Her current research is focused on elucidating the biochemical pathways that mediate dopamine transporter internalization by amphetamine. NIEHS lead researcher Jerrel Yakel, Ph.D., hosted the talk. She is also the most recent past president of the Society for Neuroscience, the largest organization of neuroscientists in the world. These transporters are responsible for the clearance of the neurotransmitters dopamine and glutamate following their release at sites of neuronal communication in the nervous system known as synapses.Īmara specializes in the structure and function of brain neurotransmitter transporter proteins and is the Thomas Detre professor and chair of neurobiology at the University of Pittsburgh. 13, 2011, with a presentation focused on the mechanism of action of amphetamine on dopamine and glutamate transporters.
Amphetamine mechanism of action series#
Neuroscientist Susan Amara, Ph.D., delivered the latest talk in the NIEHS Distinguished Lecture Series Dec. Amara engaged the audience with intriguing information about the action of amphetamine on a cellular level and the pathways involved.
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