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Arnold William Tank, Ph.D.

Contact Information

Phone Numbers

Office: (585) 275-3234

Fax: (585) 273-2652

Faculty Appointments

Credentials

Education

1972
BS | Lehigh University
Chemistry

1976
PhD | Purdue University
Biochemistry

Post-doctoral Training & Residency

07/1980 - 06/1982
Instructor, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Dept. of Pharmacology.

09/1976 - 06/1980
Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Dept. of Pharmacology, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center. Advisor: Dr. Norman Weiner.

Awards

2011 - Present
Lewis Pratt Ross Professor and Chair

2000 - Present
Paul Stark Professor of Pharmacology (endowed chair).

2000 - 2003
Dean's Senior Teaching Scholar Award.

1996
Special commendation for Excellence in Teaching Second Year Medical Students; University of Rochester Medical School.

1995
Herbert W. Mapstone Award for Excellence in Teaching Second Year Medical Students; University of Rochester Medical School.

1976 - 1979
NRSA Post-doctoral Fellowship 5 F32 NS 05567.


Arnold K. Balls Award, Purdue University (for outstanding research as a graduate student).


David Ross Fellowship, Purdue University.

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Publications

Journal Articles

2/12/2015
Boschi NM, Takeuchi K, Sterling C, Tank AW. "Differential expression of polycytosine-binding protein isoforms in adrenal gland, locus coeruleus and midbrain." Neuroscience.. 2015 Feb 12; 286:1-12. Epub 2014 Nov 26.

2/1/2015
Kudrick N, Chan O, La Gamma EF, Kim JL, Tank AW, Sterling C, Nankova BB. "Posttranscriptional regulation of adrenal TH gene expression contributes to the maladaptive responses triggered by insulin-induced recurrent hypoglycemia." Physiological reports.. 2015 Feb 1; 3(2)Epub 2015 Feb 22.

1/2015
Tank AW, Lee Wong D. "Peripheral and central effects of circulating catecholamines." Comprehensive Physiology.. 2015 Jan; 5(1):1-15.

Books & Chapters

2002
Chapter Title: Regulation of tyrosine hydroxylase gene transcription rate by stress: Use of transgenic mice.
Book Title: Stress: Neural, Endocrine and Molecular Studies
Author List: Osterhout, C., Sun, B, and Tank, A.W.
Edited By: R. McCarty, G. Aguilera, E.L. Sabban and R. Kvetnansky
Published By: Taylor and Francis 2002 in London and New York

1998
Chapter Title: Regulation of tyrosine hydroxylase gene expression by transsynaptic mechanisms and cell-cell contact.
Book Title: Adv. Pharmacol.
Author List: Tank, A.W., Piech, K.M., Osterhout, C.A., Sun, B., and Sterling, C.R.
Published By: Elsevier 1998

1996
Chapter Title: Regulation of tyrosine hydroxylase gene expression by multiple receptor-mediated pathways during stress or nicotine treatment.
Book Title: Stress: Molecular Genetic and Neurobiological Advances
Author List: Tank, A.W., Augonis, C.A., Best, J.A., Chen, Y., Nagamoto, K., Piech, K.M. and Sterling, C.R.
Edited By: R. McCarty, G. Aguilera, E. Sabban and R. Kvetnansky
Published By: Gordon and Breach Science Publishers 1996 in New York

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