Education
In addition to pioneering the role of both sex and adrenal steroid action in the brain, McEwen has mentored many successful Doctor of Philosophy students.
In addition to pioneering the role of both sex and adrenal steroid action in the brain, McEwen has mentored many successful Doctor of Philosophy students.
His career has spanned many decades. His first paper was published in 1959, and between then and now, he has published more than 700 papers. The McEwen Laboratory has been at the forefront of estrogen and glucocorticoid action in the brain.
McEwen"s group was the first to demonstrate that estrogen can increase dendritic spine density in the CA1 subfield of the hippocampus.
In addition, his lab also discovered stress-induced dendritic retraction in the CA3 hippocampal subfield. His current research focuses on glucocorticoids, stress and neuronal degeneration.
His most famous students include Robert Sapolsky, Elizabeth Gould, and Catherine Woolley. Doctor Bruce South. McEwen is Head of the Harold and Margaret Milliken Hatch Laboratory of Neuroendocrinology at Rockefeller University.
The McEwen lab has been at the forefront of research on the impact of stress hormones on the brain.
Doctor McEwen received his Doctor of Philosophy in 1964 and, since then, he has published more than 700 peer-reviewed articles in publications including Journal of the American Medical Association: The Journal of the American Medical Association, The New England Journal of Medicine, Neurobiology of Aging and The Journal of Neuroscience. His expertise and work have been featured on American Broadcasting Company, National Broadcasting Company, Cable News Network, Public Broadcasting Service, National Public Radio, British Broadcasting Corporation, The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Science, Nature and many others He is co-author of the book The End of Stress As We Know lieutenant with science writer Elizabeth Norton Lasley and another book The Hostage Brain with science writer Harold M. Schmeck, Junior.
Doctor McEwen received his bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Oberlin College and his Doctor of Philosophy in cell biology from Rockefeller University.
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He is also a member of the National Academy of Sciences.