The Effects of Lipopolysaccharide-induced Neuroinflammation on Learning and Forgetting in Juvenile Rats

Masters Candidate, Michele Barry, has successfully defended and made the required modifications to the text of the master's thesis for the M.S. during this Spring Semester 2016. THESIS COMMITTEE iv Acknowledgments I would like to express my sincere thanks to my advisor, Dr. Michael Vigorito, for his wisdom and guidance. His support has given me the opportunity to complete research in an area of great interest to me, and has provided me with much knowledge and direction. In addition I would like to thank Dr. Amy Hunter and Dr. Amy Joh for serving on my committee and for providing their time and valuable insight. I am very thankful toward these three individuals for their assistance and continued support during my time at Seton Hall. In addition I would like to thank the various lab members over the past two years who have both directly and indirectly helped make this thesis possible. As a first year coming into the lab I learned a great deal from assisting with data collections, gaining knowledge that I could then use for my research. Thank you to Andrew Dieterich for assisting me with ANY-maze, and to all of the lab members for their daily support. A special thank you should be given to all of my family and friends who have supported me along the way. Thank you to Dina Mattern for your friendship and endless support, I couldn't have asked for a better roommate to share this journey with. Lastly, I would like to thank my parents for unconditionally encouraging and inspiring me, without your love and moral support through the years this would never have been possible.