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Adam Gerber PhD (4th year) gerbera@upstate.edu Department: Neuroscience & Physiology Advisor: Mary Lou Vallano, PhD

Research Interests:

Neurodegeneration
Traumatic brain injury
Glutamate excitotoxicity

Awards and Honors:         

College of Medicine Award for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 2008.

Publications:

Gerber AM, Vallano ML. (2006) Structural properties of the NMDA receptor and the design of neuroprotective therapies. Mini Rev Med Chem 6:805-815

Jennings J, Gerber AM, Vallano ML. (2008) Pharmacological Strategies for Neuroprotection in Traumatic Brain Injury. Mini Rev Med Chem (in press)

Gerber AM, Beaman-Hall CM, Mathur A and Vallano ML (2008) NMDA receptors in immature neurons are functionally active in the presence of magnesium. (in submission).

Abstracts and Presentations:

Gerber AM, Vallano ML. (2007) Disassociated Culture of Cerebellar Granule Cells as a Model of Synaptic Development in the Early CNS. Charles R. Ross Student Research Day. SUNY Upstate Medical Univ. Syracuse, NY

Gerber AM, Vallano ML. (2007) Disassociated Culture of Cerebellar Granule Cells as a Model of Synaptic Development in the Early CNS. National MD/PhD Conference. Keystone, CO

Gerber AM, Vallano ML. (2007) Physiologic Culture of Cerebellar Granule Cells: Evidence Supporting Their Use as a Model For Synaptic Development and Excitotoxicity. (oral presentation and abstract) Cold Spring Harbor Symposium: “Synapses from Molecular Circuits to Behavior.” Cold Spring Harbor, NY

Jennings J, Gerber AM and Vallano ML (2008) The Role of the NMDA Receptor and             Downstream Kinases in Traumatic Brain Injury, Plasticity, and Neuronal             Excitotoxicity. AANS. San Diego, CA