Angus Clark Nairn PhD
Charles B. G. Murphy Professor of Psychiatry and Professor of Pharmacology
Departments & Organizations
Affiliated Faculty
NIDA Neuroproteomics Center
Neuroscience Microarray Center, Yale
Biological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS): Neuroscience | Molecular Medicine, Pharmacology, and Physiology
Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program
Pharmacology: Neuropharmacology
Diabetes Endocrinology Research Center
Psychiatry: Connecticut Mental Health Center | Molecular Psychiatry | Specialized Center of Research (SCOR) on Sex and Gender Factors Affecting Women's Health | Stress & Addiction Clinical Research Program
Research Interests
Dopaminergic signal transduction; Structure and function of protein kinases and phosphatases more...
Education
- Ph.D., University of Birmingham, 1979
Selected Publications
- Walaas, et al. (2011) Beyond the Dopamine Receptor: Regulation and Roles of Serine/Threonine Protein Phosphatases. Front Neuroanat. 5:50.
- Krueger, et al (2009) Effects of chronic cocaine administration on cognitive function in C57BL/6 mice. Behavioral Pharmacology. 20:695-704.
- McAvoy, et al (2009) Phosphorylation of RapGAP1, a striatally enriched protein, by protein kinase A controls Rap activity and dendritic spine morphology. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 106:3531-3536.
