Sara R. Jones, PhD
Sara R. Jones, PhD
 | Sara R. Jones, PhD
Associate Professor |
Dept. of Physiology & Pharmacology
Wake Forest School of Medicine
Medical Center Boulevard
Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27157-1083 |
Phone: 336-716-8533
Fax: 336-716-8501
Email: srjones@wakehealth.edu |
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Education
Duke University, Postdoctoral Research (1994-1999)
University of North Carolina, PhD Neurobiology (1994)
University of Georgia, BS/BA Biology and Psychology (1987)
Research Area
Addiction, cocaine abuse, alcoholism, ritalin, ADHD, methamphetamine neurotoxicity, knockout mice
Academic Activities
Research Advisory Committee, Faculty Development Advisory Committee, Transgenic Mouse Core Advisory Committee, Primate Center Advisory Committee
Medical and Graduate Education
Co-Director of Graduate Studies, Director of Advanced Topics in Physiology and Pharmacology (PSPR704), lecturer in various graduate and medical student courses, Standardized Patient Assessment evaluator for medical education
Brief Summary of Research
Our laboratory is mainly focused on measuring monoamine (dopamine, serotonin and norepinephrine) neurotransmitters in several different animal models of drug and alcohol abuse. The two primary techniques used are cyclic voltammetry and microdialysis. We have current projects examining the consequences of chronic exposure to cocaine, alcohol, methamphetamine, ritalin and speedball. We have ongoning collaborations with Dr. David Roberts concerning the neurobiological consequesces of cocaine self-administration and with Dr. Jeff Weiner concerning the impact of ritalin treatment on alcohol self administration in rats.
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