Person
Scholz, Nat
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Biography and Research Interest
Nat is a supervisory research zoologist and lead investigator for the Fish Neurobiology and Development Team at NOAA's Northwest Fisheries Science Center in Seattle. He earned combined B.A./M.A. degrees in marine biology from the Boston University Marine Program in Woods Hole and a Ph.D. in Zoology from the University of Washington. Before joining the Center, he was a Postdoctoral Associate with the National Academies of Science and Engineering (National Research Council). His research interests are in marine and freshwater conservation biology, with an emphasis on human land use activities, water quality, and the health of at-risk fish species, including threatened and endangered Pacific salmon. His major areas of expertise are in developmental biology, neurobiology, animal behavior, and behavioral ecology.
Non-Zebrafish Publications
Scholz, N.L., Goy, M.F., Truman, J.W., and Graubard K. (1996). Nitric oxide and peptide neurohormones activate cGMP synthesis in the crab stomatogastric ganglion. Journal of Neuroscience, 16:1614-1622.Prabakhar, S., Short, D.B., Scholz, N.L., and Goy, M.F. (1997). Identification of nitric oxide-sensitive and insensitive forms of cytoplasmic guanylate cyclase. Journal of Neurochemistry, 69:1650-1660.
Scholz, N.L., Graubard, K., and Truman, J.W. (1998). The NO/cGMP signaling pathway and the development of neural networks in postembryonic lobsters. Journal of Neurobiology, 34:208-226.
Baro, D.J., Ayali, A., French, L., Scholz, N.L., Labenia, J, Lanning, C.C., Graubard, K., and Harris-Warrick, R.M. (2000). Molecular underpinnings of motor pattern generation: Differential targeting of shal and shaker in the pyloric motor system. Journal of Neuroscience, 20:6619-6630.
Scholz, N.L. and Truman, J.W. (2000). Invertebrate models for studying NO-mediated signaling. In: Handbook of chemical neuroanatomy Vol. 17: Functional neuroanatomy of the nitric oxide system (H. Steinbusch, J. De Vente, S.R. Vincent, A. Bjorklund, and T. Hokfelt eds.). Elsevier. pp. 417-441.
Scholz, N.L., Truelove, N., French, B., Berejikian, B., Quinn, T, Casillas, E., and Collier, T.K. (2000). Diazinon disrupts antipredator and homing behaviors in chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha). Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 57:1911-1918.
Scholz, N.L. (2001). NO/cGMP signaling and the flexible organization of motor behavior in crustaceans. American Zoologist. 41:156-167.
Scholz, N.L., de Vente, J., Truman, J.W., and Graubard, K. (2001). Neural network partitioning by NO and cGMP. Journal of Neuroscience, 21:1610-1618.
Scholz, N.L. and Tchobanoglous, G. (2001). Water pollution. In: McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology, 9th Edition. McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York.
Scholz, N.L., Labenia, J., de Vente, J., Graubard, K., and Goy, M.F. (2002). Expression of nitric oxide synthase and nitric oxide-sensitive guanylate cyclase in the crustacean cardiac ganglion. Journal of Comparative Neurology, 454:158-167.
Baldwin, D.H., Sandahl, J.F., Labenia, J.S., and Scholz, N.L. (2003). Sublethal effects of copper on coho salmon: impacts on non-overlapping receptor populations in the peripheral olfactory nervous system. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 22:2266-2274.
Steel, E.A., Liermann M., McElhany P., Scholz, N.L., and Cullen, A. (2003). Managing uncertainty in habitat recovery planning. Pp. 74-89 in Ecosystem recovery planning for listed salmon: An integrated assessment approach for salmon habitat. U.S. Dept. Commer., NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-NWFSC-58, 183 p.
Sandahl, J.F., Baldwin, D.H., Jenkins, J.J., and Scholz, N.L. (2004). Odor-evoked field potentials as indicators of sublethal neurotoxicity in juvenile coho salmon exposed to copper, chlorpyrifos, or esfenvalerate. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 61:404-413.
Baldwin, D.H. and Scholz, N.L. (2005). The electro-olfactogram: an in vivo measure of peripheral olfactory function and sublethal neurotoxicity in fish. In: Techniques in aquatic toxicology, Volume 2. GK Ostrander (ed.), CRC Press, Inc. Boca Raton, FL. In press.
Sandahl, J.F., Baldwin, D.H., Jenkins, J.J., and Scholz, N.L. (2005). Comparative thresholds for acetylcholinesterase inhibition and behavioral impairment in coho salmon exposed to chlorpyrifos. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, In press.