Leonard Konrad Kaczmarek PhD
Professor of Pharmacology and of Cellular and Molecular Physiology

Departments & Organizations
Biological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS): Neuroscience | Molecular Medicine, Pharmacology, and PhysiologyInterdepartmental Neuroscience Program
Cellular & Molecular Physiology: Membrane Proteins - Ion Channels | Membrane Biophysics | Cellular Neurophysiology | Graduate Program in Cellular and Molecular Physiology
Pharmacology: Neuropharmacology
Research Interests
Neuroscience; Learning and memory; Ion channels
Education
- Ph.D., University of London , 1971
Selected Publication
- Kaczmarek LK. Non-conducting functions of ion channels. Nature Rev Neurosci, 7:761-771, 2006.
Articles

Spring 2005
Lessons from the depths
Accounts of death row inmates released from prison based on DNA evidence have become as routine as news stories about...

Winter/Spring 1998
Music and medicine
What was the first human music? A whistled imitation of a bird call? A rhythmic pounding that mimicked a heartbeat or...
Spring 2000
Mitochondrial voltage and neural connections
Mitochondria are not only the energy packs of each living cell, but also judge and jury, deciding whether cells live or...


