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Silinsky, Eugene M

Professor of Pharmacology

Bio

adenosine, synaptic transmission, neurotransmitter release, secretion, ion channels, neuromuscular junction,

Smith, Richard S

Assistant Professor of Pharmacology

Stranger, Barbara E

Associate Professor of Pharmacology

Swanson, Geoffrey T

Professor of Pharmacology and Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

Bio

My research focuses predominantly on understanding physiological processes mediated by glutamate receptors, which are signaling proteins that respond to glutamate, the predominant excitatory neurotran... [more]