Curt Anderson
Professor
Biological Sciences
Idaho State University
United States of America
Biography
Dr Anderson joined the Biological Sciences department in 1998. His interest in herpetology has been a life long endeavor, and his work in the neural control of behavior began as a graduate student when at Northern Arizona in Flagstaff, AZ. While a post-doctoral researcher at the University of South Dakota Medical School, he began to develop techniques in neurophysiology. His interest in neuroethology and evolutionary neurobiology continues at Idaho State University. The Anderson lab focuses on the neuromechanics of coordinated movement, using frogs, toads and turtles as model organisms. Dr. Anderson has over 20 publications and the Anderson lab has given over 50 presentations at regional, national and international science meetings. He resides along the Snake River near Pingree, ID with a kennel of racing sleddogs.
Research Interest
Comparative neurobiology, neuroethology, neural control of movement.
Publications
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Wolff JB, M Lee and CW Anderson (2004) The contribution of the submentalis muscle to feeding mechanics in the leopard frog, Rana pipiens 301A: 666-673 J. Experimental Zoology
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Chiddix DN and CW Anderson (2006) The role of the cerebellum during feeding in the leopard frog, Rana pipiens. in review: Physiology and Behavior.
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Wiklund JM and CW Anderson (2006) Distribution of hypoglossal motor neurons in the brainstem of the African Clawed Frog, Xenopus laevis Neuroscience Letters
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Clark NL, Carter L, Christensen and CW Anderson (2006). Anatomical convergence of sensory projections into the brainstem of the leopard frog, Rana pipiens. Journal of Comparative Physiology A
