Journal of Neurochemistry

Editorial Board

Adam-Vizi, Vera
Semmelweis University of Medicine, Budapest, Hungary
Email: AV@puskin.sote.hu  
Keywords: Oxidative stress, free radicals, calcium homeostasis, energy metabolism, transmitter release, synaptosomes.


Bagetta, Giacinto
Universita’ della Calabria, Arcavacata di Rende, Italy
Email: g.bagetta@unical.it  
Web URL: http://www.unical.it
Keywords: Neurodegeneration & neuroprotection, excitotoxicity, apoptosis


Baraban, Jay M.
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
Email: jbaraban@jhmi.edu  
Web URL: http://neuroscience.jhu.edu/JayBaraban.php
Keywords: transcriptional regulation, intracellular signalling pathways, neuronal plasticity, second messengers, psychopharmacology, RNA trafficking, Rho signaling, plasticity, psychopharmacology, transcriptional regulation, intracellular signalling pathways, immediate early genes


Barger, Steven
University of Arkansas Medical School, Little Rock, AK, USA
Email: bargerstevenw@uams.edu
Keywords: Alzheimer's disease, aging, multi-lineage kinases, cytokines, cyclic nucleotides, proteins, calcium-binding, calcium regulation, glutamate receptors, neuroinflammation, transcriptional regulation, microglia


Bendotti, Caterina
Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche “Mario Negri”, Milan, Italy
Email: Bendotti@marionegri.it  
Web URL: www.marionegri.it
Keywords: neudogeneration, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, superoxide dismutase, mutant, animal and cellular models of ALS, excitotoxicity, mitochondrial pathology.


Benjamins, Joyce A.
Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, USA
Email: joyce.benjamins@wayne.edu  
Web URL: http://www.med.wayne.edu/../GlialLaboratory.html
Keywords: myelin, astrocytes, glial cells, calcium signalling, sphingolipids, apoptosis, Schwann cells, cytokines, oligodendrocytes, metabotropic glutamate receptors, nitric oxide


Bethea, John
University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
Email: jbethea@miami.edu
Keywords: signal transduction, NF-kB, neuroimmunology, system, injury and or disease of the nervous, glial cells, molecular biology


Bhat, Narayan R.
Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA
Email: bhatnr@musc.edu  
Web URL: http://neurosciences.musc.edu/../bhat.html
Keywords: oligodendrocytes; astrocytes; microglia; signal transduction; differentiation; neuroinflammation; neurodegenerative diseases; myelination-demyelination; Alzheimer's disease; Parkinson's disease.


Boenisch, Heinz
University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
Email: boenisch@uni-bonn.de
Keywords: transporters (for neurotransmitters or organic cations): pharmacology, biochemistry, molecular biology, gene structure neurotransmitter receptors (G-protein coupled or ligand-gated; especially for serotonin, noradrenaline, acetylcholine): pharmacology, biochemistry, molecular biology neurotransmitter release: control of release by presynaptic receptors catecholamines: receptors, inactivation/metabolism (monoamine oxidase, catechol-O-methyltransferase) anaesthetics: interactions with receptors, lipophilicity


Brown, David R.
University of Bath, Bath, UK
Email: bssdrb@bath.ac.uk
Keywords: prion disease, neurodegeneration, astrocyte-neurone interactions, glutamate toxicity, superoxide dismutase, copper homeostasis


Cappai, Roberto
The University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Email: r.cappai@unimelb.edu.au  
Web URL: http://www.unimelb.edu.au/
Keywords: Alzheimer's disease, amyloid, amyloid precursor protein, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, prion, synuclein, Parkinson's disease, neurodegeneration, copper


Conn, P. Jeffrey
Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
Email: jeff.conn@vanderbilt.edu
Keywords: metabotropic glutamate receptors, ionotropic glutamate receptors, synaptic plasticity, receptor-effector coupling, second messenger signalling, receptor phosphorylation, receptor desensitization, electrophysiological analysis of receptor signalling.


de Blas, Angel L.
University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
Email: angel.deblas@uconn.edu
Keywords: GABA, receptors, benzodiazepine receptors: pharmacology, subunit composition, biochemical characterization, monoclonal antibodies, antibodies, immunocytochemistry, receptor cloning, in situ hybridization, host cell expression, transfection, purification, postsynaptic density complex.


Dityatev, Alexander
Italian Institute of Technology, Genoa, Italy
Email: alexander.dityatev@iit.it
Keywords: in vitro and in vivo neurophysiology, immunocyto- and histochemistry, and cognitive behavioral tests, with emphasis on fear conditioning, cell adhesion, extracellular matrix, synaptic plasticity, LTP, LTD, metaplasticity, GABAergic and glutamatergic synaptic transmission, synaptogenesis


Dobrota, Dusan
Jessenius Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University, Martin, Slovakia
Email: dobrota@jfmed.uniba.sk
Keywords: Ischemia, reperfusion, carnosin, NMR, ER dysfunction


Duman, Ronald S.
Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
Email: ronald.duman@yale.edu
Keywords: antidepressants, psychotropic drugs, stress, receptor regulation, monoamine receptors [norepinephrine, serotonin, dopamine]; neuropeptide receptors [corticotrophin releasing factor (CRF), melanocortin (MSH and ACTH) and others]; cyclic AMP, adenylyl cyclase; phosphodiesterase (PDE); cyclyc AMP-dependent protein kinase (PKA); cyclic AMP response element binding protein (CREB); G proteins; neurotrophic factors; gene expression.


Feinstein, Douglas L.
University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
Email: dlfeins@uic.edu
Keywords: glial cells, nitric oxide, cell signalling, cytokines, inflammation, astrocyte, astroglia, glioma, microglia, nitric oxide, endotoxin, LPS, GFAP, heat shock, HSP, MAPK (mitogen activated protein kinases), arginine, cytokines, EAE, MS, CAMP, astrocyte, nitric oxide, cytokines, TgAPP, EAE, multiple sclerosis, Alzheimer's disease, PPAR, NFkB, microgila


Frandsen, Aase
The Royal Danish School of Pharmacy, Copenhagen, Denmark
Email: aaf@farma.ku.dk
Keywords: neurotransmission and excitotoxicity: pharmacology and mechanisms, calcium homeostasis, stress signals, intracellular signalling


Gibson, Gary E.
Cornell University Medical College, White Plains, NY, USA
Email: ggibson@med.cornell.edu  
Web URL: http://www.med.cornell.edu/
Keywords: calcium, hypoxia/ischemia, Alzheimer's disease, signal transduction, amyloid toxicity, thiamine, energy metabolism, mitochondria, oxidative stress


Gulyaeva, Natalia V.
Institute of Higher Nervous Activity and Neurophysiology, Moscow, Russia
Email: nata_gul@pisem.net
Keywords: apoptosis, neurodegeneration/neurodegenerative diseases, free radicals, oxidative stress, neuronal(synaptic) plasticity – molecular mechanisms, nitric oxide, excitotoxicity


Gundelfinger, Eckart D.
Federal Institute for Neurobiology, Magdeburg, Germany
Email: gundelfinger@ifn-magdeburg.de
Keywords: synapse, synaptic proteins, neurotransmitter receptors, molecular biology of neurotransmitter release, neuronal cytoskeleton, calcium-binding proteins, DNA cloning, molecular biology of protein-protein interaction.


Gundlach, Andrew L.
The University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Email: andrew.gundlach@florey.edu.au
Keywords: neurochemical anatomy, neuropeptide function, neurotransmitter/peptide/hormone receptors, regulation of gene expression in brain, brain and behaviour, in situ hybridisation- and immuno- histochemistry, transcription factors and phospho-proteins as activity markers.


Haga, Tatsuya
Gakushuin University, Tokyo, Japan
Email: tatsuya.haga@gakushuin.ac.jp
Keywords: neurotransmitter receptors, particularly muscarinic acetylcholine receptors and other G protein -linked receptors, GTP-binding regulatory proteins, G-proteins and regulation by them of enzymes and ion channels, choline transporter


Hastings, Teresa G.
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Email: hastings@bns.pitt.edu
Keywords: proteomics, 2D-DIGE, mitochondria, PC12, dopamine, endoplasmic reticulum stress


Hewett, Sandra J.
University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT, USA
Email: Hewett@nso1.uchc.edu
Keywords: excitotoxicity, neuronal injury, neurodegeneration, astrocyte biology, neuronal/glial interactions, CNS inflammation, cerebral ischemia: in vitro and in vivo; nitric oxide synthase, cyclooxygenase, cell culture


Higashida, Haruhiro
Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medicine, Kanazawa, Japan
Email: haruhiro@med.kanazawa-u.ac.jp
Keywords: Cell membrane proteins (bradykinin and muscarinic receptors, K+ channels and ion pumps, second messangers (IP3, IP4, CADPR, NAD+), Ca2+ homeostasis, cell cultures, neuroblastoma, gliomas


Ihara, Yasuo
Doshisha University Kai-Fu-Kan, Kyoto, Japan
Email: yihara@mail.doshisha.ac.jp
Keywords: Alzheimer's disease, Ab accumulation, tau proteins


Iuvone, P. Michael
Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA
Email: miuvone@pharm.emory.edu  
Web URL: http://www.pharm.emory.edu/iuvone.html
Keywords: retina, photoreceptors, pineal, melatonin, dopamine, circadian rhythms


Jenner, Peter
King's College London, London, UK
Email: div.pharm@kcl.ac.uk
Keywords: cause, treatment and reversal of neurodegenerative disease with particular reference to basal ganglia and PD, actions and uses of neurotoxins, mechanisms of cell death (apoptosis), role of DA systems in the brain and their involvement in disease states, oxidative stress


Jungalwala, Firoze B.
Eunice K. Shriver Center for Mental Retardation, Waltham, MA, USA
Email: Firoze.Jungalwala@umassmed.edu
Keywords: chemistry, metabolism & function of glycolipids & other glycoconjugates, neurobiology of glycoconjugates, neural cell adhesion molecules in nervous system development, myelin membrane lipids, development of cerebellum & cerebellar mutants, glycolipids/glycoconjugates & peripheral neuropathy and/or other neural disorders


Keep, Richard F.
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Email: rkeep@umich.edu  
Web URL: http://www.physiology.med.umich.edu/../rkeep.htm
Keywords: blood-brain barrier, blood-CSF barrier, choroid plexus, intracerebral hemorrhage, cerebral ischemia


Keller, Jeffrey N.
Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, LA, USA
Email: jeffrey.keller@pbrc.edu
Keywords: proteasome, oxidative stress, Alzheimer's, ubiquitin, proteasome, oxidative stress, protein aggregation, diabetes


Kiyama, Hiroshi
Osaka City University, Osaka, Japan
Email: kiyama@med.osaka-cu.ac.jp  
Web URL: http://www.med.osaka-cu.ac.jp/../index.html
Keywords: neuronal regeneration, mechanisms underlying neuronal cell death and survival after nerve injury, neurite elongation after nerve injury, nerve regeneration events


Kuhn, Donald M.
Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, USA
Email: donald.kuhn@wayne.edu
Keywords: tryptophan hydroxylase, tyrosine hydroxylase, protein phosphorylation, molecular pharmacology of drugs of abuse, receptors (includes primarily protein-drug interactions, does not include ion channels or electrophysiology), neurotransmitter transporters, apoptosis, reactive oxygen species


Lee, Michael
Johns Hopkins University SOM, Baltimore, MD, USA
Email: mklee@jhmi.edu
Keywords: parkinson's disease, alzheimer's disease, neurodegeneration, synuclein, protein aggregation, transgenic mice


Leist, Marcel
University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany
Email: marcel.leist@uni-konstanz.de  
Web URL: http://www.uni-konstanz.de/../Homepage/
Keywords: neural stem cells, microglia activation, astrocyte activation, glia in neurodegeneration, Mixed-lineage kinase, amyloid-beta processing, amyloid beta toxicity, Parkinson's disease models, neurite degeneration, dopamine storage


Llorens-Cortes, Catherine
Collège de France, Paris, France
Email: c.llorens-cortes@college-de-france.fr
Keywords: zinc metalloproteases, peptide metabolism, brain angiotensin, brain apelin


Machado, Alberto
University of Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain
Email: machado@us.es
Keywords: dopamine, dopaminergic system, Parkinson disease, oxidative stress.


Macklin, Wendy B.
Department of Neuroscience, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, USA
Email: mackliw@ccf.org
Keywords: myelin, oligodendrocyte differentiation, oligodendrocyte gene expression, brain development, transcriptional control, RNA stability, ras signalling, GTPase activating protein


McNaught, Kevin St. P.
Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
Email: kevin.mcnaught@mssm.edu
Keywords: Parkinson's disease, ubiquitin, proteasome, alpha-synuclein, parkin, dystonia, torsinA and animal model


Merrill, Jean E.
CNS Division, Sanofi-aventis, Bridgewater, NJ, USA

Email: jean.merrill@sanofi-aventis.com
Keywords: drug discovery; therapeutic intervention with biologics and small molecules; neuroimmunology; neurodegenerative diseases involving inflammation; EAE, MS, microglia ; oligodendrocytes; stem cells for CNS repair; in vitro and in vivo models of demyelination and remyelination.


Moghaddam, Bita
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Email: moghaddam@bns.pitt.edu
Keywords: microdialysis, dopamine, prefrontal cortex, glutamate, schizophrenia, stress, psychostimulants


Molnár, Elek
University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
Email: Elek.Molnar@bristol.ac.uk  
Web URL: http://www.bris.ac.uk/neuroscience/
Keywords: glutamate receptors, AMPA, kainate, NMDA, development, synaptic plasticity, LTP, LTD, receptor targeting, oligodendrocytes


Moroni, Flavio
Universita Degli Studi Di Firenze, Firenze, Italy
Email: moronif@ds.unifi.it
Keywords: tryptophan metabolites, kynurenine , kynurenic acid, quinolinic acid, brain ischemia, receptors, NMDA, kainic acid, AMPA, metabotropic receptors, convulsions, epilepsy, morphine, opioids, glycine receptors, GABA-metabolism, GABA receptors.


Morrison, Richard S.
University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA
Email: yael@u.washington.edu  
Web URL: http://depts.washington.edu/../morrison.html
Keywords: microdialysis, dopamine, prefrontal cortex, glutamate, schizophrenia, stress, psychostimulants


Murphy, Anne N.
University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
Email: anmurphy@cox.net
Keywords: biochemistry, bioenergetics, metabolism mitochondria, Ca2+, oxidative phosphorylation, neurodegeneration, electron transport, ion transport, excitotoxicity, membrane potential, mitochondrial ion transport, mitochondrial biogenesis, mitochondrial movement and morphology, mitochondrial free radical generation


Murphy, Eric J.
University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND, USA
Email: emurphy@medicine.nodak.edu
Keywords: broad lipid metabolism in the CNS, fatty acids, phospholipids, including ether lipids, and acylhydrolases, such as phospholipase A2; alterations of lipid metabolism in pathophysiological states, e.g. Alzheimer's disease, Down's syndrome; CNS diseases.


Nalecz, Katarzyna A.
Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, Warszawa, Poland
Email: knal@nencki.gov.pl  
Web URL: www.nencki.gov.pl
Keywords: transporters, membrane structure, posttranslational modifications, protein kinase C, cell culture


Nawa, Hiroyuki
Niigata University, Niigata, Japan
Email: hnawa@bri.niigata-u.ac.jp  
Web URL: http://www.bri.niigata-u.ac.jp/../molecular%28e%29.html
Keywords: cellular neurobiology or brain disease, cytokine, neurotrophic factor, development schizophrenia, dopamine, behaviour


Octave, Jean-Noël
Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels. Belgium
Email: octave@nchm.ucl.ac.be
Keywords: Alzheimer’s disease: cellular and animal models, neurodegenerative diseases, cloning and expression, adenoviruses as expression vectors both in vitro and in vivo, cell biology, cell culture. primary cultures of neurones, signal transduction.


Panula, Pertti
University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Email: pertti.panula@helsinki.fi  
Web URL: http://www.helsinki.fi/neurosci/panula.htm
Keywords: genes, structure and function of novel neuropeptides; physiological significance of brain histamine; pain pathways; hypothalamic regulation of sleep, alertness and hibernation histamine, neuropeptide FF, prolactin releasing peptide, hypothalamic mechanisms, tuberomammillary nucleus, pain mechanisms, spinal cord


Pazos, Angel
Universidad de Cantabria, Santander, Spain
Email: pazosa@medi.unican.es
Keywords: 5-HT (serotonin), monoamine receptors, receptor visualization (autoradiography), mammalian brain


Pike, Christian J.
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Email: cjpike@usc.edu
Keywords: Alzheimer's disease, apoptosis, ß-amyloid, neuroprotection, neurodegeneration, oxidative stress, reactive gliosis, cell culture


Pocock, Jennifer
University College London, London, UK
Email: J.Pocock@ion.ucl.ac.uk
Keywords: neuronal-astrocyte (including microglia) interactions, calcium signalling, voltage dependent calcium channels, calcium imaging, exocytosis, excitotoxicity, mitochondria and apoptosis, apoptosis, caspases, tyrosine kinase, fluorescence imaging, neurodegeneration, cerebellar granule cell/neuron


Prado, Marco A. M.
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
Email: maximo.prado@gmail.com
Keywords: cholinergic mechanisms, protein and membrane trafficking, pre-synaptic mechanisms, calcium signaling, toxins and neuronal function, prion diseases, Alzheimer´s disease, neurodegeneration, neurotransmitter transporters, synaptic vesicle


Prinetti, Alessandro
Universita degli Studi di Milano, Milano, Italy
Email: alessandro.prinetti@unimi.it  
Web URL: http://users.unimi.it/chbiomed/nuovo/
Keywords: complex membrane lipid biochemistry and biophysic, biological role of sphingolipid, neuronal membranes and disease, segregation phenomena in neuronal membranes, lipid rafts in cell signalling.


Przedborski, Serge
Columbia University College P & S, New York, NY, USA
Email: SP30@Columbia.edu
Keywords: neurodegeneration, Parkinson's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, nitric oxide, free radicals, MPTP, superoxide dismutase, substantia nigra, apoptosis


Quik, Maryka
Parkinson's Institute, Sunnyvale CA, USA
Email: mquik@ix.netcom.com
Keywords: nicotinic receptors and Parkinson's disease, MPTP, nicotinic receptors, basal ganglia


Rattray, Marcus
University of Reading, Reading, UK
Email: m.a.n.rattray@reading.ac.uk
Keywords: neurotransmitter transporters; drug abuse, 5-HT (serotonin); gene expression; motor neurone disease; astrocytes; neurodegeneration.


Saito, Naoaki
Kobe University, Kobe, Japan
Email: naosaito@kobe-u.ac.jp  
Web URL: http://www.kobe-u.ac.jp/en/index.htm
Keywords: protein kinase, phosphorylation, and signal transduction, imaging, Ca2+


Schipper, Hyman M.
Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Montreal, QC, Canada
Email: hyman.schipper@mcgill.ca
Keywords: aging, Alzheimer's disease, astrocyte, estrogen, heme oxygenase, iron, neurodegeneration, oxidative stress, Parkinson's disease


Schulz, Jörg B.
University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
Email: jschulz4@gwdg.de
Keywords: Mechanisms of neuronal cell death, including cell death mechanisms like apoptosis, excitotoxicity, reactive oxygen species, nitric oxide, mitochondrial dysfunction, glutathione metabolism, cell culture models, acute and chronic diseases including Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, Huntington's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and ischemic stroke, neuroprotective treatments


Sebastião, Ana M.
University of Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal
Email: anaseb@fm.ul.pt  
Web URL: http://www.imm.ul.pt
Keywords: neuromodulation of synaptic transmission, in particular at the hippocampus, cross-talk between neuromodulatoras, focusing on neurotrophins, adenosine, neuropeptides and cannabinoids, neuroprotection. adenosine receptors and adenosine transporters, G-protein coupled receptors and kinase receptors


Sharp, Frank R.
University of California at Davis, Sacramento, CA, USA
Email: frank.sharp@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu
Keywords: stroke and cerebral ischemia, heat shock and immediate early gene expression in brain, cerebral glucose and glycogen metabolism, neurogenesis and gliogenesis following ischemia, genomics and proteomics of neurological diseases


Small, David H.
Menzies Research Institute, Hobart, TAS, Australia
Email: d.h.small@menzies.utas.edu.au
Keywords: Alzheimer's disease, amyloid precursor protein, acetylcholinesterase, butyrylcholinesterase, enzymology. molecular modelling, neurite outgrowth, ion channels, amyloid. neurodegeneration, protein misfolding


Smith, A Ian
Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
Email: ian.smith@med.monash.edu.au
Keywords: Peptides in the neuroendocrine axis, proteases & peptidases, peptides in the CNS/neurotransmission, processing, biosynthesis and metabolism, protein and peptide purification and characterization, peptidase/protease inhibitor design, synthesis and analysis of peptides involved in the central and peripheral regulation of blood pressure


Sonnino, Sandro
Universita degli Studi di Milano, Milano, Italy
Email: sandro.sonnino@unimi.it  
Web URL: www.unimi.it
Keywords: Gangliosides, glycolipids, sphingolipids, phospholipids, cholesterol, lipids, membranes


Sonsalla, Patricia K.
University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ, USA
Email: sonsalla@umndj.edu
Keywords: amphetamines, MPTP, drugs of abuse, monoaminergic neurons, neurodegeneration, neurotoxicity, basal ganglia, models of Parkinsonism


Standaert, David G.
University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
Email: dstandaert@uab.edu  
Web URL: www.uab.edu/CNET
Keywords: NMDA receptors, glutamate receptors, Parkinson's disease, dystonia, synuclein


Strange, Philip
The University of Reading, Reading, UK
Email: p.g.strange@rdg.ac.uk  
Web URL: http://www.pharmacy.reading.ac.uk/staff/strange/
Keywords: Receptors, for neurotransmitters & hormones: structure, function, mechanisms of action; ligand binding, interaction with G-proteins, molecular biology.


Suh, Yoo-Hun
Seoul National University, Seoul. South Korea
Email: yhsuh@snu.ac.kr  
Keywords: Biochemistry and molecular biology of Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease, APP, Ab, AICD, α-synuclin, Ageing, Learning and memory


Swanson, Raymond A.
VA Medical Center (UCSF), San Francisco, CA, USA
Email: raymond.swanson@ucsf.edu  
Web URL: http://www.ucsf.edu/swansonlab/
Keywords: Ischemia, stroke, glutamate transport, glycogen, energetics, poly(ADP-ribose)polymerase, astrocyte-neuron interactions, cell death


Traynor, John R.
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Email: jtraynor@umich.edu
Keywords: opioids & opiate drugs, G-protein coupled receptors, second messengers, G proteins, adenylyl cyclase, regulators of G protein signaling (RGS) proteins, enkephalin degrading enzymes, antinociception and analgesia, tolerance and dependence, structure-activity relationships


Vaughan, Roxanne A.
University of North Dakota School of Medicine, Grand Forks, ND, USA
Email: rvaughan@medicine.nodak.edu
Keywords: molecular mechanisms of dopamine transporters including phosphorylation, photoaffinity labeling, and structure-function analysis. Neurotransmitter transporters, cocaine binding, dopamine regulation, receptor or transporter phosphorylation, and receptor or transporter photoaffinity labeling


Weller, Michael
University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Email: michael.weller@usz.ch  
Web URL: http://www.neurologie.usz.ch
Keywords: glioma, astrocytoma, apoptosis, cell death, astrocyte, stem cell, death receptors, death ligands, neuroimmunology


Wiesinger, Heinrich
Interfakultäres Institut für Biochemie,Tübingen, Germany
Email: wiesinger@fh-isny.de
Keywords: cell culture, energy metabolism, enzymology, immunocytochemistry, nitric oxide, transport/uptake


Williams, Robert J.
GKT School of Biomedical Sciences, London, UK
Email: robert.williams@kcl.ac.uk  
Keywords: excitotoxicity, oxidative stress, MAP kinase, phospholipase A2, arachidonic Acid, AMPA receptors.


Williams, Stephen R.
University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
Email: steve.williams@manchester.ac.uk
Keywords: Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, MRI, MRS, stroke, ischaemia, energy metabolism, neurotransmitter metabolism, cerebral blood flow


Wolf, Marina E.
Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, North Chicago, IL, USA
Email: marina.wolf@rosalindfranklin.edu  
Web URL: www.rosalindfranklin.edu
Keywords: glutamate, dopamine, NMDA receptors, AMPA receptors, microdialysis, in situ hybridization, immunocytochemistry, Addiction, plasticity, receptor trafficking, glutamate receptors, dopamine receptors, cocaine, amphetamine


Wong, YH
Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, Hong Kong
Email: boyung@ust.hk  
Web URL: http://www.ust.hk/../yhwong.html
Keywords: Opioid peptides and receptors, signal transduction, neuropeptides, G proteins, melatonin, neuropharmacology, opioid tolerance and dependence


Wonnacott, Susan
University of Bath, Bath, UK
Email: bsssw@bath.ac.uk
Keywords: Neuronal nicotinic receptors, nicotine and mechanisms of drug addiction; synaptosome studies, transmitter release, ligand binding, structure - function studies and development of novel ligands and radioligands, confocal and electron microscopy


Wood, Ian C
University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
Email: i.c.wood@leeds.ac.uk  
Web URL: http://www.fbs.leeds.ac.uk/..?tag=Wood_I
Keywords: Chromatin, transcription, Gene regulation, transcription factors, epigenetics, epilepsy, transgenic mice, DNA, mRNA, expression, differentiation, stem cells


Zimmermann, Herbert
J. W. Goethe-Universitätm Frankfurt, Germany
Email: h.zimmermann@bio.uni-frankfurt.de  
Web URL: http://www.bio.uni-frankfurt.de/zoologie/nch
Keywords: ectonucleotidases, nucleotide signalling, nucleotide receptors, nucleotide release, P2 receptors