Publications

1. Good, H.M. and C.W. Spanis. 1958. Some factors affecting the germination of spores of Fomes igniarius, Can. J. Botany 36:421.

2. Spanis, C.W. 1959. Fungicidal activity in soil. M.A. Thesis, UCLA.

3. Munnecke, D.E. and C.W. Spanis. 1960. Bacterial detoxication of an organic mercurial fungicide. Mechanisms of action. Presented at the American Society of Phytopathology, University of California at Davis.

4. Spanis, C.W., D.E. Munnecke and R.A. Solberg. 1962. Biological breakdown of two organic mercurial fungicides. Phytopathology 52 (5):455.

5. Spanis, C.W. 1969. Mechanisms involved in the detoxication of mercurial fungicides by bacteria. IN Textbook on Fungicides, D.E. Munnecke, ed. UCR.

6. Spanis, C.W. 1964 Technique for rapid identification of Candida albicans. Publ. by F. Roth, University of Miami, School of Medicine, Miami, Florida.

7. Spanis, C.W. 1966. Occurrence, distribution and significance of yeast and fungi in the Gulf of Guinea. AIBS Report. C. Oppenheimer, ed.

8 Gunkell, W. and C.W. Spanis, 1967. Distribution of yeast’s and fungi in the North Sea and the Elbe River. Effects of terrestrial run-off. Das Biologische Anstalt Bulletin. Helgoland.

9. Hoshizaki, T. and C.W. Spanis, 1963. Modification of a spectral radiometer for measuring light spectra. Techniques and quanta considerations. Paper presented at UCLA.

10. Spanis, C.W. and F.T. Haxo, 1965. A non-circadian clock in the red algae, Porphoridium cruentum. (unpublished).

11. Spanis, C.W. 1965. Pigment conversion relating changes in photosynthetic capacity to a photosynthetic rhythm in Porphoridium Cruentum. Paper presented at UCLA.

12. Coombs, J., C.W. Spanis, and B.E. Volcani. 1967. Studies on the biochemistry and fine structure of silica shell formation in diatoms. Photosynthesis and respiration and silicon-starvation synchrony of Navicula pelliculosa. Plant Physiology 42:1607

13. Spanis, C.W. 1968. Endogenous Rhythms in Plant and Animals. Monograph. McGraw-Hill, Pub. Manuscript and all data destroyed in house fire prior to submission for publication, Dec. 22, 1968.

14. Bradshaw, J.S. and C.W. Spanis, 1970. Use of an automated and continuous flow analysis in an education program on pollution of coastal lagoons. In  Technicon International Congress Symposium, New York, Nov. 2-4, Vol. 17-26.

15. Pincus, W.B., C.W. Spanis and D. Sintek, 1971. Sytotoxic factor from peritoneal cells: Site of action. Journal of the Reticuloendothelial Soc. 9 :552.

16. Drucker-Colin, R.R., C.W. Spanis, C.W. Cotman, J.L. McGaugh, 1975. Sleep, 1974: Instinct, Neurophysiology, Edocrinology Episodes, Dreams, Epilepsy and Intracranial Pathology. E.W.P. Koella and P. Levin, eds. Karger Basel Switzerland 500 pp.

17. Drucker-Colin, R.R., C.W. Spanis, C.W. Cotman and J.L. McGaugh, 1975. Changes in protein levels in perfusates of freely moving cats: Relation to behavioral states. Science 187:963-965.

18. Spanis, C.W., R.R. Drucker-Colin, C.W. Cotman and J.L. McGaugh, 1975. Biochemical analysis of perfusates taken from the MRF of conscious cats during sleep wakefulness. Presented at Society of Neurosciences, 4th annual symposium, St. Louis.

19. Drucker-Colin, R.R., C.W. Spanis, J. Hunyadi, J.F. Sassin and J.L. McGaugh, 1975. Growth hormone effects on sleep and wakefulness in the rat. Neuroendocrinology, 18:1-8.

20. Drucker-Colin, R.R. and C.W. Spanis, 1975. Is there a sleep transmitter? Progress Neurobiology. Kerkut and Phillis, eds. 5:1-22.

21. Gold, P.E., and R.P. Rose, C.W. Spanis, and J.L. McGaugh. Retrograde amnesia for discrimination escape training produced by post-training electrical stimulation of the amygdala. Submitted.

22. Gold, P.E., R.P. Rose, C.W. Spanis, and L.L. Hankins. Retention deficit for avoidance training in hypophysectionized rats: Time dependent enhancement with post-training ACTH injection. (In Press).

23. Gold, P.E., M.J. Handwerker, R.P. Rose, C.W. Spanis, and J.L. McGaugh. 1974. Effects of postrial amygdala stimulation on retention of avoidance training. Presented at Society for Neurosciences, 4th annual meeting, St. Louis.

24. Spanis, C.W., M.J. Handwerker, J. Haycock and J.L. McGaugh. The action of Diethyldithic carbamic acid in learning and memory in rats. (In Press).

25. Drucker-Colin, R.R. and C.W. Spanis. 1975. Neurochemical correlates of sleep: Increase of proteins during REM sleep. Experientia. 31:551-552.

26. Drucker-Colin, R.R., C.W. Spanis, S.A. Rojas-Ramirez. 1976. Investigation on the role of proteins in REM sleep. In the Neurobiology of Sleep and Memory. (J.L. McGaugh and R.R. Drucker-Colin, eds.) Academic Press, New York.

27. Davis, H.P., C.W. Spanis, L.R. Squire. 1976. Inhibition of cerebral protein synthesis: Performance at different times after passive avoidance training. Pharmocology, Biochem. and Behavior. 4:13-16.

28. Davis, H.P., C.W. Spanis, L.R. Squire. 1975. Inhibition of cerebral protein synthesis: Retention at different times after training. Presented at Society for Neurosciences 5th annual meeting, New York.

29. Spanis, C.W., Ma del Carmen Gutierrez, R.R. Drucker-Colin. 1976. Neurohumoral correlate of sleep: Further biochemical and physiological characterization of sleep perfusates. Pharm. Biochem. and Behavior. Vol. 5:165-173.

30. Spanis, C.W., Ma del Carmen Gutierrez, R.R. Drucker-Colin. 1976. Biochemical and physiological characterization of sleep perfusate solutes from Cats. Neuroscience Abstracts, Vol. II Part 1 and Part 2, p. 890.

31. Curt W. Spanis and Larry R. Squire. 1978. Elevation of brain tyrosine by inhibitors of protein synthesis is not responsible for their amnesic effect. Brain Research 139:384-388.

32. Larry R. Squire, Hasker P. Davis and Curt W. Spanis (1980) Neurobioloby of Amnesia. Science 209 (4458):836-837.

33. Curt W. Spanis and Larry R. Squire. 1981. Memory and Convulsive stimulation: Effects of stimulus waveform. Am. J. Psychiatry 138(9):1177-1181.

34. Curt W. Spanis with J.M. Tepper, S. Nakamura, L.R. Squire, S.J. Young and P.M. Groves. 1982. Subsensitivity of Catecholaminergic Neurons to direct acting agonists after signal of repeated electroconvulsive shock. Biological Psychiatry 17(10):1059-1070.

35. L.R. Squire and C.W. Spanis. 1984. Long gradient of retrograde amnesia in mice: Continuity with the findings in humans. Beh. Neurosciences 98(2):345-348

36. Curt W. Spanis and Larry R. Squire. Stability of Long Temporal Gradients of Retrograde Amnesia in Mice. Behavioral and Neural Biology 48:237-245 (1987).

37. C.W. Spanis, M. Bianchin and J.L. McGaugh. Muscimol Microinfusion into the medial septum and Amygdala – Hippocampus Interactions in Memory Storage. Society for Neurosciences Abs. Oct. 1997.

38. R. Roesler, M. Biachin, C.W. Spanis, M.S. Zanatta, T. Mello-e-Souza, J. Quevedo, P.K. Schmitz, E. Schaeffer, J.A. Quillfeldt, J.H. Medina and I. Izquierdo. The dorsal Hippocampus and Amygdala Participate in the Expression of Inhibitory Avoidance Memory. The Enthorinal Cortex is Involved in Memory Expression. Society for Neurosciences Abs. Oct. 1997

39. C.W. Spanis, G. P. Merritt, C. Dupre-Rios and M. Doust. Metrazol (pentylenetetrazole) revisited as an Euhancer of Learning memory and recall as opposed to kindling. Submitted, 1997.

ADDITIONS since 1997:

40. “Involvement of the amygdala in explicit memories.” Neurobiology 51(5, November 15):1520. With M.M. Bianchin. 1998.

41. “The relation between dementia and direct involvement of the hippocampus and amygdala in PD.” Neurobiology 51(5, November 15):1517. With M.M. Bianchin. 1998.

42. “Stroke Thrombosis and the Stroke Specialist.” Mayo Clinic Proc. 73:705-706. With M.M. Bianchin. 1999.

43. “Patients with acute stroke should see a specialist.” The Lancet 351(February 28):681. With M.M. Bianchin. 2000

44. “MCPG Infused into the Basolateral Nucleus of the Amygdala Impairs the Memory of an Inhibitory Avoidance Task in Rats.” Soc. Neurol. (755.10) 28(November 7-12):1900. With M.M. Bianchin, R. Roesler, I. Izquierdo, and J.L. McGaugh. 1999.

45. “The Gabaergic Antagonist Picrotoxin Enhances Norepinephrine Release Within the Amygdala.” Soc. Neurol. (845.12) 28(November 7-12):2126. With T. Hatfield, R. Metherate, and J.L. McGaugh. 2000

46. “NMDA Receptor Blockade in the Basolateral Amygdala Impairs Memory of Escape Training in Rats.” Soc. Biol. Exp. FeSBE (01.240) XIII:3. With R. Roesler, M.M. Bianchin, I. Izquierdo, and J.L. McGaugh. 2001

47. “MCPG Infused Into the Basolateral Nucleus of the Amygdala Impairs the Memory of an Inhibitory Avoidance Task in Rats.” Four Decades of Memory Proc. APA (November 6-7):9. With M.M. Bianchin, R. Roesler, I. Izquierdo, and J.L. McGaugh. 2002

48. “The gabaergic antagonist picrotoxin enhances norepinephrine release within the amygdala.” Four Decades of Memory Proc. APA. (November 6-7):12. With T. Hatfield and J.L. McGaugh. 2003

49. “(±)-a-Methyl-4-Carboxyphenylglycine, a Metabotropic Receptor Blocker, Impairs Retention of an Inhibitory Avoidance Task in Rats When Infused Into the Basolateral Nucleus of the Amygdala.” Submitted to European J. Neurosci. October. With M.M. Bianchin, R. Roesler, I. Izquierdo, and J.L. McGaugh. 2003.

50. “Norepinephrine release from the amygdala is increased following an emotional stimulus and also following infusion of the gabaergic antagonist picrotoxin.” Brain Research 1999 July 24; 835(2):340-345. 1999.

CLASSIFIED PUBLICATIONS 

51, 52, 53 (1968-71)

Three publications in NASA files on Effect of G Acceleration forces on several parameters including: heart, respiration, calcium, bone, cell components in blood, brain function, and urine. Using vertebrate subjects including rodents, cats, dogs, and two small humans volunteered from NASA. Also, two invertebrate species and a fungus. The G accelerator, which could accommodate subjects up to 140 lbs. was removed by past chair Lou Burnett. Experimental results proved quite valuable to NASA on initial space travel concerns.

54, 55, 56 (1988-94)

Three publications for ENSRA Constructors and Consultants. The largest international company in the world dealing with pollution. This research contributed use of bacteria to degrade hydrocarbons (including oils, pesticides, toxic fungicides). The work included collaborations with Dennis Fough at UCR in metabolic examination of Kreb’s cycle intermediates. Further on site seeding of oil polluted land in 5 states was performed using co-commensally produced

bacteria to effect bioremediation of those areas. Then these methods were used to combat the extensive oil-contaminated land following the Saudi Arabian war. This researchers lab was given to another faculty member in 1997 while this researcher was on sabbatical leave thus terminating the work and the collaborations.

57. Marino M. Bianchin, Roger Waltz, Guilherme de 0. Bustamente e Curt W. Spanis. Part IV. Os transtornos psiquiatricos 31. 0 estudo do sono e de seus disturbios pp 397-415. In Bases Biologicas Dos Transtornos Psiquiatricos/organizador po Flavio Kapczinski, Joao Quevedo e Ivan Izquierdo. Vol. 1. Proto Alegre: Artmed 2004.

58. Marino M. Bianchin, Roger Waltz, Guilherme de 0. Bustameente e Curt W. Spanis. Part IV. Os transtornos psiquiatricos 31. 0 estudo do sono e de seus disturbios pp 397-415. In Bases Biologicas Dos Transtornos Psiquiatricos/organizador po Flavio Kapczinski, Joao Quevedo e Ivan Izquierdo. Vol. 2. Proto Alegre: Artmed 2004.

59. Raul R. Drucker-Colin and Curt W. Spanis. The push-pull cannula method for analysis of Sleep Peptides produced during REM sleep. In Dale Purves, et al Neuroscience. Sinauer Associates. 2004.

60. Curt W. Spanis and Arthur Menezez. Experiments suggesting differing roles for Nitric Oxide in CAl and CA3 in the Hippocampus in memory processing. Submitted to Psychopharmacology. 2004.

61. Spanis C. A. The use of ergogenic aids in athletics and policies concerning them. B. The influence of exercise on preventative medicine for the population. C. The use of exercise in chronic disease. In: Education development and cultural exchange to facilitate and understand the role of exercise physiology and sports medicine in Vietnam. Submitted in November to People to People Ambassadors Program reports. Vol. 5. 2004.