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Kirsten Culver

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Associate ProfessorNursingMcMaster University

Research

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15 publications.

01

The impact of curricular changes on BSCN students' clinical learning outcomes

Landeen J, Carr D, Culver K, Martin L, Matthew-Maich N, Noesgaard C, Beney-Gadsby L

Nurse Education in Practice201628 citations
DOI: 10.1016/j.nepr.2016.09.010
02

Altered dopamine D2-like receptor binding in rats with behavioral sensitization to quinpirole: effects of pre-treatment with Ro 41-1049

Culver KE, Szechtman H, Levant B

European Journal of Pharmacology200815 citationsFirst author
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2008.06.101
03

Effects of hypophysectomy on compulsive checking and cortical dendrites in an animal model of obsessive-compulsive disorder

Dvorkin A, Culver KE, Waxman D, Szechtman H, Kolb B

Behavioural Pharmacology20087 citations
DOI: 10.1097/fbp.0b013e3283095223
04

Differential effects of clorgyline on sensitization to quinpirole in rats tested in small and large environments

Dvorkin A, Culver KE, Szechtman H

Psychopharmacology20069 citations
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-006-0377-4
05

Hypophysectomy does not block sensitization to the dopamine agonist quinpirole or its modulation by the MAOI clorgyline

Culver KE, Szechtman H

Hormones and Behavior20046 citationsFirst author
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2003.07.004
06

Asymmetric modulation of a catecholamine‐regulated protein in the rat brain, following quinpirole administration

Gabriele J, Culver K, Sharma S, Zhang B, Szechtman H, Mishra R

Synapse20036 citations
DOI: 10.1002/syn.10224
07

Clorgyline-induced switch from locomotion to mouthing in sensitization to the dopamine D2/D3 agonist quinpirole in rats: role of sigma and imidazoline I2 receptors

Culver KE, Szechtman H

Psychopharmacology20035 citationsFirst author
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-003-1408-z
08

Effect of nicotine on quinpirole-induced checking behavior in rats: implications for obsessive-compulsive disorder

Tizabi Y, Louis VA, Taylor CT, Waxman D, Culver KE, Szechtman H

Biological Psychiatry200252 citations
DOI: 10.1016/s0006-3223(01)01207-0
09

Monoamine oxidase inhibitor-induced blockade of locomotor sensitization to quinpirole: role of striatal dopamine uptake inhibition

Culver KE, Rosenfeld JM, Szechtman H

Neuropharmacology200214 citationsFirst author
DOI: 10.1016/s0028-3908(02)00128-4
10

Compulsive checking behavior of quinpirole-sensitized rats as an animal model of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder(OCD): form and control

Szechtman H, Eckert MJ, Tse WS, Boersma JT, Bonura CA, McClelland JZ, Culver KE, Eilam D

BMC Neuroscience2001115 citationsOpen Access
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2202-2-4PMID: W1620499250

Courses taught

21

  • Integrated Biological Bases of Nursing Practice II

    HTHSCI 2C06 · last taught 2026

    Undergraduate

  • Introductory Microbiology

    HTHSCI 2HH3 · last taught 2026

    Undergraduate

  • Introduction to Integrated Pathophysiology for Nursing for Basic Stream

    HTHSCI 2LA2B · last taught 2026

    Undergraduate

  • Integrated Pathophysiology for Nursing

    HTHSCI 3PA2B · last taught 2026

    Undergraduate

  • Integrated Biological Bases of Nursing Practice I

    HTHSCI 1CC6 · last taught 2025

    Undergraduate

  • Introductory Pharmacology

    HTHSCI 2H03 · last taught 2025

    Undergraduate

  • Introduction to Integrated Pathophysiology for Nursing for Basic Stream

    HTHSCI 2LA2A · last taught 2025

    Undergraduate

  • Human Biochemistry II: Nutrition and Metabolism

    HTHSCI 3BB3 · last taught 2025

    Undergraduate

  • Integrated Pathophysiology for Nursing

    HTHSCI 3PA2A · last taught 2025

    Undergraduate

  • Human Anatomy and Physiology I

    HTHSCI 1H06B · last taught 2023

    Undergraduate

Frequent collaborators

6
Kirsten CulverHenry SzechtmanJacob Mordechai RosenfeldDonna CarrLynn MartinRam MishraSunjay Sharma
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Henry Szechtman

Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences

12 shared papers, latest 2008

Jacob Mordechai Rosenfeld

Pathology & Molecular Medicine

2 shared papers, latest 2002

Ram Mishra

Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences

1 shared papers, latest 2003

Donna Carr

Nursing

1 shared papers, latest 2016

Lynn Martin

Nursing

1 shared papers, latest 2016

Sunjay Sharma

Surgery

1 shared papers, latest 2003

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