CURRICULUM VITAE

 

NAME:

J. Timothy Cannon, Ph.D.

 

ADDRESS:

Department of Psychology

Alumni Memorial Hall

University of Scranton

Scranton, PA l85l0-4596

(570) 941‑4266

CANNON@SCRANTON.EDU

http://academic.scranton.edu/faculty/cannon/

 

110 Ledgewood Drive

Clarks Summit, PA 18411

(570) 586-2022

 

BIRTHDATE:

August 26, 1949

 

BIRTHPLACE:

Scranton, PA

 

CITIZENSHIP:

U.S.A.

 

EDUCATION:

 

1977‑79   University of California, Los Angeles

                                    Postdoctoral Training

                                    Sponsor:  John C. Liebeskind, Ph.D.

1971‑77   University of Maine, Orono

                                    Ph.D., Experimental Psychology, June, 1977

1967‑71   University of Scranton

                                    B.S., Psychology, June, 1971

 

DISSERTATION:

Doctoral Dissertation:  Behavioral and Neuroanatomical Analyses of the Pinna (Preyer) Reflex and Escape from Intense Noise in the Rat.  Major Advisor:  Robert M. Abelson, Ph.D.

 

CURRENT POSITION:

1981-     Present  University of Scranton, Department of Psychology, Professor (1997)

                        Director, Neuroscience Program (1987-present)

                        Associate Chair, Psychology (1986-1999)

 

PAST EMPLOYMENT:

1981-86, 88-89 (Summers) Visiting Assoc. (formerly, Asst.)    Professor, UCLA

1980-81  Assistant Research Psychologist, UCLA

 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

Behavioral Neuroscience (lower and upper division)

Graduate Seminar in "Neural Mechanisms of Pain and Pain        Inhibition" (Team taught with J.C. Liebeskind)

Pain Research and Treatment

Psychopharmacology

Research Methods in the Behavioral Sciences Lab

Statistics

Sensation and Perception

Learning and Memory

Behavior Modification (Team taught with J.C. Norcross)

History and Literature of Psychology

Fundamentals of Psychology

 

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:

International Association for the Study of Pain

Society for Neuroscience

American Psychological Society

Faculty for Undergraduate Neuroscience (FUN)

            Member, Executive Council (2000-current)

New York Academy of Sciences

Sigma Xi

American Association for the Advancement of Science

 

AWARDS AND HONORS:

2005                Provost's Award:  Excellence in Promoting Interdisciplinary Study

1997                J.J. Quinn (mentored student) received the Faculty for Undergraduate Neuroscience’s award for the most outstanding undergraduate research presentation at that year’s Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience

1995                CASE (Counsel for Advancement and Support of Education) Professor of the Year, State of PA, 1995

1992                NSF ILI Grant (17K)

1987, 99          Merit Salary Increases for General Excellence

1977-79           NIH Postdoctoral Traineeship

1972-73           NDEA Fellowship

1971                NSF Summer Research Program

 

 

 

WORKSHOPS:

Mayne , T. J., Cannon, J. T., Brust, A. M., Norcross, J. C., and Halgin, R. P. Applying to graduate programs in clinical psychology: not for students only!. Eastern Psychological Association, 1992.

 

Mayne, T. J., Cannon, J. T., Brust, A. M. and Halgin, R. P.  Applying to graduate school in Psychology: A mini-workshop. 1993.

 

Mayne, T. J., Tomcho, T., Cannon, J. T., Norcross, J. C., Krauss Whitbourne, S., and Halgin, R. P., and Waters, J. A.  Applying to graduate school in psychology: Getting started, getting in. Eastern Psychological Association,1994. Association, Philadelphia, PA.

 

Cannon, J.T., & Norcross, J.C. Balancing science and (pre-) specialization in the psychology curriculum. Eastern Psychological Association, 1996.

 

Whitbourne, S., Correia, C., Norcross, J.C., and Cannon, J.T. Preparing for Graduate School Admission Workshop.  Eastern Psychological Association, 1996

 

INVITED ADDRESSES:

1980    Annual Meeting of the American Association of Regional Anesthesiologists, San Francisco, CA

 

1981    10th International Congress of Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology, "The Epileptic and Anticonvulsant Properties of Opioid Peptides", Kyoto, Japan

 

1985    American Association for the Study of Pain, "Descending Pain‑Inhibitory Mechanisms", Dallas, TX

 

1986    Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Albany Medical School "Descending Mechanisms of Pain‑Inhibition", Albany, NY

 

1987    Baylor College of Medicine, "Anatomy and Physiology of Pain", Houston, TX

 

1989    International Symposium on East-West Medicine (Sponsored by the World Health Organization), "Analgesic Effects of Electrical Brain Stimulation and Stress", Seoul, South-Korea

 

1993    Keynote Address, 20th Annual Meeting of the Illinois/Iowa Undergraduate Psychology Conference, "Pain, Stress, Immunity, and Cancer," Knox College, Galesburg, IL

 

1994    Cannon, J.T. Psychology Department, Bloomsburg University, “Pain Stress, Immunity, and Cancer,” Bloomsburg, PA

 

1995    Cannon, J.T. NSF Sponsored Workshop for High School Teachers of Psychology, Department of Psychology, Ithaca College, “Pain Stress, Immunity, and Cancer,” Ithaca, NY

 

1995    Cannon, J.T. NSF, AAAS Invitational Conference on Teaching Science and Mathematics to Students with Learning Disabilities, “Biological Bases of Learning Disabilities,” Washington, DC

 

1996    Cannon, J.T., Third Northeastern Conference for Teachers of Psychology, Department of Psychology, Ithaca College, “The Psychology of Pain,” Ithaca, NY

 

2001    Cannon J.T. Advances in Pain Therapy and Research, Invited Address, Department of Science, Marywood University, Dunmore, PA

 

2002    Cannon, J.T. The Role of Community in Undergraduate Neuroscience Programs, Invited Address, San Francisco, CA

 

 


 


GRANT AND

EXTERNAL

REVIEWS:

 

Program review, Department of Psychology – Bloomsburg University

Program review, Department of Psychology - Kutztown University

National Science Foundation Grants

State of Louisiana - Early Career Achievement Award

State of Louisiana – Research Grant

 

MANUSCRIPT REVIEWS:

Academic Press

Allyn & Bacon

American Scientist

Brain Research

Brain Research Bulletin

Brooks/Cole Publishing

Harper & Row

Houghton Mifflin Company

Pharmacology, Biochemistry, and Behavior

Physiology & Behavior

Psychopharmacology

The Journal Pain

W.C. Brown Co.

 

SPECIALTY AREAS:

Primary Instruction and Research Interests:

 

Behavioral Neuroscience

Pain Research and Treatment

Evolutionary Psychology

Psychopharmacology

Functional neuroanatomy and neuropharmacology of endogenous pain inhibitory mechanisms

 

INSTITUTIONAL SERVICE:

(representative)

Proposed and serve as director of Neuroscience (formerly Psychobiology) Program (1987-Present)

Chair, Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (1987-Present)

Proposed and served on Advisory Committee for the development of the institution’s Faculty-Student Research Program (1990)

Proposed the creation of the institutions Student-Faculty Teaching Mentoring Program (1996)

Founder and Faculty Chair of annual University of Scranton, Psychology Conference (1985-Present)

Faculty Advisor (founding), American Psychological Society Student Caucus, Awarded National Outstanding Student Chapter, 1991-1992 & 1995-1996 (1990-Present)

Member, Faculty Senate (4 terms)

Chair, Curriculum Committee, (2000)

Chair, Middle States Self-Study Group on Library and Information Resources, (1996-1997)

 

EDUCATIONAL SOFTWARE:

 

Wheeler, R.A., Baldwin, A.E., Reid, R.S., Quinn, J.J., Cannon, J.T.  The Sheep Brain Dissection Guide.  http://academic.uofs.edu/department/psych/sheep

 

PUBLISHED ABSTRACTS & PAPER PRESENTATIONS:

 

Cannon, J.T., Abelson, R.M., and Morley, B.J.  Permanent enhancement of escape from noise responding by a single extended intersession interval.  Abst. of the Eastern Psych. Assoc., 1974.

 

Cannon, J.T., Abelson, R.M., and Morley, B.J.  Decreased escape from both footshock and intense white noise produced by para‑chlorophenylalanine in the rat.  Abst. of the Eastern Psych. Assoc., 1975.

 

Cannon, J.T., Abelson, R.M., and Rios, D.  Behavioral and neuroanatomical independence of the pinna and acoustic startle reflexes.  Abst. of the Eastern Psych. Assoc., 1976.

 

Cannon, J.T., Abelson, R.M., Potthoff, A.D., and Gage, P.  Analyses of the relationships between the pinna and acoustic startle reflexes and escape from intense noise in the rat.  Abst. of the Eastern Psych. Assoc., 1977.

 

Potthoff, A.D., Abelson, R.M., Perkins, F., and Cannon, J.T.  Potentiation of the Preyer Reflex after intense auditory  stimulation in white rats.  Abst. of the Eastern Psych. Assoc., 1978.

 

Giesler, G.J., Jr., Cannon, J.T., Urca, G., and Liebeskind, J.C.  Long ascending projections of substantia gelatinosa Rolandi and of small cells of the subjacent dorsal horn in the rat.  Pain Abst., 1:239, 1978.                            

 

Cannon, J.T., and Abelson, R.M.  Multibehavioral analysis of escape from intense noise in the rat.  Pain Abst., 1:69, 1978.

 

Cannon, J.T., and Giesler, G.J., Jr.  Projections of the cochlear  nucleus and superior olivary complex to the inferior colliculus of the rat.  Soc. Neurosci. Abst., 4:4, 1978.

 

Prieto, G.J., Giesler, G.J., Jr., and Cannon, J.T.  Evidence for  site specificity in naloxone's antagonism of stimulation‑produced analgesia in the rat.  Soc. Neurosci. Abst., 5:6l4, 1979.

 

Cannon, J.T., Nahin, R.L., Ryan, S.M., Moskowitz, A.S., and Liebeskind, J.C.  Relative analgesic and epileptic potencies of various opiate drugs.  Soc. Neurosci. Abst., 5:190, 1979.

 

Cannon, J.T., Prieto, G.J., Lee, A., and Liebeskind, J.C.  Antagonism of stimulation‑produced analgesia by naloxone:  Effects of stimulation site, dose, and time.  Fed. Proc., 39:603, 1980.

Cannon, J.T., Prieto, G.J., and Liebeskind, J.C.  Disruption of stimulation‑produced analgesia by lesions of the nucleus raphe magnus.  Soc. Neurosci. Abst., 6:321, 1980.

 

Chudler, E.H., Lewis, J.W., Cannon, J.T., and Liebeskind, J.C.  Electroconvulsive shock‑induced analgesia:  Antagonism by naloxone and effects of hypophysectomy.  Soc. Neurosci. Abst., 6:434, 1980.

 

Weinberg, V.E., Lewis, J.W., Cannon, J.T., and Liebeskind, J.C.  Evidence for the involvement of central cholinergic mechanisms in opioid stress analgesia.  Soc. Neurosci. Abst., 7:879, 1981.

 

Lewis, J.W., Cannon, J.T., Liebeskind, J.C., and Akil, H.  Alterations in brain B‑endorphin immunoreactivity following acute and chronic stress.  Pain Suppl.  1:S263, 1981.

 

Cannon, J.T., Lewis, J.W., Weinberg, V.E., and Liebeskind, J.C.  Lesions of n. raphe magnus differentially affect non‑opioid and opioid stress analgesia.  Abst. of AAAS, 159, 1982.

 

Cannon, J.T., Maro, N., Telep, B., and Carty, G.  Differential effects of naloxone on analgesia and vocalizations induced by brief durations of pulsed footshock.  Soc. Neurosci. Abst., 9:793, 1983.

 

Cannon, J.T., Terman, G.W., Lewis, J.W. and Liebeskind, J.C.  Variations of shock intensity alter the neurochemical basis of stress analgesia independently of the body regions shocked.  Pain Abst., 2:S48, 1984.

 

Depaulis, A., Cannon, J. T., Morgan, M. M. and Liebeskind, J. C.  Difference in the characteristics of the neuronal populations underlying two forms of stimulation‑produced analgesia in the periaqueductal gray matter of the rat.  FASEB Abst., 44:1725, 1985.

 

Gogas, K. R., Kirtland, D. S. and Cannon, J. T.  Variations in saccharin intake are related to formalin pain reactivity and the analgesic effects of morphine.  Soc. Neurosci. Abst., 11:132, 1985.

 

Kirtland, D. S., Gogas, K. R., Barba, C. A., Ratzin, A. A. and Cannon, J. T.  The effect of ethanol consumption on the formalin test.  Soc. Neurosci. Abst., 11:131, 1985.

 

Cannon, J.T., Shavit, Y, and Liebeskind, J.C.  Rotation speed can determine whether the resulting stress‑induced analgesia is blocked by naloxone.  Proc. N.Y. Acad. Sci., 467:425-427, 1986.

Sakihara, J., Morgan, M.M., Missar, C.D., and Cannon, J.T.  Nonopioid and opioid PAG stimulation-produced analgesia dorsal/ventral site specificity. Soc. Neurosci. Abst., 12:231, 1986.

 

Missar, C.D., and Cannon, J.T. The role of shock intensity in defining the effects of naloxone on analgesia produced by  brief stress. Soc. Neurosci. Abst., 12:619, 1986.

 

Cannon, J.T., Gunn, K.H., Cannon, B.J., Thomas, B.L., and Utz, J.P.  Saccharin intake differentially correlates with the analgesic states elicited by two footshock parameters.  Soc. Neurosci. Abst.,  13:990, 1987. 

 

Gunn, K.H., and Cannon, J.T.  The moon illusion:  Do we all see it?  Abst. of the Eastern Psych. Assoc., 59:25, 1988.

 

Cannon, J.T., Walsh, E.W., Roat, D.B., and Liskowicz, R.J.  The tail-flick reflex:  interactions between testing site, pentobarbital anesthesia, trail and inter-flick-interval.  Soc. Neurosci. Abst., 14:711, 1988.

 

Levine, R., Morgan, M.M., Cannon, J.T., and Liebeskind, J.C.  Comparison of descending inhibition of nociceptive hindpaw and tail-flick reflexes from stimulation of the periaqueductal gray matter (PAG) in the rat.  Soc. Neurosci. Abst., 15:150, 1989.

 

Cannon, J.T., Yirmiya, R., and Liebeskind, J.C.  Naloxone-sensitive inhibition of limb-withdrawal reflexes produced by electrical stimulation of the arcuate nucleus in anesthetized mice.  Soc. Neurosci. Abst., 15:150, 1989.

 

Cannon, J.T., Walsh, E.W., Henry, R.E., and Bolan, E.A.  Tail-flick parameters can determine whether naltrexone decreases or increases flick latencies following footshock stress.  Soc. Neurosci. Abst., 16:89, 1990.

 

Bolan, E.A., Iannone, V.N., O'Neill, J.G., and Cannon, J.T.  Behavioral and parametric analyses of the tail-flick:  Further evidence that all flicks are not alike.   Soc. Neurosci. Abst., 17:107, 1991.

 

Dennis, S.A., Weihbrecht, E.J., and Cannon, J.T. Altering the heat source can change tail-flick topography and pattern of sensitization. Abst. of the Eastern Psych. Assoc., 63:16, 1992.

 

O'Connell, R., Iannone, V.N., and Cannon, J.T.  Cognitive impairment is correlated with participation in competitive soccer, American Psychological Society, Abst., 32, 1992.

Baldwin, A.E., Weihbrecht, J.G., O'Neill III, J.G., & Cannon, J.T.  Sensitization of the tail-flick reflex following exposure to a single prolonged test stimulus, Soc. for Neurosci. Abst., 18:292, 1992. 

 

Cannon, B.J., Derr, S.L., O'Connell, R.C., Iannone , V.N., Cannon, J.T.  Comparison of Stroop color-word test and Direction-word test: Replication and Extension.  Abst. of the Eastern Psych. Assoc., April, 1993.

 

Griffiths, T.M., Tomcho, T.J., Cannon, J.T.  Evidence for short-term decrements in Stroop color-word interference scores following heading in soccer.  Abst. of the Eastern Psych. Assoc., April, 1993.

 

Myers, K.P., & Cannon, J.T. Analog and digital response dimensions: Scale perception, equivalence, and the form-resistance hypothesis.  American Psychological Society, Abst., 65:31, 1993.

 

Baldwin, A.E., Myers, K.P., Willi, J.P., Newman, K.K., Dilley, M.R.,  & Cannon, J.T.  Behavioral testing may produce tail-flick hyperalgesia in rats acutely treated with morphine.  Soc. for Neurosci. Abst., 19:1796, 1993.

 

Myers, K.P., Marzocco, S.S., Baldwin, A.E., & Cannon, J.T. The use of multimedia authoring software to create customized DOS-based interactive instructional programs.  Soc. for Neurosci. Abst., 19:213, 1993.

 

Mayne, T. J., Cannon, J. T., Brust, A. M., Norcross, J. C., & Halgin, R. P. Applying to graduate school in psychology: A mini-workshop.  Invited Psi Chi panel presented at the 64th annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Arlington, VA, 1993.

 

Accardo, C. M., Aboyoun, D. C., Alford, B. A., & Cannon, J. T. Diaries: Who keeps them and why.  Abst. of the Eastern Psych. Assoc., 1994.

 

O'Brien, J.P., Brennan, R.J., Wheeler, R.A., Baldwin, A.E., & Cannon, J.T. Tail-flick latency:  Interactions with tail-temperature and inter-flick interval in anesthetized rats.  Soc. for Neurosci. Abst., 20:764, 1994.

 

Brennan, R.J., O'Brien, J.P., DeMarco, P.J., Baldwin, A.E., & Cannon, J.T. Tail-flick:

            Test interval can modify the development of both sensitization and morphine analgesia.  Soc. for Neurosci. Abst., 21:1167, 1995.

 

Wheeler, R. A., Neary, S. T., Jollie, C. L., Baldwin, A. E., & Cannon, J. T. Creating inexpensive interactive multimedia instructional programs and teaching aids for the world wide web. Soc. for Neurosci. Abst., 22:246, 1996.

 

Quinn, J. J., Wheeler, R. A., Brennan, R. J., Baldwin, A. E., & Cannon, J. T. Nocifensive foot-lift response to radiant heat in the land snail (Helix aspersa): Effects of inter-test interval and naloxone. Soc. for Neurosci. Abst., 22:121, 1996.

 

Quinn, J. J., Phillips, C. M., Kyriss, K. M., & Cannon, J. T.  The effects of morphine and naloxone on a novel behavioral index of nociception in the land snail (Helix aspersa).  Abst. of the Eastern Psych. Assoc., 68:24, 1997.

 

Hulse, H. M., D’Amico, M. A., Cannon, B. J., & Cannon, J. T.  Differences in measures on the paced auditory serial addition test.  Abst. of the Eastern Psych. Assoc., 68:37, 1997.

 

D’Amico, M. A., Hulse, H. M., O’Donnell, B., Cannon, B. J., & Cannon, J. T.  A computerized microanalysis of the finger tapping test.  Abst. of the Eastern Psych. Assoc., 68:47, 1997.

 

Quinn, J.J., Mahometa, M.J., & Cannon, J.T.  Freezing disrupted by microinjections of lidocaine into the region of the nucleus raphe magnus.  Soc. for Neuroscience Abst. (October, 1997).

 

Cannon, J.T., Quinn, J.J., Reid, R.S., & Baril, G.L.  Programmed instruction:  A neglected instructional technology—rebirth on the world wide web? Soc. for Neuroscience Abst. (October, 1997).

 

Phillips, C. M. & Cannon, J. T.  Accuracy and intensity ratings of facial expressions: A search for relationships with depression and anxiety scores.  Abst. of the Eastern Psych. Assoc., 69:26, 1998.

 

Osmanski, J.J. Quinn, M.J. Mahometa, K.R. Herbert, & Cannon J.T.  systemic lidocaine disrupts sensitization of the tail-flick response to radiant heat. Soc. for Neuroscience Abst. (November, 1998).

 

Cannon, J.T., Quinn, J.J., Reid, R.S., & Mahometa, M.J. Web-based human brain anatomy tutorial with programmed instructional components. Soc. for Neuroscience Abst. (November, 1998).

 

Osmanski, MS., Polowczuk, L.A., & Cannon, J.T.  Capsaicin can produce sensitization to heat in the land snail Helix aspersa, N.E.U.R.O.N, (May, 1999).

 

Osmanski M.S., Polowczuk L.A., Maddern J.L., &. Cannon J.T.  Capsaicin And Mechanical Crush Produce Sensitization Of The Foot-Lift Response To Radiant Heat In Helix Aspersa:  Effects Of Systemic Lidocaine And Mk-801, Soc. for Neuroscience Abst. (November, 1999).


Kelker M.E., Peckins S.E., Herbert K.R., Polowczuk L.A., Bono M.E., & Cannon J.T.  Producing Course-Specific Instructional Media On CD-ROM, Soc. for Neuroscience Abst. (November, 1999).

 

 

Maguschak K.A., Donohue  J.M., Lauer L.M., & Cannon J.T..  Helix Aspersa: An Outstanding Addition To The Introductory Neuroscience Laboratory. Soc. for Neuroscience Abst. (November, 2000).

 

Coluccio N.M., Maysfield G.M., Peel K.P., &. Cannon J.T.  Morphine Can Inhibit the Focal Withdrawal Response to Radiant Heat in Helix Aspersa. Soc. for Neuroscience Abst. (November, 2000).

 

Maguschak K.A., & Cannon J.T.  Helix aspersa: Systematic Lidocaine Differentially Affects Crush-Induced Sensitization of Focal Withdrawal to Radiant Heat and Foot-Lift Response to Contact Heat. Soc. For Neuroscience Abst. (2001)

 

Sublette N.A., Carlo M, Fitzgerald M.  Second:Fourth Finger RatioPositively Correlates With Throw Task Error in College Females.  APS Abst. (2002).

Cannon J.T., Stanik C.E., Sublette N.A., Carlo M.A., & Colbern D.L.  All Aboard the Brain Train!  Soc. For Neuroscience Abst. (2002)

Stanik C.E. & Cannon J.T..  2D:4D finger ratio:  Suggestions that prenatal androgens correlate with adult personality and sexual attitudes.  Soc. for Neuroscience Abst. (November, 2003)   

Schneider L.M.*, Shirer S.M.#, * Cannon J.T.. Two tests of thermal nociception and morphine sensitivity in Helix aspersa.  Soc. for Neuroscience Abst. (November, 2004). 

Schneider L.M.*, Novak C.C.*, Loscombe P.W.*, Utz J.P., Reid R.S., & J.T.Cannon.  Web-based sheep brain dissection guide: revised and expanded.   Soc. for Neuroscience Abst. (November, 2004). 

Patel K.N.*, Jung Y*, Palatucci S.F.*, Schneider L.M.*, C.E.Stanik#, D.L.Colbern, and J.T.Cannon. The brain train leaves the station: Winning kids judge! exhibits go to schools.  Soc. for Neuroscience Abst. (November, 2004). 

Pohlig R.T.# & J. T. Cannon.  Examination of the relationship between 2D:4D finger length ratio and ball-toss accuracy.  Soc. for Neuroscience Abst. (November 2004) 

Yoder K.M.# & Cannon J.T..  2D:4D finger ration and adult behavioral measures related to autism.  Soc. for Neuroscience Abst.  (November 2005)  

Orr P.T.#, Tropiano H#, & Cannon J.T..  Mental rotation and perspective taking:  Sex differences and relationships with 2D-4D ratio.  Soc. for Neuroscienc Abst. (October 2006).  

Brightbill A.M.*, Karpiak C, & Cannon J.T..  Does environmental enrichment affect occurence of same-sex mounting behaviors in BALB/c mice?  Soc. for Neuroscienc Abst. (October 2006). 

Patel N.*,  Orr P.T.#, Krupka A.J.*, & Cannon J.T..  Effect of environmental enrichment in standard cages on Barnes Maze performance of BALB/c mice.  Soc. for Neuroscienc Abst. (October 2006).    

PUBLICATIONS:

Dunstone, J.J., Cannon, J.T., Chickson, J.T., and Burns, W.K.  Persistence and vigor of shock‑induced aggression in gerbils (Merionens Ungiculatus).  Psychonomic Science, 28:272‑274, 1972.

Abelson, R.M., Morley, B.J., and Cannon, J.T.  Selection for an instrumental response‑‑escape from intense noise.  Journal of Auditory Research, 13:152‑156, 1973.

Morley, B.J., Abelson, R.M., and Cannon, J.T.  Escape from stimulation of the trapezoid body in rats bred for escape from noise.  Physiology and Behavior, 18:35‑39, 1977.

    

*Cannon, J.T., Liebeskind, J.C., and Frenk, H.  Neural and neurochemical mechanisms of pain inhibition.  In:  The Psychology of Pain, edited by R.A. Sternbach.  Raven Press, New York, pp. 27‑47, 1978.

Giesler, G.J., Jr., Cannon, J.T., Urca, G., and Liebeskind, J.C.  Long ascending projections from substantia gelatinosa Rolandi and the subjacent dorsal horn in the rat.  Science, 202:984‑986, 1978.

*Cannon, J.T., and Liebeskind, J.C.  Descending control systems.  In:  Mechanisms of Pain and Analgesic Compounds, edited by R.F. Beers and E.G. Bassett, pp.  171‑184.  Raven Press, New York, 1979.

Giesler, G.J., Jr., Urca, G., Cannon, J.T., and Liebeskind, J.C.  Response properties of neurons of the lateral cervical nucleus in the rat.  Journal of Comparative Neurology, 186:65‑78, 1979.

Lewis, J.W., Cannon, J.T., and Liebeskind, J.C.  Opioid and non‑opioid mechanisms of stress analgesia.  Science, 208:623‑625, 1980.

Lewis, J.W., Cannon, J.T., Stapleton, J.M., and Liebeskind, J.C.  Stress activates endogenous pain‑inhibitory systems:  Opioid and non‑opioid mechanisms.  Proc. Est. Pharmacol. Soc., 23:86‑88, 1980.

*Lewis, J.W., Cannon, J.T., Ryan, S.M., and Liebeskind, J.C.  Behavioral pharmacology of opioid peptides.  In:  Role of Peptides in Neuronal Function, edited by J.L. Barker, pp.  742‑763, Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York, 1980.


*Lewis, J.W., Caldecott‑Hazard, S., Cannon, J.T., and Liebeskind,  J.C. Possible role of opioid peptides in pain inhibition and seizures.  In:  Neurosecretion and Brain Peptides:  Implications for Brain Function and Neurological Disease, edited by J.B. Martin, pp.  213‑224, Raven Press, New York, 1981.

Lewis, J.W., Cannon, J.T., Chudler, E.H., and Liebeskind, J.C.  Effects of naloxone and hypophysectomy on electroconvulsive shock‑induced analgesia.  Brain Research,  208:230‑233, 1981.

Lewis, J.W., Chudler, E.H., Cannon, J.T., and Liebeskind, J.C.  Hypophysectomy differentially affects morphine and stress analgesia.  Proc. West. Pharmacol. Soc., 24:230‑233, 1981.

Liebeskind, J.C., Sherman, J.E., and Cannon, J.T.  Neural and neurochemical mechanisms of pain inhibition.  Anaesthesia & Intensive Care, 10:139‑143, 1982.

*Cannon, J.T., Caldecott‑Hazard, S., Shavit, Y., Lewis, J.W., and Liebeskind, J.C.  The epileptic and anticonvulsant properties of opioid peptides.  In:  The Proceedings of the 10th International Congress of Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology, Henri Gostout and the Marseilles School's Contribution to the Neurosciences (EEG Suppl. No35), pp. 30‑35, 1982.

Cannon, J.T., Prieto, G.J., Lee, A., and Liebeskind, J.C.  Evidence for opioid and non‑opioid forms of stimulation‑produced analgesia in the rat.  Brain Research, 243:315‑321, 1982.

Prieto, G.J., Cannon, J.T., and Liebeskind, J.C.  N. Raphe magnus lesions disrupt stimulation‑produced analgesia from ventral but not dorsal midbrain areas in the rat.  Brain Research, 261:53‑57, l983.

Lewis, J.W., Cannon, J.T., and Liebeskind, J.C.  Involvement of central muscarinic cholinergic mechanisms in opioid stress analgesia.  Brain Research, 270:289‑293, 1983.

Cannon, J.T., Lewis, J.W., Weinberg, V.E., and Liebeskind, J.C.  Evidence for the independence of brain stem mechanisms mediating analgesia induced by morphine and two forms of stress.  Brain Research, 269:231‑236, 1983.

Cannon, J.T., Terman, G.W., Lewis, J.W., and Liebeskind, J.C.  Body region shocked need not critically define the neurochemical basis of stress analgesia.  Brain Research, 323:316‑319, 1984.

Terman, G.W., Shavit, Y., Lewis, J.W., Cannon, J.T., and Liebeskind, J.C.  Intrinsic mechanisms of pain inhibition and their activation by stress.  Science, 226: 1270‑1277, 1984.

*Liebeskind, J.C., Sherman, J.E., Cannon, J. T. and Terman, G. W.  Neural and neurochemical mechanisms of pain inhibition.  In:  Seminars in Anesthesia, edited by G.J. Katz, Raven Press: New York, 4, 218‑222, 1985.

*Frenk, H., Cannon, J. T., Lewis, J. W., and Liebeskind, J. C.  Neural and neurochemical mechanisms of pain inhibition. In: The Psychology of Pain, 2nd edition, edited by R. A. Sternbach.  Raven Press: New York, pp. 25‑47, 1986.

*Cannon, J.T. and Liebeskind, J.C. Analgesic effects of brain stimulation and stress:  Brain Stem Mechanisms. In: Pain & Headache, edited by H. Akil and J.W. Lewis, 9:283-294, 1987.

Levine, R., Morgan, M.M., Cannon, J.T., and Liebeskind, J.C.  Stimulation of the periaqueductal gray matter of the rat produces a preferential ipsilateral antinociception.  Brain Research, 567:140-144, 1991. 

Baril, G.L. & Cannon, J.T. What is the probability that null hypothesis testing is meaningless? American Psychologist, 50:1098-1099, 1995.

Accardo, C.M., Aboyoun, D.C., Alford, B.A., & Cannon, J.T. Diaries: Who keeps them and why. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 82:559-562, 1996.

Baldwin, A.E. & Cannon, J.T. Sensitization of the tail-flick reflex following exposure to either a single prolonged test trial or behavioral testing under the analgesic influence of morphine. Pain, 67:163-172, 1996.

*  Book chapters


REFERENCES:

     Galen L. Baril, Ph.D.

     Associate Professor

     Department of Psychology

     University of Scranton

     Scranton, PA  18510

     John C. Norcross, Ph.D.

     Professor

     Department of Psychology

     University of Scranton

     Scranton, PA  18510