University of Maryland; College Park, Maryland; Ph.D. in Zoology 1986

University of Maryland; College Park, Maryland/Horn Point Environmental Laboratory; Cambridge, Maryland; M.S. in Marine-Estuarine-Environmental Sciences 1981

Duke University; Durham, North Carolina; B.S. in Zoology 1979

• Biology 105 - TOPIC:BIOLOGY OF THE MIND
• Biology 121 - ZOOLOGY
• Biology 131 - BIOLOGY I LABORATORY
• Biology 140 - BIOLOGY II
• Biology 340 - ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY
• Biology 370 - NEUROSCIENCE
• Biology 451 - RESEARCH IN BIOLOGY
• Biology 460 - INTERNSHIP IN BIOLOGY
• Biology 485 - SR SEM:NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH
• Interdepartmental 485 - SENIOR SEM:DEVEL NEUROSCIENCE
• Interdepartmental 485 - SENIOR SEMINAR: CANCER
• Interdepartmental 485 - SENIOR SEMINAR: NEUROSCIENCE

Blundon, J.A., S.N. Wright, M. Brodwick, and G.D. Bittner, 1995. Properties of calcium-activated potassium channels and calcium channels at a crayfish neuromuscular synapse. J. Neurophysiol. 73:178-189.

Blundon, J.A., S.N. Wright, M. Brodwick, and G.D. Bittner, 1993. Residual free calcium is not responsible for facilitation of neurotransmitter release. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 90:9388-9392.

Blundon, J.A. and G.D. Bittner, 1992. Effects of ethanol and other drugs on excitatory and inhibitory neurotransmission in the crayfish. J. Neurophysiol. 67:576-587.

Blundon, J.A., 1992. Effects of ethanol on crayfish behavior and synaptic transmission. In Alcohol: Neurobiology and Neurophysiology, R.R. Watson (ed.), CRC Press, Boca Raton, pp. 215-238.

Govind, C.K., J.A. Blundon, and M.D. Kirk, 1992. Functional degeneration of isolated central stumps of crayfish sensory axons. J. Comp. Neurol. 322:111-120.

Blundon, J.A., R.A. Sheller, J.W. Moehlenbruck, and G.D. Bittner, 1990. Effect of temperature on long term survival of anucleate giant axons in crayfish and goldfish. J. Comp. Neurol. 297:377-391.

Blundon, J.A., 1989. Effects of temperature and thermal history on neuromuscular properties of two crustacean species. J. Comp. Physiol. B 158:689-696.

Blundon, J.A., 1988. Morphology and muscle stress of chelae of temperate and tropical stone crabs Menippe mercenaria. J. Zool., Lond. 215:663-673.

Friedman, R.N., G.D. Bittner and J.A. Blundon, 1988. Electrophysiological and behavioral effects of ethanol on crayfish. J. Pharmacol. Exper. Ther. 246:125-131.

Lnenicka, G.A., J.A. Blundon and C.K. Govind, 1988. Early experience influences the development of bilateral asymmetry in a lobster motoneuron. Devel. Biol. 129:84-90.

Govind, C.K. and J.A. Blundon, 1985. Form and function of the asymmetric chelae in blue crabs with normal and reversed handedness. Biol. Bull. 168:321-331.

Blundon, J.A. and G.J. Vermeij, 1983. Effects of shell repair on shell strength in the gastropod Littorina irrorata Mar. Biol. 76:41-45.

Kennedy, V.S. and J.A. Blundon, 1983. Shell strength in Corbicula sp. (Bivalvia:Corbiculidae) from the Potomac River, Maryland. Veliger 26:22-25.

Blundon, J.A. and V.S. Kennedy, 1982. Mechanical and behavioral aspects of blue crab, Callinectes sapidus Rathbun, predation on Chesapeake Bay bivalves. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 65:47-65.

Blundon, J.A. and V.S. Kennedy, 1982. Refuges for infaunal bivalves from blue crab, Callinectes sapidus Rathbun, predation in Chesapeake Bay. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 65:67-81.

Recent Abstracts

Blundon, J.A. and E.M. Adler, 1997. Undergraduate Laboratory investigations of cell development using rat pheochromocytoma cells. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr.

Blundon, J.A., S.N. Wright, M. Brodwick and G.D. Bittner, 1994. Presynaptic calcium-activated potassium conductance and calcium conductance at the crayfish neuromuscular junction. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr. 20(1):61.

Blundon, J.A., S.N. Wright, M. Brodwick and G.D. Bittner, 1992. Residual free calcium is not responsible for facilitation of neurotransmitter release. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr. 18(1):247.

Blundon, J.A. and G.D. Bittner, 1990. Selective reduction of inhibition at the crayfish opener neuromuscular junction by low concentrations of ethanol. Soc. Neurosci.Abstr. 16(1):61.