Michael J. Zigmond

Michael. J. Zigmond was an American neuroscientist. He is emeritus Professor of Neurology at University of Pittsburgh since 2017, previously Professor of Neurology, Psychiatry, and Pharmacology, and Editor-in-Chief of Elsevier's Progress in Neurobiology. ^[1] He is an Elected Fellow, since 2009, of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. ^[2] His interests include neuroprotection and neuroplasticity, health aging, and Parkinson's disease. ^[3] Since 2011, he has also served as Distinguished International Professor at Fudan University. ^[4]

Education

He earned his B.S. in chemical engineering at Carnegie-Mellon University and Ph.D. in biopsychology at University of Chicago in 1968. ^[4]

Selected publications

• Brunet, Anne; Bonni, Azad; Zigmond, Michael J.; Lin, Michael Z.; Juo, Peter; Hu, Linda S.; Anderson, Michael J.; Arden, Karen C.; Blenis, John; Greenberg, Michael E. (1999-03-19). "Akt Promotes Cell Survival by Phosphorylating and Inhibiting a Forkhead Transcription Factor". Cell. 96 (6): 857–868. doi: 10.1016/S0092-8674(00)80595-4 . ISSN   0092-8674. PMID   10102273.
• Abercrombie, Elizabeth D.; Keefe, Kristen A.; DiFrischia, Daniel S.; Zigmond, Michael J. (1989). "Differential Effect of Stress on In Vivo Dopamine Release in Striatum, Nucleus Accumbens, and Medial Frontal Cortex" . Journal of Neurochemistry. 52 (5): 1655–1658. doi:10.1111/j.1471-4159.1989.tb09224.x. ISSN   1471-4159. PMID   2709017. S2CID   11066242.
• Dishman, Rod K.; Berthoud, Hans-Rudolf; Booth, Frank W.; Cotman, Carl W.; Edgerton, V. Reggie; Fleshner, Monika R.; Gandevia, Simon C.; Gomez-Pinilla, Fernando; Greenwood, Benjamin N.; Hillman, Charles H.; Kramer, Arthur F.; Zigmond, Michael J. (2006). "Neurobiology of Exercise". Obesity. 14 (3): 345–356. doi: 10.1038/oby.2006.46 . ISSN   1930-739X. PMID   16648603.
• Perez, Ruth G.; Waymire, Jack C.; Lin, Eva; Liu, Jen J.; Guo, Fengli; Zigmond, Michael J. (2002-04-15). "A Role for α-Synuclein in the Regulation of Dopamine Biosynthesis". Journal of Neuroscience. 22 (8): 3090–3099. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.22-08-03090.2002 . ISSN   0270-6474. PMC   6757524 . PMID   11943812.
• Zigmond, Michael J.; Abercrombie, Elizabeth D.; Berger, Theodore W.; Grace, Anthony A.; Stricker, Edward M. (1990-07-01). "Compensations after lesions of central dopaminergic neurons: some clinical and basic implications" . Trends in Neurosciences. 13 (7): 290–296. doi:10.1016/0166-2236(90)90112-N. ISSN   0166-2236. PMID   1695406. S2CID   4053082.

References

1. "Michael J. Zigmond". elsevier.com. Retrieved December 8, 2017.
2. "Michael J. Zigmond". AAAS - The World's Largest General Scientific Society. aaas.org. August 2016. Retrieved December 8, 2017.
3. "Michael J. Zigmond". pitt.edu. Retrieved December 8, 2017.
4. "Lab". Pittsburgh Institute For Neurodegenerative Diseases. pitt.edu. Retrieved December 8, 2017.