Английская Википедия:Erminio Costa
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Шаблон:Infobox scientist Erminio "Mimo" Costa (March 9, 1924 – November 28, 2009) was an Italian-American neuroscientist.[1] His research interests covered brain serotonergic activity in health and disease, benzodiazepine-GABA interactions,[2] benzodiazepine action at GABAA receptors, neurophysiological role of neurosteroids,[3] and GABAergic dysfunction and changes in the expression of reelin and GAD67 in schizophrenia.[4] He published more than 1,000 articles.[5] The June 2011 issue of the journal Neuropharmacology was dedicated to him.[6]
Career
- July 1947 - M.D. 110/110 cum laude, University of Cagliari, Italy
- 1950-1960 - Thudichum Psychiatric Research Laboratory, Galesburg Research Hospital, Galesburg, Illinois
- 1960-1965 - Deputy Chief, Laboratory of Chemical Pharmacology at NHLI - NIH, Bethesda, Maryland
- 1965-1968 - Associate Professor of Pharmacology and Neurology, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, New York, NY
- 1968-1985 - Chief of the Laboratory of Preclinical Pharmacology, NIMH, St. Elizabeths Hospital, Washington, DC
- 1985-1994 - Director and Founder, Institute of Neuroscience, and Professor of Pharmacology, Georgetown University, Washington, DC
- 1994-1995 - Director, Center for Neuropharmacology, Nathan Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research, New York University, New York, NY
- 1995 - Scientific Director, Psychiatric Institute, Professor of Biochemistry in Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
- 1982 - Member, National Academy of Sciences
- 1991 - Member of "Accademia dei Lincei" founded by Galileo Galilei in 1602, Rome
Books
- Advances in Biochemical Psychopharmacology (1969)
- Biochemistry and Pharmacology of the Basal Ganglia (1966)
- Biochemistry of Simple Neuronal Models (1970)
- Neurosteroids and Brain Function (1991)
- The Endorphins - Vol. 18 (1985)
See also
- Bernard Brodie, in whose laboratory Costa worked for a time.
References
External links
- Erminio Costa, M.D.
- Obituary—Erminio Costa, M.D. (1924-2009), University of Illinois at Chicago - obituary at Schizophrenia Research Forum
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