateral line placodes are induced during neurulation in the axolotl. Developmental Biology, 234: 55-71.

Northcutt, R. Glenn 2002 Understanding vertebrate brain evolution. Integrative and Comparative Biology, 42: 743-756.

Holmes, Preston H., and R. Glenn Northcutt 2003 Connections of the pallial telencephalon in the Senegal bichir, Polypterus. Brain, Behavior and Evolution, 61: 113-147.

Northcutt, R. Glenn 2003 Origin of the isthmus? A comparison of the brains of lancelets and vertebrates. Journal of Comparative Neurology, 466: 316-318.

Northcutt, R. Glenn 2003 The use and abuse of developmental data – commentary on Aboitiz, Morales, and Montiel. Brain and Behavioral Sciences, 26: 565-566.

Northcutt, R. Glenn 2003 Development of the lateral line system in the channel catfish. In The Big Fish Bang (Proceedings of the 26th Annual Larval Fish Conference), (eds. Howard I. Browman and Anne B. Skiftesvik). Institute of Marine Research, Bergen, Norway, pp. 137-159.

Gibbs, Melissa, and R. Glenn Northcutt 2004 Development of the lateral line in sturgeons. Brain, Behavior and Evolution 64: 70-84.

Gibbs, Melissa A., and R. Glenn Northcutt 2004 Retinoic acid repatterns axolotl lateral line receptors. International Journal of Developmental Biology, 48: 63-66.

Northcutt, R. Glenn 2004 Taste buds: development and evolution. Brain Behavior and Evolution, 64: 198-206.

Northcutt, R. Glenn, and Mary Sue Northcutt (eds.) 2004 The development of vertebrate sense organs. Proceedings of the 15th Annual Karger Workshop, Brain, Behavior and Evolution, 64: 125-206.

Northcutt, R. Glenn, Wolfgang Plassmann, Preston H. Holmes, and William M. Saidel 2004 A pallial visual area in the telencephalon of the bony fish Polypterus. Brain, Behavior and Evolution 64: 1-10.

Northcutt, R. Glenn 2005 Ontogeny of electroreceptors and their neural circuitry. In: Electroreception (ed. by T.H. Bullock, C.D. Hopkins, A.N. Popper, and R.R. Fay). Springer, New York, pp. 112-131.

Northcutt, R. Glenn 2005 Taste bud development in the channel catfish. Journal of Comparative Neurology, 482: 1-16.

Northcutt, R. Glenn 2005 The new head hypothesis revisited. Journal of Experimental Zoology, 304B: 274-297.

Northcutt, R. Glenn 2006 Connections of the lateral and medial divisions of the goldfish telencephalic pallium. Journal of Comparative Neurology, 494: 903-943.

Striedter, G.F., and R.G. Northcutt 2006 Head size constrains forebrain development and evolution in ray-finned fishes. Evolution & Development, 8: 215-222.

Piñuela, Carmen, and R. Glenn Northcutt 2007 Immunohistochemical organization of the forebrain in the white sturgeon, Acipener transmontanus. Brain, Behavior and Evolution, 69: 229-253.

Bardet, S.M., M. Martinez-de-la-Torre, R.G. Northcutt, J.L.R. Rubenstein, and L. Puelles 2008 Conserved pattern of OTP-positive cells in the paraventricular nucleus and other hypothalamic sites of tetrapods. Brain Research Bulletin, 75: 231-235.

Northcutt, R. Glenn 2008 Forebrain evolution in bony fishes. Brain Research Bulletin, 75: 191-205.

Northcutt, R. Glenn 2008 The central nervous system of lungfishes. In: Biology of Lungfishes (eds. J.M. Jørgensen, A. Kemp, and T. Wang). Science Publishers, Inc., Plymouth, England, in press.

Northcutt, R. Glenn 2008 Historical hypotheses regarding vertebrate head segmentation. Integrative and Comparative Biology, Advance Access published online on June 28, 2008, Integrative and Comparative Biology, doi:10.1093/icb/icn065.

Northcutt, R. Glenn 2008 The phylogeny of nucleus medianus of the posterior tubercle in ray-finned fishes. Journal of Integrative Zoology, in press.

Khonsari, R.H., B. Li, P. Vernier, R. G. Northcutt, and P. Janvier 2008 The anatomy of the agnathan brain and craniate phylogeny. Acta Zoologica, in press.