Vladimir Parpura Explained

Vladimir Parpura (born December 5, 1964) is a Croatian-American neurobiologist who is currently a professor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and an elected fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.^[1]

Early life and education

Parpura was born was born December 5, 1964, in Split, Croatia.^[2] Following compulsory military service, he earned his M.D. at University of Zagreb in 1989, and later was awarded a doctorate in neurology and zoology at Iowa State University in 1993.^[3]

Career and research

He taught at Iowa State University, and then in 2000 took a teaching position at University of California, Riverside. In July 2007, he accepted a position at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.^[4]

He was elected Member of Academia Europaea in 2012 and of Dana Alliance for Brain Initiatives in 2016.

His interests are in ion channels, astrocyte-neuron glutamate-mediated signaling, synaptic function and Glial biology. His highest cited paper is "Tripartite synapses: glia, the unacknowledged partner"^[5] at 1662 times, according to Google Scholar.^[6]

Selected publications

• Vladimir Parpura, Trent A Basarsky, Fang Liu, Ksenija Jeftinija, Srdija Jeftinija, Philip G Haydon. Glutamate-mediated astrocyte–neuron signalling. 369:6483. 744–747. Nature. 1994.
• Hui Hu, Yingchun Ni, Vedrana Montana, Robert C Haddon, Vladimir Parpura. Chemically functionalized carbon nanotubes as substrates for neuronal growth. 4:3. 507–511. Nano letters. 2004.
• Vladimir Parpura, Philip G Haydon. Physiological astrocytic calcium levels stimulate glutamate release to modulate adjacent neurons. 97:15. 8629–8634. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2000.
• Alfonso Araque, Vladimir Parpura, Rita P Sanzgiri, Philip G Haydon. Glutamate‐dependent astrocyte modulation of synaptic transmission between cultured hippocampal neurons. 10:6. 2129:2142. European Journal of Neuroscience. 1998

External links

• Vladimir Parpura - Search Results - PubMed

Notes and References

1. Web site: Neurobiologist Vladimir Parpura named an AAAS Fellow . November 20, 2017 . uab.edu . December 27, 2017.
2. Web site: Vladimir Parpura . 2022-05-25 . Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts . en.
3. Web site: Vladimir Parpura . uab.edu . December 27, 2017.
4. Verkhratsky . Alexei . Schousboe . Arne . Zorec . Robert . October 2021 . Preface for the Vladimir Parpura Honorary Issue of Neurochemical Research . Neurochemical Research . 46 . 10 . 2507–2511 . 10.1007/s11064-021-03426-7 . 1573-6903 . 34405370. free .
5. Alfonso Araque, Vladimir Parpura, Rita P Sanzgiri, Philip G Haydon. Tripartite synapses: glia, the unacknowledged partner. 22:5. 208-15. Trends in neurosciences. 1999
6. Web site: Vladimir Parpura . December 27, 2017.