Stuart Lipton
Co-Chair, Professor
Neuroscience
The Scripps Research University
France
Biography
Hannah and Eugene Step Chair in Neurodegenerative Disease,Professor-Co-Director, Neuroscience Translational Center,Department of Molecular Medicine .M.D., Medicine, University of Pennsylvania. Ph.D., Biochemistry & Biophysics, University of Pennsylvania. HONORS & RECOGNITION •NIH Director's Grant Award National Institutes of Health/NIDA (2016) •Elected Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science Neuroscience section (2011) •Ernst Jung Prize in Medicine (2004) •Alpha Omega (1974) •Phi Beta Kappa (1971)PROFESSIONAL SERVICE. Society for Neuroscience (2000 - 2008)Chair of Education Committee and Neurobiology of Disease Workshops •American Academy of Neurology (2000) Fellow•American Neurological Association (1987) Elected Fellow
Research Interest
To understand the neural behaviour and mental disorders and addictions based on the genes and brain activity.
Publications
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Das S, Sasaki YF. . . Chen H-SV, Lipton SA, Nakanishi N. Increased NMDA current and spine density in mice lacking the NMDAR subunit NR3A. Nature 1998;393:377-381.
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Leifer D, Krainc D, Yu Y-T, McDermott J, Breitbart RE, Heng J, Neve RL, Kosofsky B, Nadal-Ginard B, Lipton SA. MEF2C, a MADS/MEF2-family transcription factor expressed in a laminar distribution in cerebral cortex. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 1993;90:1546-1550.
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Lipton SA, Choi Y-B. . . Chen H-SV, Sucher NJ, Singel DJ, Loscalzo J, Stamler JS. A redox-based mechanism for the neuroprotective and neurodestructive effects of nitric oxide and related nitroso-compounds. Nature 1993;364:626-632.
