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Lisa Monteggia, PhD
Endowed Title: Ginny and John Eulich Professorship in Autism Spectrum Disorders
Neuroscience
Contact Information
UT Southwestern Medical Center
5323 Harry Hines Boulevard
Dallas, Texas 75390
Office Phone: 214-648-5548
Office Fax: 214-648-4182
Biography
Dr. Monteggia received her undergraduate degree in Microbiology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1989. She then went on to obtain her master’s degree in Biology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1991.
Dr. Monteggia worked several years in the pharmaceutical industry, concurrently working on her PhD in Neuroscience at Chicago Medical School which was awarded in 1998 under the direction of Marina Wolf. Dr. Monteggia was a post-doctoral fellow at Yale University in the Laboratory of Molecular Psychiatry under the direction of Eric Nestler, M.D., PhD. She joined UT Southwestern in October of 2002 as an Assistant Professor and is interested in the molecular and cellular basis of neural plasticity as it pertains to neuropsychiatric disorders.
Education
| Graduate School | University of Illinois Urbana Campus (1991) |
| Undergraduate | University of Illinois Urbana Campus (1989) |
Research Interests
Publications
Nelson ED, Kavalali ET, Monteggia LM , J Neurosci , 2008; (28(2):):395-406
Nelson E, Kavalali ET, Monteggia LM , Current Biology , 2006; (16):710-716
Berton, O, McClung CA, Dileone RJ, Krishnan V, Renthal W, Russo SJ, Graham D, Tsankova NM, Bolanos CA, Rios M, Monteggia LM, Self DW, Nestler EJ , Science , 2006; (311):864-868
Monteggia LM, Barrot M, Powell C, Berton O, Galanis V, Nagy A, Greene RW, Nestler EJ , Proc Natl Acad Sci , 2004; (101(29)):10827-10832
Nestler EJ, Barrot M, DiLeone RJ, Eisch AJ, Gold SJ, Monteggia LM , Neuron , 2002; (34(1)):13-25
Monteggia LM, Luikart B, Barrot M, Nef S, Parada LF, Nestler EJ , Biological Psychiatry , 2007; (61(2)):187-197
Hensler JG, Advani T, Monteggia LM , Biological Psychiatry , 2007; (Epub March 2)
Lippmann M, Bress A, Nemeroff CB, Plotsky PM, Monteggia LM , European Journal of Neuroscience , 2007; (25(10)):3091-3098
Mahgoub MA, Sara Y, Kavalali ET, Monteggia LM , J Pharmacol Exp Ther , 2006; (317(1)):88-96
Gemelli T, Berton O, Nelson E, Perroti LI, Jaenisch R, Monteggia LM , Biol Psychiatry , 2005; (Epub Sept 28)
Related Links
Honors/Awards
International Mental Health Research Organization (2011)
(2010)
Award for Outstanding Basic Research Achievement, (NARSAD) (2005)
National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression (NARSAD) (2003)
National Alliance for Autism Research (NAAR) (2001)