Vladimir Parpura

Vladimir Parpura is a Croatian-American neurobiologist who is currently a professor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and an elected fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.[1]

Education

He earned his M.D. at University of Zagreb in 1989 a doctorate in neurology and zoology at Iowa State University in 1993.[2] He also taught at Iowa State University before starting at University of Alabama at Birmingham.

Research

His interest are in ion channels, astrocyte-neuron glutamate-mediated signaling, synaptic function and Glial biology.[2] His highest cited paper is "Tripartite synapses: glia, the unacknowledged partner"[3] at 1662 times, according to Google Scholar.[4]

Publications
  • Vladimir Parpura, Trent A Basarsky, Fang Liu, Ksenija Jeftinija, Srdija Jeftinija, Philip G Haydon. Glutamate-mediated astrocyte–neuron signalling. 369:6483. 744-747. Nature. 1994.
  • Hui Hu, Yingchun Ni, Vedrana Montana, Robert C Haddon, Vladimir Parpura. Chemically functionalized carbon nanotubes as substrates for neuronal growth. 4:3. 507-511. Nano letters. 2004.
  • Vladimir Parpura, Philip G Haydon. Physiological astrocytic calcium levels stimulate glutamate release to modulate adjacent neurons. 97:15. 8629-8634. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2000.
  • Alfonso Araque, Vladimir Parpura, Rita P Sanzgiri, Philip G Haydon. Glutamate‐dependent astrocyte modulation of synaptic transmission between cultured hippocampal neurons. 10:6. 2129:2142. European Journal of Neuroscience. 1998
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gollark: There are some things which I think probably should be automated but aren't, though, and I think that's mostly just because some people want there to be humans around for whatever reason and pressure to "preserve jobs".
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gollark: In some cases it's probably possible but it would have drawbacks or isn't cost-effective yet.

References
  1. "Neurobiologist Vladimir Parpura named an AAAS Fellow". uab.edu. November 20, 2017. Retrieved December 27, 2017.
  2. "Vladimir Parpura". uab.edu. Retrieved December 27, 2017.
  3. Alfonso Araque, Vladimir Parpura, Rita P Sanzgiri, Philip G Haydon. Tripartite synapses: glia, the unacknowledged partner. 22:5. 208-15. Trends in neurosciences. 1999
  4. "Vladimir Parpura". scholar.google.com. Retrieved December 27, 2017.
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