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Watkins, Jeffrey Clifton was born on December 20, 1929 in Perth, Australia. Son of Colin Hereward and Amelia Miriam (Smith) Watkins.
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The NMDA Receptor by J. C. Watkins (1995-03-02)
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The NMDA Receptor
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This book comprises an up-to-date and comprehensive coverage of the NMDA receptor. The NMDA receptor is an important protein in the brain which is involved in physiological processes such as synaptic transmission and synaptic plasticity which may underlie learning and memory. Pathological changes involving the NMDA receptors probably contribute to the development of epilepsy, acute neuronal damage such as that resulting from stroke and chronic neuropathologies such as Alzheimer's disease. There is considerable interest in the development of pharmacological agents active at NMDA receptors as new therapeutic agents. Each chapter in this book has been prepared by a leading expert in the field and has been fully updated to cover recent developments in the molecular biology and the molecular pharmacology of the NMDA receptor. This is the only book of its kind in the world.
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Jeffrey Clifton Watkins
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Jeffrey Clifton Watkins, British Neuroscientist. Recipient Wakeman Foundation award, 1992, Charles A. Dana Foundation award, 1994, Bristo-Myers Squibb award, 1995. Fellow Royal Society (London), Institute Biology (London); member International Brain Research Organisation, British Physiological Society, British Pharmacol. Society, American Society.for Neurosci., Academia Europaea.
Education
Bachelor of Science, U. Western Australia, Perth, 1949; Bachelor of Science with honors, U. Western Australia, Perth, 1950; Master of Science, U. Western Australia, Perth, 1954; Doctor of Philosophy, U. Cambridge, United Kingdom, 1954.
Career
Research fellow chemistry, U. Cambridge, 1954-1955; research fellow chemistry, Yale University, New Haven, 1955-1957; research fellow in physiology, Australian National U., Canberra, 1958-1965; visiting research scientist, Agricultural Research Council, Institute Animal Physiology, Babraham, United Kingdom, 1963-1964; science officer, Agricultural Research Council, Institute Animal Physiology, Babraham, United Kingdom, 1965-1967; science staff member, Neuropsychiatry Unit, Medical Research Council, Carshalton, Surrey., United Kingdom, 1968-1973; senior research fellow in physiology/pharmacology, U. Bristol, United Kingdom, 1973-1983; honorary senior research fellow in pharmacology, U. Bristol, United Kingdom, 1983-1989; honorary professor pharmacology, U. Bristol, since 1989. Consultant Sandoz Pharma, Berne, Switzerland, 1983-1994, Tocris Neuramin Ltd., Bristol, 1985-1994, director, 1992-1994. Consultant and director Tocris-Cookson Ltd., Bristol and Southampton, since 1994.
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The NMDA Receptor
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- The NMDA Receptor by J. C. Watkins (1995-03-02)
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The NMDA Receptor
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Fellow Royal Society (London), Institute Biology (London). Member International Brain Research Organisation, British Physiological Society, British Pharmacol. Society, American Society.for Neurosci., Academia Europaea.
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Married Beatrice Joan Thacher, April 5, 1973. Children: Timothy Douglas, Katherine Helen.
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