• Ph D, Neuroscience, University of Wisconsin - Madison, 1987
• BS, Psychology, Arizona State University, 1980
• Postdoctoral, Northwestern University Medical School

• Neuronal Pathways Underlying In Vitro Motor Learning, NIH R01, (1999 - 2016)

Citations listed below are presented in a standardized, modified format for display purposes only. They do not necessarily reflect the preferred style and conventions of the faculty member or discipline.

• Carpenter, Russ E., Sabirzhanov, Boris, Summers, Tangi R., Clark, Timothy G., Keifer, Joyce, and Summers, Cliff. Anxiolytic reversal of classically conditioned / chronic stress-induced gene expression and learning in the Stress Alternatives Model. Iss. 114258 Behavioural Brain Research/Elsevier, 2023. (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbr.2022.114258)
• Keifer, Joyce. Emergence of in vitro preparations and their contribution to understanding the neural control of behavior in vertebrates, 511-526. Vol. 128 Journal of Neurophysiology, 2022. (DOI: 10.1152/jn.00142.2022)
• Keifer, Joyce. Regulation of AMPAR trafficking in synaptic plasticity by BDNF and the impact of neurodegenerative disease.. J Neurosci Res, 2022. (DOI: 10.1002/jnr.25022)
• Keifer, Joyce. Comparative genomics of the BDNF gene, non-canonical modes of transcriptional regulation, and neurological disease, 2851-2861. Vol. 58 Mol Neurobiol, 2021. (DOI: 10.1007/s12035-021-02306-z)
• Zheng, Zhaoqing, and Keifer, Joyce. Learning-dependent transcriptional regulation of BDNF by its truncated protein isoform in turtle, 999-1014. Vol. 71 J Mol Neurosci, 2021. (DOI: 10.1007/s12031-020-01722-5)
• Keifer, Joyce, and Summers, Cliff H.. The neuroscience community has a role in environmental conservation. Vol. 8(2) eNeuro, 2021. (DOI: 10.1523/ENEURO.0454-20.2021)
• Zheng, Zhaoqing, Ambigapathy, Ganesh, and Keifer, Joyce. Characterization and transcriptional activation of the immediate early gene ARC during a neural correlate of classical conditioning, 380-390. Vol. 69 J Mol Neurosci, 2019.
• Keifer, Joyce, and Zheng, Zhaoqing. Cold block of in vitro eyeblink reflexes: Evidence supporting the use of hypothermia as an anesthetic in pond turtles, 4370-4373. Vol. 220 J Exp Biol, 2017.
• Zheng, Zhaoqing, Ambigapathy, Ganesh, and Keifer, Joyce. MeCP2 regulates Tet1-catalyzed demethylation, CTCF binding, and learning-dependent alternative splicing of the BDNF gene in turtle.. Vol. 6, Iss. e25384 eLife, 2017.
• Keifer, Joyce. Primetime for Learning Genes, 1-12. Vol. 8 (69) Genes, Special Issue "Role of Epigenetic Gene Regulation in Brain Function", 2017.
• Keifer, Joyce, Tiwari, Neeraj, Buse, Leah, and Zheng, Zhaoqing. Subunit-specific synaptic delivery of AMPA receptors by auxiliary chaperone proteins TARPg8 and GSG1L in classical conditioning., 53-59.. Vol. 645 Neurosci Lett, 2017.
• Keifer, Joyce, and Summers, Cliff H.. Putting the “Biology” Back into “Neurobiology”: The Strength of Diversity in Animal Model Systems for Neuroscience Research, 1-9. Vol. 10, Iss. 69 Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience, 2016.
• Keifer, Joyce, Zheng, Zhaoqing, and Ambigapathy, Ganesh. A microRNA-BDNF negative feedback signaling loop in brain: Implications for Alzheimer's disease, 101-108. Vol. 4 MicroRNA, 2015.
• Keifer, Joyce, and Zheng, Zhaoqing. Coincidence detection in a neural correlate of classical conditioning is initiated by bidirectional PDK1 signaling and modulated by adenosine receptors, 1581-1595. Vol. 593 J Physiol, 2015.
• Ambigapathy, Ganesh, Zheng, Zhaoqing, and Keifer, Joyce. Regulation of BDNF chromatin status and promoter accessibility in a neural correlate of Associative learning, 981-993. Vol. 10 Epigenetics, 2015.
• Ambigapathy, Ganesh, Zheng, Zhaoqing, and Keifer, Joyce. Genomic organization and identification of promoter regions for the BDNF gene in the pond turtle Trachemys scripta elegans. , 626-636. Vol. 53 J Mol Neurosci, 2014.
• Zheng, Zhaoqing, and Keifer, Joyce. Sequential delivery of synaptic GluA1 and GluA4-containing AMPARs by SAP97 anchored protein complexes in classical conditioning. , 10540-10550. Vol. 289 J Biol Chem, 2014.
• Ambigapathy, Ganesh, Zheng, Zhaoqing, Li, Wei, and Keifer, Joyce. Identification of a functionally distinct truncated BDNF mRNA splice variant and protein in Trachemys scripta elegans, 1-10. Vol. 8, Iss. e67141 PLoS One, 2013.
• Li, W., and Keifer, Joyce. Rapid enrichment of presynapatic protein in boutons undergoing classical conditioning is mediated by brain-derived neurotrophic factor., 50-58. Vol. 203 Neuroscience, 2012.
• Zheng, Z., Sabirzhanov, B., and Keifer, Joyce. Two-stage AMPA receptor trafficking in classical conditioning and selective role for glutamate receptor subunit 4 (tGluA4) flop splice variant. , 101-111. Vol. 108 J Neurophysiology, 2012.