|
Date |
Speaker/Affiliation |
Title/Area |
Host |
|
September 2009 |
17 |
David Busija, Ph.D.
Professor, Dept. Physiology & Pharmacology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine |
“Mitochondrial Influences on Brain and the Cerebral Circulation: Neuroprotection and Vasodilation in Health and Disruption by Insulin Resistance” |
Dept. |
|
November 2009 |
5 |
Michael Bardo, Ph.D.
Professor and Director of the Center for Drug Abuse Research Translation, Dept. of Psychology, University of Kentucky |
"Pharmacotherapies for Stimulant Abuse: Targeting Nicotinic Receptor Subtypes and VMAT2" |
Nader |
|
12 |
Suzy Torti, Ph.D.
Professor, Dept. Biochemistry, Wake Forest University School of Medicine |
“Carbon Nanotubes as Anti-cancer Agents” |
Dept. |
|
19 |
James Hickman, Ph.D.
Professor of Chemistry, Biomolecular Science, and Electrical Engineering, University of Central Florida |
“Functional In Vitro Systems as Models for Neurological Diseases, Neuroregeneration, and Novel High Information Content Screens” |
Deadwyler/ Christ |
|
December 2009 |
10 |
Nancy Zahniser, Ph.D.
Professor and Associate Dean for Research Education, Dept. Pharmacology, University of Colorado School of Medicine |
“Individual Differences in Cocaine Activation in Rats Involve Brain Dopamine Systems and Predict Cocaine Reward and Reinforcement” |
Porrino/ Weiner/ Roberts/ Jones |
|
January 2010 |
14 |
Christos Constantinidis, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Dept. Neurobiology & Anatomy, Wake Forest University School of Medicine |
“Prefrontal Circuits Mediating Cognitive Functions: Plasticity and Role of Neurotransmitter Systems” |
Dept. |
|
28 |
David Friedman, Ph.D.
Professor and Associate Dean for Research, Dept. Physiology & Pharmacology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine |
Neural basis of addiction, Effects of Alcohol and Stress on the Brain |
Dept. |
|
February 2010 |
4 |
Martin K. Childers, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Dept. of Neurology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine |
Translational Research on Degenerative Muscular Dystrophies |
Dept. |
|
11 |
Steven Mizel, Ph.D.
Professor, Dept. Microbiology & Immunology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine |
Pro-inflammatory and Adjuvant Properties of Flagellin |
Dept. |
|
March 2010 |
18 |
Luis De Lecea, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Dept. Psychiatry & Behavioral Science, Stanford University Medical School |
Cellular/Molecular Mechanisms Regulating Sleep, Attention, and Complex Behavior |
Roberts |
|
April 2010 |
8 |
Alejandro M. Dopico, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Dept. of Pharmacology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center |
Alcohol Modulation of Vascular Function and Potassium Channels |
McCool |
|
22 |
Regina Carelli, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology and Director of the Behavioral Neuroscience Program, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill |
Reinforcement, Substance Abuse, Dopamine Neurotransmission, Multi-unit Recording |
Hampson |
|
May 2010 |
13 |
Linda Spear, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor of Psychology, Dept. of Psychology, State University of New York at Binghamton |
Environmental and Developmental Contributions to Drug and Alcohol Abuse |
Weiner |
|
20 |
Allyson Bennett, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Dept. Physiology & Pharmacology and Dept. Pediatrics, Wake Forest University School of Medicine |
Development, Lifespan, Psychopharmacology |
Dept. |