David Holtzman
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Senior Lecturer, Brain & Cognitive Sciences
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Contact Information
- Meliora 110
- Brain & Cognitive Sciences
- University of Rochester
- Rochester, NY 14627-0268
- (585) 273-4561
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Education
1984 BS, Anatomy and Physiology, Cornell University
1990 PhD, Neural and Behavioral Sciences, State University of New York Health Science Center at Brooklyn, New York
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Research Overview
Development of sensory systems and their use in naturally-occurring behaviors;
Spatial ecology, learning, and memory in reptiles and amphibians;
Chemical senses in reptiles and amphibians;
Comparative neuroanatomy
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Selected Publications
- Holtzman, D.A., S. Shifley*, and D. Sisson* (2007). Spatial ecology of resident and displaced boa constrictors (Boa
constrictor imperator) on Ometepe Island, Nicaragua: Effects of displacement and implications for conservation. In R.W.
Henderson, R. Powell, G.W. Schuett, and M.E. Douglas (eds.) Biology of Boas and Pythons. Eagle Mountain Publ.
- Holtzman, D.A., C.S. Stosic, and J. Wyatt (2002) Field use of a local anesthetic, lidocaine hydrochloride, for
radiotransmitter implantation in Boa constrictor imperator. Herpetological Review 33:189-191.
- Holtzman, D.A. (2001) Courtship behavior:Thamnophis s. sirtalis. Herpetological Review 32:110.
Stone, A., N.B. Ford, and D.A. Holtzman (2000) Spatial learning and shelter selection by juvenile spotted pythons,
Anteresia maculosus. J. Herpetol. 34:575-587.
- Holtzman, D.A., T.W. Harris*, G. Aranguren* and E. Bostock (1999) Spatial learning and memory of an escape task by young
corn snakes. Animal Behaviour 57:51-60.
- Holtzman, D.A. (1998) From slither to hither: Orientation and spatial learning in snakes. Integrative Biol. 1:81-89.
- Holtzman, D.A. (1998) Cell dynamics in the embryonic and postnatal vomeronasal epithelium of snakes. Microscopy Research
and Technique 41:471-482.
- Holtzman, D.A., P.J. Brooks, D.W. Pfaff, and S. Schwartz-Giblin (1997) Preproenkephalin mRNA is regulated by an
interaction between steroid hormones and noxious stimulation. J. Neuroendocrinol. 9:913-922.
- Stone*, A. and D.A. Holtzman (1996) Feeding responses in young boa constrictors are mediated by the vomeronasal system.
Anim. Behav. 52:949-955.
- Holtzman, D.A., E. Gordon**, and M. Halpern (1993) Developmental changes in cytochrome oxidase histochemistry in the main
and accessory olfactory bulbs of embryonic and neonatal garter snakes. J. Morphol. 218:323-332.
- Holtzman, D.A. (1993) The ontogeny of nasal chemosensory systems in garter snakes. Brain Behav. Evol. 41:163-170.
- Holtzman, D. A., D.W. Pfaff, and S. Schwartz-Giblin (1992) Axial muscle EMG responses evoked by cutaneous flank nerves in
the female rat: effects of spinal transection, steroid hormones, and anesthesia. Brain Research 595:39-49.
- Holtzman, D.A. and M. Halpern (1991a) Incorporation of 3H-thymidine in the embryonic vomeronasal and olfactory epithelia of
garter snakes. J. Comp. Neurol. 304:435-449.
- Holtzman, D.A. and M. Halpern (1991b) Incorporation of 3H-thymidine in telencephalic structures of the vomeronasal and
olfactory systems of embryonic garter snakes. J. Comp. Neurol. 304:450-466.
- Holtzman, D.A. and M. Halpern (1990) Embryonic and neonatal development of the vomeronasal and olfactory systems in garter
snakes (Thamnophis sp.). J. Morphol. 203:123-140.
- Holtzman, D.A., G.R. Ten Eyck, and D. Begun (1989) Artificial hibernation of garter (Thamnophis sp.) and corn (Elaphe guttata
guttata) snakes. Herp. Review 20:67-69.
- Holtzman, D.A. and M. Halpern (1989) In vitro technique for studying garter snake (Thamnophis spp.) development. J. Exp.
Zool. 250:283-288.
- Greenberg, L.A. and D.A. Holtzman* (1987) Microhabitat utilization, feeding periodicity, home range and population size of the
banded sculpin, Cottus carolinae. Copeia, 1987:19-25.
*undergraduate, **high school student
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