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Name: Kuhar, Michael J.

Position Title: Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar; Candler Professor of Pharmacology; and Chief, Division of Neuroscience, Yerkes National Primate Research Center of Emory University

Education/Training:

Institution and Location Degree Year(s) Field of Study
University of Scranton, Scranton, PA B.S. 1965 Physics and Philosophy
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD Ph.D. 1970 Biophysics/Pharmacology

Positions and Employment:

October, 1970 Postdoctoral Fellow, Yale University School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry and Basic Biological Sciences
October, 1972 Assistant Professor, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Departments of Pharmacology and Psychiatry
July, 1976 Associate Professor, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Departments of Pharmacology and Psychiatry
July, 1980 Associate Professor, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Departments of Neuroscience, Pharmacology and Psychiatry
July, 1981 Professor, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Departments of Neuro-science, Pharmacology and Psychiatry
July, 1985 Professor, Part-time, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Departments of Neuroscience, Pharmacology and Psychiatry
July, 1985 Chief, Neuroscience Branch, Addiction Research Center, National Institute on Drug Abuse, Baltimore, MD
November, 1995 Charles Howard Candler Professor of Pharmacology, Emory University School of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
November, 1995 Research Professor and Chief, Division of Neuroscience, Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University, Atlanta, GA

Honors Societies:

American Association for the Advancement of Science (1969-present)
Society for Neuroscience (1973-present; Nominating Committee, 1984-1987; Presidential Symposium
     Speaker, 1990; Public Information Committee, 1996-1999; Social Issues Committee, 2003-2006;
     President, Atlanta Chapter, 2003-2004)
American Society for Neurochemistry (1973-1983; Program Committee, 1978; Organizer of Symposium
     on Neural Peptides, 1978)
American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (1974-present; Symposium Organizer
     at International Meeting, 1984; Selection Committee for Otto Krayer Award, 1993, 1997, 2002; and
     Neuropharmacology Division Executive Committee, 2002-2005, and Chair, 2003-2004; John Jacob Abel
     Award Committee, 2004-2007; Council, 2005-2007).
Mid-Atlantic Acetylcholine Discussion Group (1973-1978; Co-Chairman, 1975)
American College of Neuropsychopharmacology (Scientific Associate, 1978; Member, 1980; Fellow
     1986-present; Member of Education and Training Committee, 1984-1987; Program Committee,
     1988-1990; Ethics Committee, 1991-1993; Credentials Committee, 1993-1995; Animals in Research
     Committee, 2001-2004)
International Brain Research Organization (IBRO) (1979-present)
International Drug Abuse Research Society (IDARS) (Member 2004; President, 2004-2007)
College on Problems of Drug Dependence, Inc. (Member, 1994; Board of Directors, 1994-1998; Executive
     Committee, 1999-2001; President, 1999-2000; Nominating Committee, 1994-1995; Publications Committee,
     1994-1995; Media Relations Committee, Chair, 1994-1997; Long-Range Planning Committee, 2001-2004;
     Media Committee, 2001-2007; ONDCP Task Force, 2001-2003)

Professional Honors and Other Experience:

Phi Beta Kappa (1970)
National Institute of Mental Health Research Career Development Award, Type II (3/1/75 - renewed 3/1/80
     and 3/1/85)
National Institute of Mental Health Small Grants Committee (9/1/77-8/31/81)
Distinguished Young Scientist in Maryland Award (1977; The Maryland Academy of Sciences)
Visiting Scientist, National Institute for Medical Research, Mill Hill, London (Summer 1978; Molecular
     Pharmacology Unit, A.S.V. Burgen, Director)
Consultant, Pharmacology Department, Hoffman-La Roche, 1980-1985
Grass Traveling Scientist, Spring 1981, to Halifax, Nova Scotia
Listed among "1,000 Contemporary Scientists Most Cited 1965-1978", Current Contents 24, 5, 1981
Daniel H. Efron Award (1984, from the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology)
Mathilde Solowey Award for Research in Neuroscience, (1985 from the Foundation for Advanced
     Education in the Sciences)
First Ariens Lecture (1985, The Dutch Pharmacological Society; DUPHAR)
Family Therapy Institute of Washington, DC, Part-time Family Therapy Training, 1983-1985.
Jay Haley and Cloe Madanes, Supervisors. 276 individual and group supervision hours.
Graduate Certificate in Substance Abuse Counseling, 1988, Loyola University
Sterling Lecture (1987, Tufts Univ. School of Medicine; 1988, University of Kentucky Medical School)
Gold Lecture on Substance Abuse (1988, University of Florida Medical School at Gainesville)
Senior Executive Service Appointment (November 20, 1988, Dept. of Health & Human Services)
Administrator's Award for Meritorious Achievement (1989, ADAMHA)
Upjohn Lecture (1989, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences)
Thomas L. O'Donohue Memorial Lecture (1989, Howard University)
A. Ross McIntyre Award (1990, University of Nebraska Medical Center)
Presidential Symposium Lecturer (1990, Society for Neuroscience)
First Ivan F.W. Davidson Memorial Lecture (1990, Bowman Gray School of Medicine)
Distinguished Lecturer (1992, Stritch School of Medicine)
Otto Krayer Award (1992, American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics)
Harry Williams Lectureship Award (1992, Emory University School of Medicine)
Grass Lecture (1993, University of Kansas, MO)
Boots Distinguished Neuroscientist Lecture (1993, Louisiana State University Medical Center)
Visiting Committee, Medical Department (1993-1997), Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Consultant, Guilford Pharmaceuticals (1995)
Charles Howard Candler Professor (1995, Emory University)
Distinguished Lecturer (1996, University of South Alabama)
Eminent Scholar Award (1996, State of Georgia and Emory University)
The Dana Alliance, Member (1997-)
Advisory Board, Addiction Studies Institute, Wale Forest University (1999-)
President, College on Problems of Drug Dependence, Inc. (1999-2000)
Scientific Advisory Board, Amethyst Technologies (1999-2000)
Scientific Advisory Board, Addiction Therapies, Inc. (1999-2003)
NIDA K05 Senior Scientist Award (1999-2004; 2004-2008)
NIDA Special Emphasis Panels (1999-2004)
Listed (by ISI) among the 250 most cited scientists in Neuroscience from 1981-2000 (rank 23rd)
Scientific Advisory Board, Center for Psychiatric Neuroscience, University of Mississipppi Medical School
     (2000-2005)
NIDA K Study Section (Ad hoc, 2003-2004; regular member, 2004-2008)
Board of Directors, Aptotec, Inc. (2004-)
International Drug Abuse Research Society (IDARS) [a founding member (2004) and first
     President (2004-2007)]
External Advisory Board, Center of Research Excellence in Natural Products Neuroscience,
     University of Mississippi at Oxford (2006-2010)

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Editorial Boards (past and present):

Biochemical Pharmacology
Brain Research
Current Opinion in Central and Peripheral Nervous Systems
Current Protocols in Pharmacology
Drug and Alcohol Dependence
Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology
International Journal of Molecular Medicine
Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy
Journal of Neurochemistry
Journal of Neuroscience
Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
Life Sciences
Medical Hypotheses and Research
Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience
Neurobiology of Aging
NeuroImage
Neuropeptides
Neuropharmacology
Neuropsychopharmacology
Neuroscience-Net
Peptide Research
Research Communications in Substances of Abuse
Substance and Alcohol Misuse
Synapse
Trends in Neuroscience

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SELECTED PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
(from approximately 900 total publications, including refereed papers, chapters, abstracts, edited books, and patents):

Kuhar, M.J. and Aghajanian, G.K.  Selective Accumulation of 3H-Serotonin by Nerve Terminals of Raphe
     Neurones: An autoradiographic Study.  Nature 241: 187-189, 1973.

Kuhar, M.J., Sethy, V.H., Roth, R.H., and Aghajanian, G.K. Choline: Selective Accumulation by Central
     Cholinergic Neurons.  J. Neurochem. 20: 581-593, 1973.

Kuhar, M.J., Pert, C.B., and Snyder, S.H.  Regional Distribution of Opiate Receptor Binding in Monkey and
     Human Brain.  Nature 245: 447-450, 1973.

Kuhar, M.J. and Yamamura, H.I.  Light Autoradiographic Localization of Cholinergic Muscarinic Receptors
     in Rat Brain by Specific Binding of a Potent Antagonist.  Nature 253: 560-561, 1975.

Simon, J.R. and Kuhar, M.J.  Impulse-Flow Regulation of High Affinity Choline Uptake in Brain Cholinergic
     Nerve Terminals.  Nature (London.) 255: 162-163, 1975.

Pert, C.B., Kuhar, M.J., and Snyder, S.H.  Opiate Receptor: Autoradiographic Localization in Rat Brain.
     Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. (USA) 73: 3729-3733, 1976.

Simon, J.R., Atweh, S., and Kuhar, M.J.  Sodium-Dependent High Affinity Choline Uptake: A Regulatory Step
     in the Synthesis of Acetylcholine.  J. Neurochem. 26: 909-922, 1976.

Uhl, G.R., Kuhar, M.J., and Snyder, S.H.  Neurotensin: Immunohisto-chemical Localization in Rat Central
     Nervous System.  Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. (USA) 74: 4059-4063, 1977.

Young, W.S., III, and Kuhar, M.J.  Autoradiographic Localization of Benzodiazepine Receptors in the Brain
     of Humans and Animals.  Nature 280: 393-395, 1979.

Palacios, J.M., Young, W.S., III, and Kuhar, M.J.  Autoradiographic Localization of Gamma-aminobutyric (GABA)
     Receptors in Rat Cerebellum.  Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. (USA) 77: 670-674, 1980.

Palacios, J.M. and Kuhar, M.J.  Beta-adrenergic Receptor Localization by Light Microscopic Autoradiography.
     Science 208: 1378-1380, 1980.

Zarbin, M.A., Wamsley, J.K., and Kuhar, M.J.  Axonal Transport of Muscarinic Cholinergic Receptors in Rat
     Vagus Nerve: High and Low Affinity Agonist Receptors Move in Opposite Directions and Differ in
     Nucleotide Sensitivity.  J. Neurosci. 2: 934-941, 1982.

Wagner, Jr., H.N., Burns, H.D., Dannals, R.F., Wong, D.F., Langstrom, B., Duelfer, T., Frost, J.J., Ravert,
     H.T., Links, J.M., Rosenbloom, S.B., Lukas, S.E., Kramer A.V., and Kuhar, M.J.  Imaging Dopamine
     Receptors in the Human Brain by Positron Tomography.  Science 221(4617): 1264-1266, 1983.

Uhl, G.R. and Kuhar, M.J.  Chronic Neuroleptic Treatment Enhances Neurotensin Receptor Binding in
     Human and Rat Substantia Nigra.  Nature 309: 350-352, 1984.

Wong, D.F., Wagner, H.N., Jr., Dannals, R.F., Links, J.M., Frost, J.J., Ravert, H.T., Wilson, A.A., Rosenbaum,
     A.E., Gjedde, A., Douglass, K.H., Petronis, J.D., Folstein, M.F., Thomas Toung, J.K., Burns H.D., and Kuhar,
     M.J. Effects of Age on Dopamine and Serotonin Receptors Measured by Positron Tomography in the
     Living Human Brain.  Science 226: 1393-1396, 1984.

Wong, D.F., Wagner, H.N., Jr., Dannals, R.F., Links, J.M., Kuhar, M.J., and Gjedde, A.  Human Brain Receptor      Distribution.  Science 232: 1269-1271, 1986.

De Souza, E.B., Whitehouse, P.J., Kuhar, M.J., Price, D.L., and Vale, W.W.  Reciprocal Changes in
     Corticotropin-Releasing Factor (CRF)-Like Immunoreactivity and CRF Receptors in Cerebral Cortex of
     Alzheimer's Disease.  Nature 319: 593-595, 1986.

Wong, D.F., Wagner, H.N., Jr., Tune, L.E., Dannals, R.F., Pearlson, G.D., Links, J.M., Tamminga, C.A.,
     Broussolle, E.P., Ravert, H.T., Wilson, A.A., Thomas Toung, J.K., Malat, J., Williams, J.A., O'Tuama, L.A.,
     Snyder, S.H., Kuhar, M.J., and Gjedde, A.  Positron Emission Tomography Reveals Elevated D2 Dopamine
     Receptors in Drug-Naive Schizophrenics.  Science 234: 1558-1563, 1986.

Ritz, M.C., Lamb, R.J., Goldberg S.R., and Kuhar, M.J.  Cocaine Receptors on Dopamine Transporters are
     Related to Self-administration of Cocaine.  Science 237: 1219-1223, 1987.

Grigoriadis, D.E., Wilson, A.A., Lew, R., Sharkey, J.S., and Kuhar, M.J.  Dopamine Transport Sites Selectively
     Labeled by a Novel Photoaffinity Probe: 125I-DEEP.  J. Neurosci. 9(8): 2664-2670, 1989.

Kuhar, M.J., Sanchez-Roa, P.M., Wong, D.F., Dannals, R.F., Grigoriadis, D.E., Lew, R., and Milberger, M.
     Dopamine Transporter: Biochemistry, Pharmacology and Imaging.  Eur. Neurol. 30(1): 15-20, 1990.

Carroll, F.I., Lewin, A.H., Philip, A., Parham, K., Boja, J.W., and Kuhar, M.J.   Synthesis and Ligand Binding
     of Cocaine Isomers at the Cocaine Receptor.  J. Med. Chem. 34: 883-886, 1991.

Kuhar, M.J., Lloyd, D.G., and Loats, H.L.  Imaging Receptors by Autoradiography: Computer-Assisted
     Approaches.  J. Chem. Neuroanat. 4: 319-327, 1991.

Volkow, N.D., Gatley, S.J. Fowler, J.S., Chen, R., Logan, J., Dewey, S.L., Ding, Y.-S., Pappas, N., King, P.,
     MacGregor, R.R., Kuhar, M.J., Carroll, F.I. and Wolf, A.P. Long-Lasting Inhibition of in vivo Cocaine Binding
     to Dopamine Transporters by 3(-(4-Iodophenyl)Tropane-2-Carboxylic Acid Methyl Ester: RTI-55 or (CIT.
     Synapse 19(3): 206-211, 1995.

Ding. Y.-S., Gatley, S.J., Fowler, J.S., Volkow, N.D., Aggarwal, D., Logan, J., Dewey, S.L., Liang, F., Carroll,
     F.I. and Kuhar, M.J.  Mapping Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors with PET.  Synapse 24: 403-407, 1996.

Wong, D.F., Harris, J.C., Naidu, S., Yokoi, F., Marenco, S., Dannals, R.F., Ravert, H.T., Yaster, M., Evans, A.,
     Rousset, O., Bryan, R.N., Gjedde, A., Kuhar, M.J. and Breese, G.R.   Dopamine Transporters are Markedly
     Reduced in Lesch-Nyhan Disease in vivo.  Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 93: 5539-5543, 1996.

Nirenberg, M.J., Chan, J., Pohorille, A., Vaughan, R.A., Uhl, G.R., Kuhar, M.J. and Pickel, V.M.  The Dopamine
     Transporter: Comparative Ultrastructure of Dopaminergic Axons in Limbic and Motor Compartments of the
     Nucleus Accumbens.  J. Neurosci. 17: 6899-6907, 1997.

Koylu, E.O., Couceyro, P.R., Lambert, P.D., Ling, N.C., DeSouza, E.B., and Kuhar, M.J.  Immunohistochemical
     Localization of Novel CART Peptides in Rat Hypothalamus, Pituitary and Adrenal Gland. 
     J. Neuroendocrinol. 9: 823-833, 1997.

Molina, P.E., Ding, Y.-S., Carroll, F.I., Liang, F., Volkow, N.D., Pappas, N., Kuhar, M., Abumrad, N., Gatley, S.J.,
     and Fowler, J.S.  Fluoro-norchloroepibatidine: Preclinical Assessment of Acute Toxicity. Nucl. Med. Biol. 24:
     743-747, 1997.

Lambert, P.D., Couceyro, P.R., McGirr, K.M., Dall Vechia, S.E., Smith, Y., and Kuhar, M.J.  CART Peptides in
     the Central Control of Feeding and Interactions with Neuropeptide Y.  Synapse 29: 293-298, 1998.

Kuhar, M. Neurotransmitter Transporters are NOT in the Synapse?  Presented at INABIS '98 - 5th Internet World
     Congress on Biomedical Sciences at McMaster University, Canada, December 7-16th.  Invited Symposium.
     Available at URL http://www.mcmaster.ca/inabis98/simantov/kuhar0153/two.html, 1998.

Broberger, C., Holmberg, K., Kuhar, M.J., and Hökfelt, T.  Cocaine- and Amphetamine-Regulated Transcript in
     the Rat Vagus Nerve: A Putative Mediator of Cholecystokinin-Induced Satiety.  Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA
     96: 13506-13511, 1999.

Dall Vechia-Adams, S., Smith, Y., and Kuhar, M.J.  CART Peptide-Immunoreactive Projection from the Nucleus
     Accumbens Targets Substantia Nigra Pars Reticulata Neurons in the Rat.  J. Comp. Neurol. 434: 29-39,
     2001.

Kuhar, M.J., Carroll, F.I., Bharat, N., and Landry, D.W. Anticocaine Catalytic Antibodies Have No Affinity for
     RTI Compounds: Implications for Treatment.  Synapse 41: 176-178, 2001.

Kuhar, M.J. and Joyce, A.R.  Slow Onset of CNS Drugs: Can Changes in Protein Concentration Account for
     the Delay?  Trends Pharmacol. Sci. 22: 450-456, 2001.

Jaworski, J.N., Kozel, M.A., Philpot, K.B., and Kuhar M.J.  Intra-accumbal Injection of CART (Cocaine-
     Amphetamine Regulated Transcript) Peptide Reduces Cocaine-Induced Locomotor Activity.  J. Pharmacol.
     Exp. Ther. 307: 1038-1044, 2003.

Dominguez, G., del Giudice, E.M., and Kuhar, M.J.  CART Peptide Levels are Altered by a Mutation Associated
     with Obesity at Codon 34. Mol. Psychiatry 9: 1065-1066, 2004.

Vicentic, A., Lakatos, A., and Kuhar, M.J.  CART (Cocaine- and Amphetamine-Regulated Transcript) Peptide
     Receptors:  Specific Binding in AtT20 Cells.  Eur. J. Pharm. 528: 188-189, 2005.

Philpot, K.B., Dallvechia-Adams, S., Smith, Y., and Kuhar, M.J. A Cocaine-and Amphetamine-Regulated-
     Transcript Peptide Projection from the Lateral Hypothalamus to the Ventral Tegmental Area.  Neuroscience
     135: 915-925, 2005.

Vicentic, A., Francis, D., Moffett, M., Lakatos, A., Rogge, G., Hubert, G.W., Harley, J., and Kuhar, M.J. Maternal
     Separation Alters Serotonergic Transporer Densities and Serotonergic 1A Receptors in Rat Brain.
     Neuroscience 140: 355-365, 2006.

Moffett, M.C., Harley, J., Francis, D., Sanghani, S.P., Davis, W.I., and Kuhar, M.J. Maternal Separation and
     Handling Affects Cocaine Self-administration in Both the Treated Pups as Adult and the Dams. J. Pharmaol.
     Exp. Ther. 317: 1210-1218, 2006.

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