Education

• B.A. Psychology, 1990 - University of New Mexico
• M.S. Psychology, 1991 - University of New Mexico
• Ph.D. Psychology, 1994 - University of New Mexico
• Postdoctoral, 2001-2007, Dept. Biological Sciences, Florida International University
• 2003, Neural Systems & Behavior,, Marine Biological Laboratory

Professional Positions

• Assistant Professor, 1994-2001 - Department of Psychology, Florida International University
• Research Associate Professor, 2001-2007 - Department of Biological Sciences, Florida International University

Current Position:

• Research Scientist, 2007-present, Section of Neurobiology, The University of Texas at Austin

Recent Grants

• NINDS 1R21NS065282 (under review) $275k, Development and sexual dimorphism of intrinsic plasticity in excitable cells 
• NIMH 1K01MH064550. (2003 – 2008) $597k Ion channels in regulation of excitable membranes
• NIGMS GM08205 subproject  (1998 – 2000) $223k  An animal model of arbitrary stimulus classes and class-based transfer of stimulus functions

Publications

      Neurobiology

Markham, M.R., Allee, S.J., Goldina, A., Stoddard, P.K. (in press). Melanocortins regulate the electric waveforms of gymnotiform electric fish. Hormones and Behavior.

Stoddard, P.K. & Markham, M.R. (2008) Signal cloaking by electric fish.  Bioscience, 58, 415-424. Request Reprint by Email

Allee S.J., Markham M.R., Salazar  V.L., Stoddard P.K. (2008)  Opposing actions of 5HT1A and 5HT2-like serotonin receptors on modulations of the electric signal waveform in the electric fish Brachyhypopomus pinnicaudatus. Hormones and Behavior, 53, 481-488. PDF

Stoddard P. K., Zakon H., Markham M. R., & McAnelly M. L. (2006) Regulation and modulation of electric waveforms in gymnotiform electric fish.  Journal of Comparative Physiology. A, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology, 192, 613-624.  PDF

Markham M. R. & Stoddard P. K. (2005). Adrenocorticotropic hormone enhances the masculinity of an electric communication signal by modulating the waveform and timing of action potentials within individual cells.  Journal of  Neuroscience, 25, 8746-8754. PDF

McAnelly M.L., Markham M.R. (2005) ACTH modulates electrocommunication via effects on the electrocyte sodium current. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, Program No. 205.1 PDF  

Markham, M. R., Hakell-Luevano, C, & Stoddard, P.K. (2004). A melanocortin receptor modulates electrocyte action potentials via a cAMP/PKA pathway. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, Program No. 334.7  PDF

Stoddard, P. K., Markham, M. R., & Salazar, V. L. (2003).  Serotonin modulates the electric waveform of the gymnotiform electric fish, Brachyhypopomus pinnicaudatus.  Journal of Experimental Biology, 206, 1353-1362 PDF 

Markham, M. R., & Stoddard, P.K. (2003) A melanocortin receptor modulates the amplitude and repolarization time of electrocyte action potentials in male electric fish, Brachyhypopomus pinnicaudatus.  Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, Program No. 828.16 PDF

Salazar, V. L., Markham, M. R., & Stoddard, P. K. (2002) Serotonin enhances sexually dimorphic characters of the electric organ discharge of male electric fish, Brachyhypopomus pinnicaudatus.  Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, Program No. 87.8.

Friedman, S. D., Butt, A. E., Cooper, B. G., Hagen, M. H., Markham, M. R., & Hodge, G. K.  (1994)  Delayed non-match to position performance is impaired in rats given high dose of methamphetamine.  Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 24,  203.

       Basic and Applied Psychology

Markham, R. G., & Markham, M. R. (2002).  On the role of covarying functions in stimulus class formation and transfer of function.  Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 78, 509-524. PDF

Markham, M. R., Dougher, M. J, & Augustson, E.  (2002). Transfer of operant discrimination and respondent elicitation via emergent relations of compound stimuli. The Psychological Record, 52, 325-350.  PDF

Lumpkin, P. W., Silverman, W. K. Weems, C. F., Markham, M. R., & Kurtines, W. M. (2002). Treating a heterogeneous set of anxiety disorders in youths with group cognitive behavioral therapy: A partially nonconcurrent multiple-baseline evaluation. Behavior Therapy, 33, 163-177.

Purdy, J. E., Markham, M. R., Schwartz, B. L., & Gordon, W. C.  (2001).  Learning and memory (2e).  Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks/Cole.

Augustson, E. M., Dougher, M. J., & Markham, M. R. (2000).  Emergence of conditional stimulus relations and transfer of respondent eliciting functions among compound stimuli.  The Psychological Record, 50, 745-770. PDF

Markham, M. R., & Gallogly, R. H. (1997).  Does language make humans more than clever apes?  Review of Language and Human Behavior by Derek Bickerton.  Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 30, 185-186.

Markham, M. R., Butt, A. E., & Dougher, M. J. (1996).  A touch-screen apparatus for training visual discriminations in hooded rats.  Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 65, 173-182. PDF

Markham, M. R., & Branscum E., Finlay, C., & Roark, R.  (1996).  Experimental analysis of respondent conditioning in humans.  Experimental Analysis of Human Behavior Bulletin, 14.

Dougher, M. J. & Markham, M. R. (1996).  Stimulus classes and the untrained acquisition of function. T. R. Zentall and P. M. Smeets (Eds.) Advances in Psychology Series: The Formation of Stimulus Classes.   North Holland: Elsevier Science Publishers.

Markham, M. R. (1995).  Truth, philosophy and behavioral science: A reply to Hocutt.  Behavior and Philosophy, 23, 73-78.  PDF

Greenway, D. E., Dougher, M. J., & Markham, M. R. (1995).  S+/S- reversal procedures may not result in functional equivalence.  Experimental Analysis of Human Behavior Bulletin, 13, 16-17.

Dougher, M. J., Augustson, E. M., Markham, M. R., Greenway, D. E., & Wulfert, E. (1994). The transfer of respondent eliciting and extinction functions through stimulus equivalence classes. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 62, 331-351. PDF

Augustson, Markham, & Dougher (1994).  A methodological note regarding human classical conditioning.  Experimental Analysis of Human Behavior Bulletin, 12, 6-17.

Dougher, M. J. & Markham, M. R. (1994).  Stimulus equivalence, functional equivalence, and the transfer of function.  In S. C. Hayes, M. Sato, L. Hayes, & K. Ono (Eds.), Language and Cognitive Events: A Behavior Analytic Perspective. Reno, NV: Context Press.

Markham, M. R., & Dougher M. J. (1993). Compound stimuli in emergent stimulus relations: Extending the scope of stimulus equivalence. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 60, 529-542.  PDF

Markham, M. R. (1993).  An interface for controlling external devices via the IBM PC/XT/AT parallel port. Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, & Computers, 25, 477-478. PDF

Markham, M. R., Dougher, M. J. & Wulfert, E. (1993). Social contingencies and the effects of punishment in alcoholics and nonalcoholics. Behavior Therapy, 24, 277-284. PDF

Markham, M. R., Miller, W. R. & Arciniega, L. (1993) BACCuS 2.01:  Computer software for quantifying alcohol consumption. Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, & Computers, 25, 420-421.