Gerald Marks, PhD

Associate Professor
Psychiatry

Contact Information

UT Southwestern Medical Center
5323 Harry Hines Boulevard
Dallas, Texas 75390

Office Phone: 214-857-0866
Office Fax: 214-462-4966

gerald.marks@utsouthwestern.edu

Education

Graduate SchoolCity University of New York (1978)
UndergraduateCity College of New York (1972)

Research Interests

Brain Mechanisms of Sleep and Wakefulness
Brainstem Control of REM Sleep
Neuronal Activity in the Thalamus
The Function of Sleep

Publications

Enhancement of rapid eye movement sleep in the rat by actions at A1 and A2a adenosine receptor subtypes with a differential sensitivity to atropine.

Marks, G.A. Shaffery, J.P., Speciale, S.G. and Birabil, C.G. , Neuroscience , 2003; (116):913-920

Rapid eye movement sleep deprivation modifies expression of long-term potentiation in visual cortex of immature rats.

Shaffery, J.P., Sinton, C.M., Bissette, G., Roffwarg, H.P. and Marks, G.A. , Neuroscience , 2002; (110):431-443

Infusion of adenylyl cyclase inhibitor, SQ22,536, into the medial pontine reticular formation of rats enhances REM sleep.

Marks, G.A. and Birabil, C.G. , Neuroscience , 2000; (98):311-315

Adenosine A1 receptors mediate inhibition of cAMP formation in the pontine, REM sleep-induction zone in vitro.

Marks, G.A. and Speciale, S.G. , In preparation. , ;

Insomnia with brief slow-wave sleep episodes reveals two REM sleep states in a potassium channel-deficient mouse.

Espinosa, F., Marks, G.A. and Joho, R.H. , Submitted for publication. , ;

Professional Associations/Affiliations

International Brain Research Organization

Sleep Research Society

Society for Neuroscience

World Federation of Sleep Research Societies