Dr. LeeAnn Couts

• Dean, School of Natural and Social Sciences, 2017 to present
• Associate Professor of Psychology, Mount Vernon Nazarene University, August 2008 to present
• Assistant Professor of Psychology, Mount Vernon Nazarene University, August 2006 to July 2008
• Research Associate in Neuroscience, University of Pittsburgh, November 1999 to September 2004
• Postdoctoral Fellow in Neuroscience, University of Pittsburgh, November 1996 to October 1999

Professional Organizations:

• Society for Neuroscience
• American Scientific Affiliation

Awards and Recognition:

• National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression (NARSAD) Young Investigator Award, 2004-2006
• Postdoctoral Trainee, National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) Individual National Research Service Award (NRSA), 1998-1999
• Postdoctoral Trainee, NIMH Training Grant in Psychiatric Disorders, 1996-1998
• Travel Fellowships: 1997, Gordon Research Conference on Catecholamines (Andover, NH); 1998, Center for Neuroscience at the University of Pittsburgh (CNUP) for Dopamine 98 (Strasbourg, France)
• Predoctoral Trainee, NIMH Training Grant in Neuropharmacology, 1995-1996

Published Works and Presentations:

• Erickson SL, Gandhi AR, Asafu-Adjei JK, Sampson AR, Miner LA, Blakely RD, Sesack SR (2011). Chronic desipramine treatment alters tyrosine hydroxylase but not norepinephrine transporter immunoreactivity in norepinephrine axons in the rat prefrontal cortex. International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology, doi:10.1017/S1461145710001525
• Miner LAH, Sesack SR (2007). Anatomical characteristics of norepinephrine axons in the prefrontal cortex: Unexpected findings that may indicate low activity state in naïve animals. In Monoaminergic Modulation of Cortical Excitability, eds. KY Tseng, M Atzori. New York: Springer.
• Miner LAH, Jedema HP, Moore FW, Blakely RD, Grace AA, Sesack SR (2006). Chronic stress increases the plasmalemmal distribution of the norepinephrine transporter and the co-expression of tyrosine hydroxylase in norepinephrine axons in the prefrontal cortex. Journal of Neuroscience 26: 1571-1578.
• Sesack SR, Miner LAH, Omelchenko N (2006). Preembedding immunoelectron microscopy: Applications for studies of the nervous system. In Neuroanatomical Tract-tracing 3: Molecules – Neurons – Systems, eds. L Zaborsky, FG Wouterlood, JL Lanciego. New York: Plenum Publishing Company, pp. 6-71.
• Liprando LL, Miner LAH, Blakely RD, Lewis DA, Sesack SR (2004). Ultrastructural interactions between terminals expressing the norepinephrine transporter and dopamine neurons in the rat and monkey ventral tegmental area. Synapse 52: 233-244.
• Peters JL, Miner LAH, Michael AC, Sesack SR (2004). Light and electron microscopic analysis of voltammetric microelectrode tracks: qualitative evidence for minimal tissue damage. Journal of Neuroscience Methods 137: 9-23.
• Miner LAH, Schroeter S, Blakely RD, Sesack SR (2003). Ultrastructural localization of the norepinephrine transporter in superficial and deep layers of the rat prelimbic prefrontal cortex and its spatial relationship to probable dopamine terminals. Journal of Comparative Neurology 466: 478-494.
• Miner LAH, Backstrom JR, Sanders-Bush E, Sesack SR (2003). Ultrastructural localization of serotonin2A receptors in the middle layers of the rat prelimbic prefrontal cortex. Neuroscience 116: 107-117.
• Miner LAH,  Schroeter S, Blakely RD, Sesack SR (2003). Ultrastructural localization of the norepinephrine transporter in superficial and deep layers of the rat prelimbic prefrontal cortex and its spatial relationship to probable dopamine terminals. Journal of Comparative Neurology 466: 478-494.
• Miner LAH, Schroeter S, Blakely RD, Sesack SR (2000). Ultrastructural localization of the serotonin transporter in superficial and deep layers of the rat prelimbic prefrontal cortex and its spatial relationship to dopamine terminals. Journal of Comparative Neurology 427: 220-234.
• Schroeter, S, Apparsundaram, S, Wiley RG, Miner LAH, Sesack SR, Blakely RD (2000). Immunolocalization of the cocaine- and antidepressant-sensitive l-norepinephrine transporter. Journal of Comparative Neurology 420: 211-232.
• Miner LAH, Jedema HP, Moore FW, Blakely RD, Grace AA, Sesack SR (2006). Chronic stress increases the plasmalemmal distribution of the norepinephrine transporter and the co-expression of tyrosine hydroxylase in norepinephrine axons in the prefrontal cortex. Journal of Neuroscience 26: 1571-1578.
• Sesack SR, Miner LAH, Omelchenko N (2006). Preembedding immunoelectron microscopy:
  Applications for studies of the nervous system. In Neuroanatomical Tract-tracing 3: Molecules – Neurons – Systems, eds. L Zaborsky, FG Wouterlood, JL Lanciego. New York: Plenum Publishing Company, pp. 6-71.
• Liprando LL, Miner LAH, Blakely RD, Lewis DA, Sesack SR (2004). Ultrastructural interactions between terminals expressing the norepinephrine transporter and dopamine neurons in the rat and monkey ventral tegmental area. Synapse 52: 233-244.
• Miner LAH, Schroeter S, Blakely RD, Sesack SR (2003). Ultrastructural localization of the norepinephrine transporter in superficial and deep layers of the rat prelimbic prefrontal cortex and its spatial relationship to probable dopamine terminals. Journal of Comparative Neurology 466: 478-494.
• Miner LAH, Schroeter S, Blakely RD, Sesack SR (2000). Ultrastructural localization of the serotonin transporter in superficial and deep layers of the rat prelimbic prefrontal cortex and its spatial relationship to dopamine terminals. Journal of Comparative Neurology 427: 220-234.

• Ph.D. in Behavioral Neuroscience, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio (1996)
• M.S. in Behavioral Neuroscience, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio (1993)
• B.S. in Psychology, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio (1990)