A. William Tank, Ph.D.

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University of Rochester
School of Medicine and Dentistry
601 Elmwood Ave, Box 711
Rochester, New York 14642

Current Appointments

Education
PhD Biochemistry Purdue University 1976
BS Chemistry Lehigh University 1972
Post-Doctoral Training & Residency
Instructor, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Dept. of Pharmacology. 1980 - 1982
Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Dept. of Pharmacology, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center. Advisor: Dr. Norman Weiner. 1976 - 1980
Recent Journal Articles
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Chen X; Rzhetskaya M; Kareva T; Bland R; During MJ; Tank AW; Kholodilov N; Burke RE. "Antiapoptotic and trophic effects of dominant-negative forms of dual leucine zipper kinase in dopamine neurons of the substantia nigra in vivo." The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience. 2008; 28(3):672-80.
Chen X; Xu L; Radcliffe P; Sun B; Tank AW. "Activation of tyrosine hydroxylase mRNA translation by cAMP in midbrain dopaminergic neurons." Molecular pharmacology. 2008; 73(6):1816-28. Epub 2008 Mar 18.
Tank AW; Xu L; Chen X; Radcliffe P; Sterling CR. "Post-transcriptional regulation of tyrosine hydroxylase expression in adrenal medulla and brain." Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 2008; 1148():238-48.
Xu L; Chen X; Sun B; Sterling C; Tank AW. "Evidence for regulation of tyrosine hydroxylase mRNA translation by stress in rat adrenal medulla." Brain research. 2007; 1158():1-10. Epub 2007 May 10.
Osterhout CA; Sterling CR; Chikaraishi DM; Tank AW. "Induction of tyrosine hydroxylase in the locus coeruleus of transgenic mice in response to stress or nicotine treatment: lack of activation of tyrosine hydroxylase promoter activity." Journal of neurochemistry. 2005; 94(3):731-41.