- Board Certified:
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Neurology with Special Qualifications in Child Neu
- Medical/Professional School:
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University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City
- Residency:
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Columbia Presbyterian Hospital, New York, PediatricsNeurological Institute, New York, Child Neurology
- Clinical Interests:
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Movement disorders, cortical and cerebellar dysgenesis, toxicology, drug addiction and withdrawal
- Description of Research:
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The Bamford laboratory studies synaptic function and regulation of presynaptic activity. Presently, we are concentrating on the effects of dopamine on corticostriatal projections. In particular, we are interested in how dopamine depletion, Huntington's disease and psychostimulant withdrawal affect the release of glutamate from cortical projections to the striatum.
- Key Publications:
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Bamford NS, Robinson S, Palmiter RD, Joyce JA, Moore C. Meshul CK. Dopamine modulates release from corticostriatal terminals. J Neurosci. In press 2004.
Bamford NS, Zhang H, Schmitz Y, Wu N-P, Cepeda C, Levine MS, Schmauss C, Zakharenko SS, Zablow L, Sulzer D. Heterosynaptic dopamine neurotransmission selects sets of corticostriatal terminals. Neuron. 2004 May 27;42(4):653?663.
Dani JA, Zhou FM. Selective Dopamine Filter of Glutamate Striatal Afferents. Neuron. 2004 May 27;42(4):522-524.
Bamford NS, Sulzer D. Psychostimulants Depress Cortical Excitation of the Striatum, an Effect Mediated by Presynaptic Corticostriatal D2 Receptors. Ann Neurol. 2003;54(7):S106.
Bamford NS, Trojaborg W, Sherbany AA, DeVivo DC. Congenital Guillain-Barre syndrome associated with maternal inflammatory bowel disease is responsive to intravenous immunoglobulin. European Journal of Pediatric Neurology. 2002;6:115-119.
- Honors & Awards:
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Child Neurology Society Young Investigator Award 2002