pharmphys

Linda R. Watkins, Ph.D., Department of Psychology and the Center for Neuroscience, University of Colorado at Boulder, "Listening" and "Talking" to Neurons: Clinical Implications of Glial Dysregulation of Pain and Opioid Actions," November 10, 2009, 3:00 p.m., Lecture Hall 3

Anton J. Reiner, Ph.D., Department of anatomy & Neurobiology, University of Tennessee College of Medicine, "Differential Corticostriatal Input to Direct and Indirect Pathway Neurons," November 17, 2009, 3:00 p.m., Lecture Hall 3

Zahm D.S., Becker M.L., Freiman A.J., Strauch S., DeGarmo B., Geisler S., Meredith G.E., and Marinelli M.: Fos after single and repeated self-administration of cocaine and saline in the rat: emphasis on the basal forebrain and recalibration of expression. Neuropsychopharmacology, advance online publication, September 30, 2009; doi:10.1038/npp.2009.149.

CJ Price, WK Samson, AV Ferguson. Neuropeptide W has cell phenotype-specific effects on the excitability of different subpopulations of paraventricular nucleus neurons. Journal of Neuroendocrinology 21: 850-857, 2009. PMID 19686447

Meghan White and Willis Samson. A Possible Relationship between Brain-Derived Adrenomedullin and Oxytocin in the Regulation of Sodium Balance.  J Endocrinol first published on 1 September 2009 as doi:10.1677/JOE-09-0284

Hua Y, Ma H, Samson WK, Ren J. Neuronostatin Inhibits Cardiac Contractile Function via a Protein Kinase A- and JNK-Dependent Mechanism in Murine Hearts. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol. vol 297: R682-689, 2009

Bryant L, Doyle T, Chen Z, Cuzzocrea S, Masini E, Vinci MC, Esposito E, Mazzon E, Petrusca DN, Petrache I, Salvemini D. Spinal ceramide and neuronal apoptosis in morphine antinociceptive tolerance. Neurosci Lett. 2009 Sep 29;463(1):49-53. Epub 2009 Jul 23.

Kucenas, S., Cox, J.A., Soto, F., LaMora, A. and Voigt, M.M. (2009) Ectodermal P2X receptor function plays a pivotal role in craniofacial development of the zebrafish. Purinergic Signaling 5:395-407.

Dr Salvemini has been invited to speak at the "Biology and genetics in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis: basic research and clinical implications" that will be held in Rome, Italy on October 16-17 2009. The title of her seminar will be "Novel antioxidants for therapeutic use in vascular injury and inflammation"