Ashiwel S. Undieh, PhD

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901 Walnut Street
Suite 915
Philadelphia, PA 19107

(215) 503-8809
(215) 503-9052 fax

Education
BS, Pharmacy (First Class Honors), University of Nigeria, Nsukka

PhD, Pharmacology, Medical College of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Fellowship
Neuropharmacology and Neuropsychiatry, Medical College of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

University Appointment
Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Professional Organizations
American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
Society for Neuroscience
American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists
American Association for the Advancement of Science,
American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy,
Rho Chi Pharmaceutical Honor Society,

Research/Clinical Interests
Clarifying how multiple epigenomic and signaling mechanisms integrate to coordinate function among brain dopaminergic and associated systems.

Publications

Most recent Peer-reviewed Publications

1. Intracellular endothelin type B receptor-driven Ca2+ signal elicits nitric oxide production in endothelial cells
2. Agonist-selective effects of opioid receptor ligands on cytosolic calcium concentration in rat striatal neurons
3. Differential subcellular distribution of rat brain dopamine receptors and subtype-specific redistribution induced by cocaine
4. Pharmacology of signaling induced by dopamine D1-like receptor activation
5. Brain-derived neurotrophic factor signaling modulates cocaine induction of reward-associated ultrasonic vocalization in rats
6. Antidepressant stimulation of CDP-diacylglycerol synthesis does not require monoamine reuptake inhibition
7. Dopamine D1-like receptor activation induces brain-derived neurotrophic factor protein expression
8. D 5 dopamine receptors are required for dopaminergic activation of phospholipase C
9. Maternal cocaine administration in mice alters DNA methylation and gene expression in hippocampal neurons of neonatal and prepubertal offspring
10. Diverse antidepressants increase CDP-diacylglycerol production and phosphatidylinositide resynthesis in depression-relevant regions of the rat brain