Michael. J. Zigmond is 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. He is an Elected Fellow, since 2009, of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. His interests include neuroprotection and neuroplasticity, health aging, and Parkinson's disease. Since 2011, he has also served as Distinguished International Professor at Fudan University.
Education
He earned his B.S. in chemical engineering at Carnegie-Mellon University and Ph.D. in biopsychology at University of Chicago in 1968.
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
- "Michael J. Zigmond". elsevier.com. Retrieved December 8, 2017.
- "Michael J. Zigmond". aaas.org. Retrieved December 8, 2017.
- "Michael J. Zigmond". pitt.edu. Retrieved December 8, 2017.
- ^ "Lab". pitt.edu. Retrieved December 8, 2017.