Vladimir Parpura

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Vladimir Parpura, MD, PhD (b.1964) 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]

Early life and education[edit]

Parpura was born was born December 5, 1964, in Split, Croatia.[2] Following compulsory military service, he earned his M.D. at University of Zagreb in 1989, and later was awarded a doctorate in neurology and zoology at Iowa State University in 1993.[3]

Career and research[edit]

He taught at Iowa State University, and then in 2000 took a teaching position at University of California, Riverside. In July 2007, he accepted a position at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.[4]

He was elected Member of Academia Europaea in 2012 and of Dana Alliance for Brain Initiatives in 2016.[2]

His interests are in ion channels, astrocyte-neuron glutamate-mediated signaling, synaptic function and Glial biology.[3] His highest cited paper is "Tripartite synapses: glia, the unacknowledged partner"[5] at 1662 times, according to Google Scholar.[6]

Selected publications[edit]

  • 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

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Neurobiologist Vladimir Parpura named an AAAS Fellow". uab.edu. November 20, 2017. Retrieved December 27, 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Vladimir Parpura". Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts. Retrieved 2022-05-25.
  3. ^ a b "Vladimir Parpura". uab.edu. Retrieved December 27, 2017.
  4. ^ Verkhratsky, Alexei; Schousboe, Arne; Zorec, Robert (October 2021). "Preface for the Vladimir Parpura Honorary Issue of Neurochemical Research". Neurochemical Research. 46 (10): 2507–2511. doi:10.1007/s11064-021-03426-7. ISSN 1573-6903. PMID 34405370.
  5. ^ Alfonso Araque, Vladimir Parpura, Rita P Sanzgiri, Philip G Haydon. Tripartite synapses: glia, the unacknowledged partner. 22:5. 208-15. Trends in neurosciences. 1999
  6. ^ "Vladimir Parpura". Retrieved December 27, 2017.

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