Ian A. Paul, PhD

Ian A. Paul, PhD

Professor Emeritus

Department:
SOM-Psychiatry

Email:
ipaul@umc.edu

Work Phone:
(601) 815-1136

Education

NIDDK/NIH, Postdoctoral training, Neuropharmacology1993
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, PhD, Neurobiology1989
University of Pittsburgh, BS, Behavioral Neuroscience1983

Specialty Certification Licensure

Licensure, Researcher Class 2, 3, 4, 5, Department of Justice03/1994 - 03/2020
Licensure, Controlled Substance Registration11/2009 - 12/2012

Current Positions

Director, School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry10/2015 - Present
Professor, School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry07/2005 - Present
The University of Mississippi Medical Center
Jackson, Mississippi 39216

Academic Appointments or Other Previous Appointments

Assistant Director of DNBR, University of MS Medical Center, School of Medicine03/2014 - 09/2015

Sponsored Program Funding

Intramural, Center for Psychiatric Neuroscience, Animal Behavioral Core, National Center for Research Resources Center Grant01/2012 - 12/2017
Extramural, "Monoamines, gender and cortical network development.", National Institute of Health Public Access01/2011 - 12/2015
Extramural, R-03/"Renal and cardiovascular function in a rodent model of autism", National Institute of Health Public Access01/2011 - 12/2013
Extramural, Translating theory to practice to diversify the biomedical research community, NIH/NIGMS09/2010 - 08/2013
Intramural, Center for Psychiatric Neuroscience, Rodent Behavioral Core, National Center for Research Resources Center Grant01/2010 - 12/2012
Extramural, "Career decision-making of future minority biomedical faculty"., NIGMS/NIH08/2008 - 08/2012
Extramural, "Serotonin, corpus callosum and autism.", National Institute of Mental Health EUREKA award07/2008 - 04/2012
Intramural, Center for Psychiatric Neuroscience, National Center for Research Resources Center Grant01/2007 - 12/2012
Intramural, Neuroscience Conference Attendance Teams, UMC, Office of Academic Affairs, Faculty Scholarship Exchange Award01/2007 - 12/2008
Intramural, "Imported fire ant venom alkaloids: Behavioral response to selective nitric oxide synthase inhibitor", Department of Pediatrics University of Mississippi Medical Center01/2004 - 12/2006
Extramural, "NOS inhibitors and antidepressants actions", National Center for Research Resources Center Grant01/2002 - 12/2007
Intramural, Center for Psychiatric Neuroscience, Behavioral Core Faculity, National Center for Research Resources Center Grant01/2002 - 12/2007
Intramural, Center for Psychiatric Neuroscience: "Agmatine, neuroprotection and deprssion", National Center for Research Resources01/2002 - 12/2007
Intramural, Center for Psychiatric Neuroscience: "Galanin in locus coeruleus-ventral tegmental area axons", National Center for Research Resources Center Grant01/2002 - 12/2007
Extramural, "Interaction of excitatory amino acid and monoamine neurotransmitters in the action of antidepressants", NARSAD-National Alliance for Research in Schizophrenia and Depression (Independent Investigator)01/2001 - 12/2003
Intramural, "Antidepressant effects of novel therapeutic compounds", Biostream Therapeutics (contract)01/2000 - 12/2004
Extramural, "Antidepressant effects of novel therapeutic compounds", Phamacia & Upjohn co (contract)01/1999 - 12/2004
Extramural, "Cognitive effects of olanzapine in mice", Eli Lilly & Co (FID-US-A028 Contract)01/1999 - 12/2003
Extramural, "Retroviral Effects on Behavorial Response to Abused Drugs", National Institute of Drug Abuse01/1999 - 12/2002
Extramural, UMC-51239 "Nitric oxide synthase activity in major depressive disorders and suicide", UMC Suicide Research Program, American Suicide Foundation01/1999 - 12/2001
Extramural, "Antidepressant effects of novel therapeutic compounds", SK Corporation (contact)01/1998 - 12/2000
Extramural, "Antidepressant effects of reboxetine and pramipexol", Upjohn Pharmaceuticals (contract)01/1998 - 12/2000
Extramural, "Dopaminergic mechanisms of stimulant self-administration.", National Institute of Drug Abuse01/1996 - 12/2001
Extramural, "Neurobiology of Lyme Disease Encephalitis.:, National Institute of Mental Health01/1995 - 12/1998
Extramural, "Neurobiology of the NMDA Receptor complex.", Symphony Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (contract)01/1995 - 12/1996
Extramural, "Behavioral and Neuronal Effects of Retoviral Infection", National Institute of Mental Health01/1994 - 12/1999
Extramural, National Research Council, National Academy of Science, Research Associateship01/1989 - 12/1992
Extramural, National Institute of Mental Health, Awarded to UNC Curriculum in Neurobiology- Predoctoral Traineeship01/1983 - 12/1984

Publications

Journal Article

Miguel-hidalgo,J.J., Paul, I.A., Wanzo,V, and Banerjee,P.K., Memantime prevents cognitive impairment and reduces Bel-2 and caspase 8 immunoreactibity in rats injected with amyloid B1-40. Eur.J. Pharmacol. 692:38-42,20122012
Grunewald,M., Johnson,S., Lu,D., Want,Z., Lomberk,G., Albert, P.R., Stockmeier,C.S., Meyer,J.H., Urrutia,R., Miczek,KA., Austin,M.C., Wang,J., Paul,I.A. Woolverton,W.L.,Sittman,D.B.and Ou,X-M. Mechanistic role for a novel glucocorticoid-KLF11 (TIEG2) protein pathway in stress-induced monoamine oxidase A expression. J. Biol. Chem.;287(29):24195-206, 20122012
Wang,J.,Hou,X.,Adeosun,S.,Hill,R.,Henry,S.,Paul,I.A.,Irwin,R.,Ou,X-M,Bigler,C.S.Brinton,R.D. and Gomez-Sanchez, E. A Dominant Negative ERbeta Splice Variant Determines the Effectiveness of Early or Late Estrogen therapy after Ovariectomy in Rats. PLOS ONE 7:e33493, 20122012
Harris, S.S., Maciag, D., Simpson, K.L., Lin, R.C.S. and Paul, I.A. Dose-dependent effects of neonatal SSRI exposure on adult behavior. Brain Res. 1429:52-60, 2012 (Online 10/20/2011).2011
Darling, R.D., Alzghoul, L., Zhang, J., Khatri, N., Paul, I.A., Simpson, K.L. and Lin, R.C.S. Perinatal citalopram exposure selectively increases locus coeruleus circuit function in male rats. J. Neurosci. 31:16709-16715, 2011.2011
Simpson K.L., Weaver K.J., de Villiers-Sidani E., Lu J., Cai Z., Pang Y., Green D., Rodriguez-Porcel F., Paul I.A., Merzenich M.M., Lin R.C.S. Perinatal dysregulation of serotonin alters cortical network function: Implications for autism? Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. 108:18465-18470, 2011 (Online publication 10/24/2011)2011
Rodriguez-Porcel, F., Green, D.L., Khatri, N., Harris, S., May, W., Lin, R.C.S. and Paul, I.A. Neonatal exposure of rats to antidepressants affects behavioral reactions to novelty and social interactions in a manner analogous to autistic spectrum disorders. Anat. Record 294:1726-1735, 2011 (Online publication 9/08/2011).2011
Zhang, J., Darling, R., Paul, I.A., Simpson, K.L., Chen, K., Shih, J.C. and Lin, R.C.S. Altered expression of tyrosine hydroxylase in the locus coeruleus noradrenergic system following perinatal manipulations. Anat. Record 294:1685-1697, 2011 (Online publication 11/13/10)2010
Weaver, K.J., Paul, I.A., Lin, R.C.S. and Simpson, K.L. Neonatal Exposure to citalopram selectively alters the expression of the serotonin transporter in the hippocampus: Dose-dependent effects. Anat. Record. 293:1920-1932, 2010 (Online publication 9/9/2010).2010
Ou, X, Johnson, C, Lu, D, Johnson, S, Paul, IA, Austin, MC, Iyo, AH, Miguel-Hidalgo, JJ, Luo, J, Bell, RL, Grunewald, M, Wang, J and Sittman, DB Ethanol increases TIEG2-MAO B cell death cascade in the prefrontal cortex of ethanol-preferring rats. Neurotoxicity Research 19:511-518, 2011. (Online publication 3/5/2010)2010
Shen, X., Purser, C., Tien, L-T, Chiu, C-T, Paul, I.A., Baker, R., Loh, H.H., Ho, I.K. and Ma, T. μ-Opioid receptor knockout mice are insensitive to methamphetamine-induced behavioral sensitization. J. Neurosci. Res. 88:2294-2302, 2010. (Online publication 3/5/2010)2010
Wallace, K.L., Wyatt-Ashmead, J.A., Paul, I.A. and Bennett, W.A. Interleukin-10/Ceftriaxone prevents E.Coli-induced delays in sensorimotor task learning and spatial memory in neonatal and adult Sprague Dawley rats. Brain Res. Bull. 81:141-148, 2010.2010
Siwek, M., Dudek, D., Paul, I.A., Sowa, M., Zieba, A., Pilc, A. and Nowak, G. Zinc supplementation augments efficacy of imipramine in treatment-resistant patients: A double-blind, placebo controlled study. J. Aff. Disorders 118:187-195, 2009.2009
Sun, T., Paul, I.A.. Ho, I.K. Motor function but not acquisition and retention of active avoidance response are impaired in methyl parathion-tolerant rats. J. Biomed. Sci. 13:515-523, 2006.2006
Feng, Y., Paul, I.A., LeBlanc, M.H. Nicotinamide reduces hypoxic ischemic brain injury in the newborn rat. Brain Res. Bull., 69:117-122, 2006 (Online publication 12/15/2005).2006
Maciag, D., Coppinger, D. and Paul, I.A. Evidence that the deficit in sexual behavior in adult rats neonatally exposed to citalopram is a consequence of 5 HT1 receptor stimulation during development. Brain Res. 1125, 171-175, 2006 (Online publication 11/14/2006).2006
Maciag, D., Williams, L., Coppinger, D. and Paul, I.A. Neonatal citalopram exposure produces lasting changes in behavior which are reversed by adult imipramine treatment. Eur. J. Pharmacol., 532: 265-270, 2006 (Online publication 2/15/2006).2006
Maciag, D., Simpson, K.L., Coppinger, D., Lu, Y., Wang, Y., Lin, R.C.S., Paul, I.A. Neonatal antidepressant exposure has lasting effects on behavior and serotonin circuitry. Neuropsychopharmacology 31:47-57, 2006.2006
Aricioglu, F., Paul, I.A. and Regunathan, S. Agmatine reduces only peripheral-related behavioral signs, not the central signs, of morphine withdrawal in nNOS deficient transgenic mice. Neurosci. Lett. 354:153-157, 2004.2004
Zhu, H., Paul, I.A., Stec, D.E., Peeler, D.F., and Piletz, J.E. “Non-adrenergic” exploratory behavior induced by moxonidine at mildly hypotensive doses in mice. Brain Res. 964:9-20, 2003.2003
Woolverton, W.L., Ranaldi, R., Wang, Z., Ordway, G., Paul, I.A., Petukhov, P., Kozikowski, A. Reinforcing strength of a novel dopamine transporter ligand: Pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic mechanisms. J. Pharmacol. Exp. Ther. 303:211-217, 2002.2002
Lee, B., Tumu, P. and Paul, I.A. Effects of LP-BM5 MuLV infection on errors and response time in a two-choice serial reaction time task in C57Bl/6 mice. Brain Res. 948:1-7, 2002.2002
Karolewicz, B., Paul, I.A. and Antkiewicz-Michaluk, L. Effect of NOS inhibitor on forced swim test and neurotransmitters turnover in the mouse brain. Pol. J. Pharmacology 53:587-596, 2001.2001
Wilcox, K.M., Paul, I.A., Ordway, G.A. and Woolverton, W.L. Role of the dopamine transporter and the sodium channel in the cocaine like discriminative stimulus effects of local anesthetics in rats. Psychopharmacology 157:260-268, 2001.2001
Karolewicz, B. and Paul, I.A. Group housing of mice increases immobility and antidepressant sensitivity in the forced swim and tail suspension tests. Eur. J. Pharmacology 415:197-201, 2001.2001
Wilcox, K.M., Rowlett, J.K., Paul, I.A., Ordway, G.A. and Woolverton, W.L. On the relationship between the dopamine transporter and the reinforcing effects of local anesthetics in rhesus monkeys: Practical and theoretical concerns. Psychopharmacology 153:139-147, 2000.2000
Nowak, G., Li, Y. and Paul, I.A. Chronic glycine treatment desensitizes the behavioral response to 1-aminocyclopropanecarboxylic acid (ACPC), a partial agonist at the strychnine-insensitive glycine site of the NMDA receptor complex. J. Neural Trans. 107:123-131, 2000.2000
Paul, I.A., English, J.A. and Halaris, A.E. Sucrose and quinine intake by maternally-deprived and control rhesus monkeys. Behav. Brain Res. 112:127-134, 2000.2000
Lee, B., English, J.A. and Paul, I.A. Murine LP-BM5 infection impairs short-term memory in the water maze. Brain Res. 856:129-134, 2000.2000
Harkin, A., Nowak, G. and Paul, I.A. Noradrenergic lesion antagonizes desipramine induced adaptation of NMDA receptors. Eur J. Pharmacol. 389:187-192, 2000. Corrigendum 397:399, 2000.2000
Woolverton, W.L., Rowlett, J.K., Wilcox, K.M., Paul, I.A., Kline, R.H., Newman, A., Katz, J. 3’- and 4’-Chloro-substituted analogs of benztropine: Intravenous self-administration and in vitro radioligand binding studies in rhesus monkeys. Psychopharmacology 147:426-435, 2000.2000
Cai, Z., Xiao, F., Lee, B., Paul, I.A. and Rhodes, P.G. Prenatal hypoxia-ischemia alters expression and activity of nitric oxide synthase in the young rat brain and causes learning deficits. Brain Res. Bull. 49:355-365, 1999.1999
Harkin, A.J., English, J.A., Hemphill, K., Craft, B. and Paul, I.A. Nitric oxide synthase inhibitors have antidepressant-like properties in mice: 1. Acute treatments are active in the forced swim test. Eur. J. Pharmacol. 372:207-213, 1999.1999
Karolewicz, B., Bruce, K.H. and Paul, I.A. Nitric oxide synthase inhibitors have antidepressant-like properties in mice: 2. Chronic treatment results in downregulation of cortical -adrenoceptors. Eur. J. Pharmacol. 372:215-220, 1999.1999
Wilcox, K.M., Paul, I.A., Woolverton, W.L. Comparison between dopamine transporter affinity and self-administration potency of local anesthetics in rhesus monkeys. Eur. J. Pharmacol. 367:175-81, 1999.1999
English, J.A., Hemphill, K. and Paul, I.A. Increased discriminative potency of phencyclidine in C57BL/6 mice infected with the LP-BM5 retrovirus. Eur. J. Pharmacol. 367:1-5, 1999.1999
Weed, M., Woolverton, W. and Paul, I.A. Dopamine D1 and D2 receptor selectivities of phenyl-benzazepines in rhesus monkey and rat brain. Eur. J. Pharmacol. 361:129-142, 1998.1998
English, J.A., Hemphill, K. and Paul, I.A. LP-BM5 infection impairs acquisition, but not performance, of active avoidance responding in C57Bl/6 mice. FASEB J. 12:175-179, 1998.1998
Weed, M., Paul, I.A., Dwoskin, L.P., Moore, S.E. Woolverton, W.L. The relationship between reinforcing effects and in vitro effects of D1 agonists in monkeys. J. Pharmacol. Exp. Ther. 283:29-38, 1997.1997
Chen, H.-H., Ma, T., Paul, I.A., Hume, A.S. and Ho, I.K. Developmental lead exposure and two-way active avoidance training alters the distribution of protein kinase C activity in the rat hippocampus. Neurochem. Res. 22:1119-1125, 1997.1997
Zhu, H., Paul, I.A., McNamara, M., Redmond, A., Nowak, G. and Piletz, J.E. Chronic imipramine treatment upregulates IR2-imidazoline receptive sites in rat brain. Neurochem. Int. Jan:101-107, 1997.1997
Von Lubitz, D.K., Lin, R.C., Paul, I.A., Beenhakker, M., Boyd, M., Bischofberger, N. and Jacobson, K.A. Postischemic administration of adenosine amine congener (ADAC): Analysis of recovery in gerbils. Eur. J. Pharmacol. 316:171-179, 1996.1996
Von Lubitz, D.K., Beenhakker, M., Lin, R.C., Carter, M.F., Paul, I.A., Bischofberger, N. and Jacobson, K.A. Reduction of postischemic brain damage and memory deficits following treatment with the selective adenosine A1 receptor agonist. Eur. J. Pharmacol. 302:43-48, 1996.1996
Sei, Y., Whitesell, L., Kustova, Y., Paul, I.A., Morse, H.C., Skolnick, P. and Basile, A.S. Altered brain FYN kinase in a murine acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. FASEB J. 10:239-244, 1996.1996
Nowak, G., Li, Y. and Paul, I.A. Adaptation of cortical but not hippocampal glutamate-NMDA receptors after chronic citalopram treatment. Eur J. Pharmacol. - Mol. Pharmacol. Sect. 295:75-85, 1996.1996
Skolnick, P., Layer, R.T., Popik, P., Nowak, G., Paul, I.A. and Trullas, R. Adaptation of the N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors following antidepressant treatment: Implications for the pharmacotherapy of depression. Pharmacopsychiatry 29:23-26, 1996.1996
Sei, Y., Paul, I.A., Saito, K., Layer, R., Hartley, J.W., Morse, H.C., Skolnick, P. and Heyes, M.P. Quinolinic acid levels in a murine retrovirus-induced immunodeficiency syndrome. J. Neurochem. 66:296-302, 1996.1996
Boschero, A.C., Szpak-Glasman, M., Carneiro, E.M., Bordin, S., Paul, I.A., Rojas, E., Atwater, I. Oxotremorine-M potentiation of glucose-induced insulin release from rat islets involves M3 muscarinic receptors. Am. J. Physiology 268:E336-E342, 1995.1995
Nowak, G., Ordway, G.A. and Paul, I.A. Alterations in the N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor complex in the frontal cortex of suicide victims. Brain Res. 675:157-164, 1995.1995
Nowak, G., Redmond, A., McNamara, M. and Paul, I.A. Swim stress increases the potency of glycine at the N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor complex. J. Neurochem. 64:925-927, 1995.1995
Paul, I.A., Nowak, G., Layer, R.T., Popik, P. and Skolnick, P. Adaptation of the N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor complex following chronic treatment with antidepressants. J. Pharmacol. Exp. Ther. 269:95-102, 1994.1994
von Lubitz, D.K.J.E., Paul, I.A., Ji, X.D., Carter, M., Jacobson, K.A. Chronic adenosine A1 receptor agonists and antagonists: Effect on receptor density and N-methyl-D-aspartate induced seizures in mice. Eur. J. Pharmacol. 253:95-99, 1994.1994
Basile, A.S., de Costa, B. and Paul, I.A. Multiple binding sites for [3H]DTG in guinea pig cerebellum: Evidence for the presence of non-specific binding. Eur. J. Pharmacol. 252:139-146, 1994.1994
Duncan, G.E., Paul, I.A., Breese, G.R. Neuroanatomical differences in the rate of beta-adrenergic receptor adaptation after repeated treatment with imipramine. Psychopharmacol. Bull. 29:401-407, 1993.1993
Paul, I.A., Layer, R.L., Skolnick, P. and Nowak, G. Adaptation of the NMDA receptor complex in rat cortex following chronic treatment with electroconvulsive shock or imipramine. Eur. J. Pharmacol. - Mol. Pharmacol. Sec. 247:305-311, 1993.1993
von Lubitz, D.K.J.E., Paul, I.A., Bartus, R.T. and Jacobson, K.A. Effects of chronic administration of an adenosine A1 receptor agonist and antagonist on receptor density and N-methyl-D-aspartate induced seizures in mice. Eur. J. Pharmacol. 249:271-280, 1993.1993
von Lubitz, D.K.J.E., Paul, I.A., Carter, M. and Jacobson, K.A. Effects of chronic administration of the A1 receptor agonist N6-cyclopentyladenosine and the antagonist 8-cyclopentyl-1,3-dipropylxanthine on spatial learning and memory in mice. Eur. J. Pharmacol. 249:265-270, 1993.1993
Nowak, G., Paul, I.A., Popik, P., Young, A. and Skolnick, P. Ca+2 antagonists effect an antidepressant-like adaptation of the NMDA receptor complex. Eur. J. Pharmacol. - Mol. Pharmacol. Sect. 247:101-102, 1993.1993
Lewin, A.H., Skolnick, P., Marvizon, J.C., Paul, I.A., and Bowen, J.P. Requirements for high affinity binding of glycine analogs to the glycine site of the N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor complex. Eur. J. Pharmacol. - Mol. Pharmacol. Sec. 247:1-10, 1993.1993
Paul, I.A., Rojas, E., Youdim, M.B.H., De Costa, B., Skolnick, P., Pollard, H. and Kuijpers, G.A.J. Sigma receptors modulate nicotinic receptor function in adrenal chromaffin cells. FASEB J., 7:1171-1178, 1993.1993
Nowak, G., Trullas, R., Skolnick, P. and Paul, I.A. Adaptive changes in the N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor complex following chronic treatment with imipramine and 1-aminocyclopropanecarboxylic acid. J. Pharmacol. Exp. Ther. 265:1380-1386, 1993.1993
Paul, I.A., Trullas, R., Skolnick, P. and Nowak, G. Down-regulation of beta-adrenoceptors by chronic treatment with functional NMDA antagonists. Psychopharmacology 106:285-287. 1992.1992
Basile, A.S., Paul, I.A., Mirchevich, A., Kuijpers, G. and de Costa, B. Modulation of [3H](+)-pentazocine binding by divalent cations: Evidence for 1 receptor identity as a cation channel. Mol. Pharmacol. 42: 882-889, 1992.1992
Basile, A.S., Paul, I.A. and de Costa, B. Differential effects of cytochrome P-450 induction on ligand binding to  receptors. Eur. J. Pharmacol. - Mol. Pharmacol. Sect. 227:95-98, 1992.1992
Sei, Y., Arora, P., Skolnick, P. and Paul, I.A. Spatial learning impairment in a murine model of AIDS. FASEB J.. 6:3008-3013, 1992.1992
Paul, I.A., Duncan, G.E., Mueller, R.A., Hong, J. S. and Breese, G.R. Neural adaptation in response to chronic imipramine and electroconvulsive shock: Evidence for separate mechanisms. Eur. J. Pharmacol. 205:135-143, 1991.1991
Nowak, G., Skolnick, P. and Paul, I.A. Species-specific down-regulation of dopamine1 (D1) receptors by chronic imipramine. Pharmacol. Bioc. Behav. 39:769-771, 1991.1991
7. Duncan, G.E., Paul, I.A., Fassberg, J.B., Powell, K.R., Stumpf, W.E. and Breese, G.R. Autoradiographic analysis of the in vivo distribution of 3H-imipramine and 3H-desipramine in brain: Comparison to in vitro binding patterns. Pharmacol. Bioc. Behav. 38:621-631, 1991.1991
Paul, I.A., Kuypers, G., Youdim, M. and Skolnick, P. Polyamines allosterically inhibit [3H]3 PPP binding to sigma receptors. Eur. J. Pharmacol. 184:203 204, 1990.1990
Paul, I.A., Duncan, G.E., Mueller, R.A., Hong, J. S. and Breese, G.R. Assessment of the effects of time course, stress, rat strain, and uptake blockade on the regionally selective rapid adaptation of beta adrenergic and 5HT2 receptors in imipramine treated rats processed in the forced swim test. J. Pharmacol. Exp. Ther. 252:997 1005, 1990.1990
Duncan, G. E., Paul, I. A., Fassberg, J. B., Powell, K., Stumpf, W. E., Breese, G. R. Neuroanatomically selective down regulation of beta adrenergic receptors by chronic imipramine treatment: Relationships to the topography of [3H]imipramine and [3H]desipramine binding sites. J. Pharmacol. Exp. Ther. 248:470 477, 1989.1989
Paul, I.A., Duncan, G.E., Powell, K.R., Mueller, R.A., Hong, J. S. and Breese, G.R. Regionally specific neural adaptation of beta adrenergic and 5 HT2 receptors following antidepressant administration in the forced swim test and after chronic antidepressant drug treatment. J. Pharmacol. Exp. Ther. 246:956 962, 1988.1988
Duncan, G.E., Criswell, H.E., McCown, T.J., Paul, I.A., Mueller, R.A. and Breese, G.R. Behavioral and neurochemical responses to haloperidol and SCH 23390 in rats treated neonatally or as adults with 6 hydroxydopamine. J. Pharmacol. Exp. Ther. 243:1027 1034, 1987.1987
Duncan, G.E., Paul, I.A., Harden, T.K., Mueller, R.A., Stumpf, W.E. and Breese, G.R. Rapid down regulation of beta adrenergic receptors by combining antidepressant drugs with forced swim: A model of antidepressant induced neural adaptation. J. Pharmacol. Exp. Ther. 234:402 408, 1985.1985
Adeosun,S., Hou,X., Jiao,Y., Zheng,B., Henry,S., Hill,R., Pani,A., Kyle,P., Ou,X., Mosley,T., Farley,J.M., Stockmeier,C., Paul,I.A., Bigler,S., Brinton,R.D. Allopregnanolone reinstates tyosine hydroxylase immunoreactive neurons and motor performance in an MPTP-lesioned mouse model of Parkinson's Disease. PLoS ONE7(11);e50040.doi:10.1371/journal.pone.005004.
Zhang,J., Dennis,K.A., Darling,R.D., Alzghoul,L., Paul,I.A., Simpson,K.L. and Lin,R.C.S. Neonatal citalopram exposure decreases serotonergic fiber density in the olfactory bulb of male but not female rats. Anat.Rec. (submitted)
Adeosun,S., Hou,X., Jiao,Y., Zheng,B., Henry,S., Hill,R., Pani,A., Kyle,P., Mosley,t., Farley,J.M. Stockmeier,C.S., Paul,I.A., Bigler,S., Brinton,R.d., Smeyne,R. and Wang,J. The impact of a neurogenic agent, allopregnanolone, in a rodent model of Parkinson's disease. Nurobiology of Disease (submitted)

Book Chapter

Sei, Y., Makino, M., Vitkovic, L., Chattopadhyay, S.K., Hartley, J.W., Morse III, H.C., Saito, K., Heyes, M.P., Skolnick, P. and Paul, I.A. Cognitive impairment in a retrovirus-induced immune deficiency syndrome of mice as a model of AIDS dementia. in “Animal models recapitulate aspects of HIV/CNS disease” ed. L. Vitkovic, E. Stover and S.H. Koslow. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses 11:753-759, 1995.1995

Presentations

Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, “Trying to Create a Rodent Model for Studying Autistic Symptoms.”, Southeastern Child and Adolescent Consortium Annual Meeting, Jackson, MS04/2014
Invited Symposia, "Developmental programming and SSRI antidepressants in rats: Clues to the etiology of autism?", Department of Cellular and Stuctural Biology, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX2012
National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, 2011 American Physiological Society Professional Skills Training Course on Writing for Scientific Journals., Orlando, FL2011
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, "Early Life antidepressant exposure: A rat model of autistic behaviors, neuroanatomy and physiology.", Women's Health Research Center, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Ms2010
Invited Symposia, The role of the NMDA receptor signaling cascade in antidepressant activity, American Society of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, San Diego, CA04/2008
Invited Symposia, "Ethics in scientific research", Alliance for Graduate Education in Mississippi (AGEM) Winter Symposium, Oxford, MS2007
Invited Symposia, "The role of the nitric oxide-cGMP pathway in mood and stress-related disorders: Implications for understanding their biology and treatment.", collegium Internationale Neuro-Psychopharmacologium XXV Congress, Chicago, IL2006
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, "Neurobehavioral responses to fire ant venom alkaloids in rodents., Colloquium on Imported Fire Ant research in Mississippi, Jackson, MS2005
Grand Rounds, "Neurobehavioral teratogenicity or antidepressants", Department of Psychiatry, Grand Rounds, Jackson, MS2004
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, "Neurobiological teratogenicity of antidepressants", Seminar, UMC Department of Psychiatry Research Day, Jackson, MS2004
Invited Symposia, "Excitatory amino acid signaling, major depressive disorders and antidepressant actions"., Symposium, Glutamate and Disorders of Cognition and Motivation (NY Academy of Science Conference), New Haven, CT2003
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, "Rubbing a raw nerve: Excitatory signaling and depression., UMC Research Seminar, Jackson, MS2002
National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, "Role of calcium signaling in the action of antidepressants"., Seminar, Merck Research Laboratories, Terlings Park, Essex,U.K.2001
Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, "Antidepressant drug development and excitatory amino acid signaling"., Seminar, Pfizer Laboratories, CNS Discovery, Groton, CT2001
Invited Symposia, "Antidepressant activity and calcium signaling cascades"., Antidepressant Workshop-Sponsored by Human Psychopharmacology, Galway, Ireland1999
Invited Symposia, "Post-mortem studies of the role of excitatory amino acid neurotransmitters in major depression.", Society for Biological Psychiatry Annual Meeting, Washington, DC1999
Grand Rounds, "Excitatory amino acids, calcium and nitric oxide: Novel avenues for antidepressant treatments.", Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, University of Mississippi School of Medicine, Jackson, MS1999
National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, "Post mortem studies of the NMDA receptor in human suicide victims"., Third International Meeting of the Polish Society for Neuroscience, Lodz, Poland1997
National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, "The clinical relevance of the NMDA receptor in affective disorders"., Sixth International Congress on Biological Psychiatry, Nice, France1997
Invited Symposia, "Use of MAIDS to investigate retroviral effects on learning, memory and drug discriminiation.", AIDSA and Drug Abuse-NIDA/NIH Symposium, Rockville, MD1997
Grand Rounds, "Retroviral effects on learning, memory and drug discrimination.", Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Univeristy of Mississippi School of Medicine, Jackson, MS1997
National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, "Major depressive disorder and the NMDA receptor - Evidence from animal models and human suicide victims"., Second International Symposium on Affective Disorders, Jerusalem, Israel1995
Invited Symposia, "Learning and memory deficits in a murine model of AIDS and the effects of zidovudine (AZT) treatment., Burroughs-Wellcome Co., Research Triangle Park, NC1994
Invited Symposia, "New opportunities in NeuroAIDS research: Animals models- MAIDS.", Society for Neuroscience Satellite Symposiums, Miami, FL1994
Grands Rounds, "How antidepressants work: Neural adaptation and the N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor.", Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, University of Mississippi School of Medicine1993
Invited Symposia, "Recent developments in the study of learning deficits in a murine model of AIDS.", NIAID, NIH, AIDS Therapeutics Branch, Rockville, MD1993
Invited Symposia, "Antidepressant interactions with sigma receptors", British Association for Psychopharmacology, Annual Meeting, Cambridge, U.K.1993
Invited Symposia, "Partial Agonists at the Glycine Recognition Site of the NMDA Receptor: Neural Adaptation and Therapeutics"., American college Neuropsychopharmacology, Annual Meeting, Honolulu, HI1993
Invited Symposia, "Spatial learning deficits in a murine model of AIDS.", Rockefeller University, New York, NY1992
Invited Symposia, "Competitive and non-competitive inhibition of (3H)DTG binding to o1 and o2 receptors by antidepressant drugs: A common locus for antidepressant drug activity?", European Society for Neurochemistry, Satellite Symposium, Galway,Ireland1992
Invited Symposia, "The use of the WATERMAZ data acquistion program to assess spatial learning deficits accompanying CNS infection with a murine immunosuppressive retrovirus.", I.T.E.M. Labo, Paris, France1991
Invited Symposia, "Sigma receptor modulation of nicotinic receptors in adrenal chromaffin cells.", Third Frenc-U.S. Joint Program: Multiple Sigma and PCP Receptor Ligands, Montpellier,France1991
Invited Symposia, "Antidepressant effects of NMDA antagonists.", Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, Centro de Investigacion y Desarrollo., Barcelona,Spain1991

Honors, Awards, and Recognition

M2 All-Star Professor, Carl G. Evers Society2021
M2 All-Star Professor, Carl G. Evers Society2020
Trailblazer Teaching Award, School of Medicine, University of Mississippi Medical Center2018
The Nelson Order, University of Mississippi Medical Center2014
Regions Bank T.E.A.C.H. Prize, The University of Mississippi Medical Center2014
Travel & Training Fellowship, National Science Foundation Model Curriculum for Land Grant Universities in Research Ethics (LANGURE) project2010
Leadership Development Program, University of Mississippi Medical Center2008
Excellence in Research award (Gold), University of Mississippi Medical Center
Excellence in Research Award (Bronze), University of Mississippi Medical Center
Co-recipient, Anna-Monika Stiftung (3rd Prize), AGNP
Travel Award Honorable Mention, American college of Neuropschopharmacolgy/Mead Johnson
Chancellor's Undergraduate Teaching Fellowship, University of Pittsburgh
Honorable Mention, National Science Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship

Professional Membership and Service

Assoc. Dir. Med. Student Educ. Psychiatry, Member2015 - Present
American Psychological Association, Member2007 - Present
Society of Biological Psychiatry, Member1994 - Present
American Society of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Member1993 - Present
Society for Neuroscience, Member1984 - Present

Committee Service

SCHOOL OF MEDICINE-CURRICULUM, Member2015 - Present
SCHOOL OF MEDICINE-MEDICAL STUDENT PROMOTIONS, Member2012 - 2012
MEDICAL CENTER-INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW BOARD 1, Member2012 - 2015
MEDICAL CENTER-INSTITUTIONAL ASSESSMENT, Member2009 - 2012
SCHOOL OF GRADUATE STUDIES IN THE HEALTH SCIENCES-CURRICULUM, Member2008 - 2014
SCHOOL OF GRADUATE STUDIES IN THE HEALTH SCIENCES-GRADUATE COUNCIL, Member2007 - 2014
M.D/Ph.D Program Committee, Member2006 - 2009
MEDICAL CENTER-ANIMAL CARE AND USE, Member2005 - 2008
Neuroscience Scholars Summer Program, Chair2003 - 2012
International Training and Mentoring Committee, Chair2002 - 2010
Grand Rounds committee, Member2001 - 2002
Promotions and Tenure Committee, Member2000 - 2003
Common equipment Manager - DNBR, Chair1999 - 2006
Computer Committee, Member1999 - 2004
Academic Network Systems Committee, Member1996 - 1998
MEDICAL CENTER-ANIMAL CARE AND USE, Member1994 - 1997
Executive committee, Member1994 - 1995
Graduate Faculty, Member1993 - Present
Computer Usage Committee, Chair1993 - 1998
Curriculum Committee, Member1993 - 1994

Teaching Experience

CONJ 638, Medicine, Course, Course Director, Medical Neuroscience & Behavior 3 (Clerkship)Annual 2020 - 2021
CONJ 628, Medicine, Course, Course Director, Medical Neuroscience & Behavior 2Spring 2018
PSYCH 611, Medicine, Course, Course Director, Behavioral ScienceSpring 2015 - 2017
PSYCH 621, Medicine, Course, Course Director, Introduction to Psychiatric Diagnosis and TreatmentSpring 2015 - 2017
PSYCH 611, Medicine, Course, Course Director, Junior Clerkship in PsychiatryAnnual 2015 - 2020
Graduate, Course, Course Presenter, Behavioral NeuroscienceAnnual 2012 - 2014
Graduate, Course, Course Director, Behavioral NeuroscienceAnnual 2012 - 2014
Course, Course Presenter, CNS Parmacology-PIN 2012
Course, Course Presenter, Developmental Neuroscience-PIN 2012
Course, Course Presenter, Fundamental Neuroscience 2012
Course, Course Presenter, Fundamental Neuroscience-PIN 2012
Lecture, Lecturer, Medical Pharmacology-Department of Pharmacology 2012
Course, Course Presenter, Millsaps College NCS major senior interships 2012
Lecture, Lecturer, Research Ethics-SGSHS 2012
Course, Course Presenter, Special Topics in Neuroscience 2012
Course, Course Presenter, Special Topics in Neuroscience 2012
Lecture, Lecturer, Medical Pharmacology 2010
735, Lecture, Lecturer, Pharmacology 2010
Lecture, Lecturer, Pharmacology 621 2010
Lecture, Lecturer, Seizure Disorders and Anticonvulsants 2010
Graduate, Course, Course Director, Research EthicsFall 2008 - 2014
Course, Course Director, Systems and Integrative Neuroscience 2008
Lecture, Lecturer, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 2007
Course, Course Director, CNS Pharmacology 2007
Course, Course Director, Neuroscience Journal Club 2007
Lecture, Lecturer, Behavioral Pharmacology & Neuroimmunology 2005
Lecture, Lecturer, Psychiatry 621, 622 1995
Lab, Lab Presenter, Psychopathology 1995
Course, Instructor, Radioligand Binding Techniques 1993
Course, Codirector and Instructor, Psychobiology 1988
Course, Teaching Assistant, Psychobiology 1983

Directed Student Learning

Dissertation Committee Member, Advised: Kathryn Veazey2020 - Present
Dissertation Committee Member, Advised: Barak Gunter2012 - 2013
Dissertation Committee Member, Advised: Justin Cobb2012 - 2013
Dissertation Committee Member, Advised: Loai Alzghoul2012 - 2013
Dissertation Committee Member, Advised: Martin Bohlen2012 - 2013
Master's Thesis Committee Chair, Non-thesis Masters
Advised: Paul Cross
2011 - 2012
Undergraduate Honors Thesis, Effects of Perinatal Exposure of Rats to SSRIs
Advised: Amanda Fertita
2011 - 2012
Undergraduate Honors Thesis, Neonatal effects of 5HT1A and 5HT1B receptor activation
Advised: Leia Golden
2011 - 2012
Internship Advisor, Advised: Amanda Fertita2011 - 2012
Supervised Research, Advised: Paul Cross2011 - 2012
Undergraduate Honors Thesis, Dose-dependent effects of neonatal SSRI exposure
Advised: Neeharika (Neha) Bhatnagar
2010 - 2011
Master's Thesis Committee Chair, Advised: Tamara Glenn2010 - 2013
Supervised Research, Advised: Samuel Adeosun2009 - 2011
Dissertation Committee Chair, Role of early life stimulation of serotonin 1A and 1B (5-HT1A and 5-HT1B) receptors in the lasting neurobehavioral effects of neonatal SSRI exposure
Advised: Nidhi Khatri
2008 - 2012
Supervised Research, Advised: Donald Green2008 - 2009
Dissertation Committee Member, The effects of neonatal SSRI exposure on the developing serotonin system as evidenced by quantitative fluorescent immunohistochemical studies in adult rats
Advised: Kristin Weaver
2006 - 2008
Dissertation Committee Member, Advised: Jorge Lopez2006 - 2007
Dissertation Committee Chair, Effect of early life exposure to SSRIs on neurobehavioral development and serotonin turnover
Advised: Sharonda Swilley
2005 - 2011
Dissertation Committee Member, Advised: Prashant Mandela2004 - 2006
Master's Thesis Committee Member, Advised: Kedra Wallace2004 - 2006
Dissertation Committee Member, Advised: Sunmee Wee2004 - 2005
Master's Thesis Committee Member, Advised: David Coppinger2003 - 2006
Dissertation Committee Member, Advised: Tingting Sun2003 - 2004
Supervised Research, Antidepressant-like effects of Nitric Oxide Synthase Inhibitors
Advised: Andrew J Harkin
1996 - 1996
Dissertation Committee Member, Advised: Kristen Wilcox1996 - 1999
Dissertation Committee Member, Advised: Hwei-Hsien Chen1995 - 1997
Dissertation Committee Chair, Advised: Buyean Lee1994 - 1999
Dissertation Committee Member, Advised: Lingen Lu1994 - 1997
Dissertation Committee Member, Advised: Michael Weed1993 - 1995
Supervised Research, Advised: Sinead Walsh
Supervised Research, Advised: Sandra O'Brien
Supervised Research, Advised: Noreen Boyle
Supervised Research, Advised: Eamon McCay
Supervised Research, Advised: Paul Lavan
Supervised Research, Advised: Kathleen Morris
Supervised Research, Advised: Ruth O'Connor
Supervised Research, Advised: Mark Burns
Supervised Research, Advised: Rachel Nally
Supervised Research, Advised: Andrew Harkin
Internship Advisor, Advised: S. Nick Shaw
Supervised Research, Advised: Anna Redmond
Supervised Research, Advised: Mairead McNamara

Fellows supervised

Post-Doc Advisor, 1 fellows supervised07/2003 - 06/2006
Post-Doc Advisor, 1 fellows supervised07/1997 - 06/1999
Post-Doc Advisor, 1 fellows supervised07/1995 - 06/1998
Post-Doc Advisor, 1 fellows supervised09/1993 - 08/1995