Research interests
Gary S. Wand, MD, is a Professor of Medicine and Psychiatry, the Director of the Endocrine Training Program, and Neuroendocrine Services at The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD. He is board-certified in endocrinology and internal medicine and is a current recipient of the National Institutes of Health Merit Award. Dr Wand is a member of The Endocrine Society, The Pituitary Society and the International Society for Biomedical Research on Alcoholism as well as Review Editor for Alcohol: Clinical and Experimental Research. Both public and private institutions, including the NIH and the NIAAA, fund his research on the neuroendocrine effects of alcoholism. Dr Wand has published numerous journal articles, monographs and abstracts as well as many book chapters regarding pituitary disorders and the neuroendocrine effects of substance abuse, namely alcoholism. His major research interests are neuropsychoendocrinology and the genetic regulation of the stress response.
Recent publications
- Cylic AMP/PKA signal transduction pathway modulates ethanol consumption and sedative effects of ethanol
- The mu opioid receptor gene polymorphism (A118G) alters HPA axis activation induced by opioid receptor blockade
- Cylic AMP/PKA signal transduction pathway and tolerance to ethanol
- Comparison of HPA axis hormone responses to naloxone vs. psychologically-induced stress
- Catechol-O-Methyltransferase Polymorphism Alters Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis responses to Naloxone: a Preliminary Report
- Mu-Opioid Receptor Binding Measured by C-11 Carfentanil PET is Related to Craving in Human Alcohol Dependence
- Positron emission tomography imaging of the serotonin transporters in the limbic structures of subjects with history of alcoholism
- Diagnosis and Localization of Pheochromocytoma
- Opioids and Alcohol
- Recent advances in cyclic-AMP/protein kinase A signaling in ethanol-induced synaptic and behavioral alterations
- GABRA6 gene polymorphism is associated with an attenuated response to psychological stress
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