Professor, Department of Neurosciences
Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Associate Dean, College of Graduate Studies |
EDUCATION | Connecticut College, New London, CT | B.A. | 1972 | Psychology | | Downstate Medical Center SUNY, Brooklyn, NY | Ph.D. | 1978 | Neuroanatomy | | The Salk Institute, LaJolla, CA | Resident Associate | 1982 | Neuropharmacology |
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE | 1982-1983 | Asst. Research Neuroscientist, Department of Neurosciences School of Medicine U. California, San Diego, La Jolla, California | | 1983-1988 | Asst. Professor, Department of Anatomy East Carolina U. Sch. Med. Greenville, NC
| | 1988-1993 | Assoc. Professor, Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology East Carolina U. Sch. Med. Greenville, NC | | 1993-1999 | Professor, Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology East Carolina U. Sch. Med. Greenville, NC | | 1999-present | Professor, Department of Neurosciences, MUSC, Charleston, SC
| | 2003-present | Associate Dean, College of Graduate Studies, MUSC, Charleston, SC
| | 2005-present | Professor, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, MUSC, Charleston, SC |
AWARDS AND HONORS | 1978 | Member, New York Academy of Sciences | | 1978 | Member, Society for Neuroscience | | 1986 | Member, International Brain Research Organization | | 1986-1989 | Council member North Carolina Chapter of the Society for Neuroscience | | 1987 | INSERM Visiting Scientist Fellowship U. Grenoble, Grenoble France | | 1990-1991 | President, North Carolina Chapter of the Society for Neuroscience | | 1990-1996 | Member of Drug Abuse Biomedical Review Committee 3, NIDA | | 1990-1999 | Eastern Carolina Chapter of the Society for Neuroscience | | 1992 | Grass Traveling Scientist, New Orleans Chapter of the Society for Neuroscience | | 1999-2001 | SC Chapter of the Society for Neuroscience Board | | 2001-2005 | Member of NIH Biomedical Review IFCN-1 | | 2003-2005 | Chair of NIH Biomedical Review committee Neurobiology of Motivated Behavior (formerly IFCN-1) |
PUBLICATIONS (2006-present)
Saylor AJ, Meredith GE, Vercillo MS, Zahm DS & McGinty JF. BDNF heterozygous mice demonstrate age-related changes in striatal and nigral gene expression. Experimental Neurology 199(2):362-372, 2006. Schwendt M, Gold SJ & McGinty JF. Acute amphetamine down-regulates RGS4 mRNA and protein expression in rat forebrain: Distinct roles of D and D dopamine receptors. Journal of Neurochemistry 96(6):1606-1615, 2006. Shi X & McGinty JF. Extracellular signal-regulated mitogen-activated protein kinase inhibitors decrease amphetamine-induced behavior and neuropeptide gene expression in the striatum. Neuroscience 138(4):1289-1298, 2006. Berglind WJ, See RE, Fuchs RA, Ghee SM, Whitfield TW, Jr., Miller SW & McGinty JF. A BDNF infusion into the medial prefrontal cortex suppresses cocaine seeking in rats. European Journal of Neuroscience 26(3):757-766, 2007. Boger HA, Middaugh LD, Patrick KS, Ramamoorthy S, Denehy ED, Zhu H, Pacchioni AM, Granholm A-C & McGinty JF. Long-term consequences of methamphetamine exposure in young adults are exacerbated in glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor heterozygous mice. Journal of Neuroscience 27(33):8816-8825, 2007. McGinty JF. Co-localization of GABA with other neuroactive substances in the basal ganglia. Progress in Brain Research 160:273-284, 2007. Schwendt M, Hearing MC, See RE & McGinty JF. Chronic cocaine reduces RGS4 mRNA in rat prefrontal cortex and dorsal striatum. Neuroreport 18(12):1261-1265, 2007. |
