
Robert Greene, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor
School Medical School
Department Psychiatry | Neuroscience
Graduate Programs Neuroscience
Biography
Education
- Undergraduate
- Kenyon College (1972)
- Graduate School
- George Washington University (1982)
- Medical School
- University of Maryland Baltimo (1983), Medicine
Research Interest
- Molecular, cellular and circuit dysfunction in PTSD
- Molecular, cellular and circuit neurophysiology of behavioral state control
- Molecular, cellular and circuit pathophysiology of schizophrenia
Publications
Featured Publications
- Behavioral and biochemical dissociation of arousal and homeostatic sleep need influenced by prior wakeful experience in mice.
- Suzuki A, Sinton CM, Greene RW, Yanagisawa M Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 2013 May
- CNS dopamine transmission mediated by noradrenergic innervation.
- Smith CC, Greene RW J. Neurosci. 2012 May 32 18 6072-80
- Control and function of the homeostatic sleep response by adenosine A1 receptors.
- Bjorness TE, Kelly CL, Gao T, Poffenberger V, Greene RW J. Neurosci. 2009 Feb 29 5 1267-76
- Adenosine mediation of presynaptic feedback inhibition of glutamate release.
- Brambilla D, Chapman D, Greene R Neuron 2005 Apr 46 2 275-83
- Focal Deletion of the adenosine A1 receptor in adult mice using an adeno-associated viral vector.
- Scammel, T.E., Arrigoni E., Thompson, M.A., Ronan, P.J., Saper, C.B., Greene R.W. J. Neurosci 2003 23 5762-5770
- Modulation of N-methyl-d-aspartate recepotor function by glycine transport
- Bergeron, R., Coyle, J.T., and Greene, R.W. P.N.A.S. 1998 95 15730-15734
- Adenosine: a mediator of the sleep-inducing effects of prolonged wakefulness.
- Porkka-Heiskanen T, Strecker RE, Thakkar M, Bjorkum AA, Greene RW, McCarley RW Science 1997 May 276 5316 1265-8
- NMDA-dependent modulation of CA1 local circuit inhibition
- Grunze, H.C.R., Rainnie, D.G., Hasselmo, M.E., Barkai, E., Hearn, E.F., McCarley, R.W., Greene, R.W. J.Neurosci. 1996 16(6) 2034-43
- Abnormal fear response and aggressive behavior in mutant mice deficient for CaM kinase II
- Chen, C., Rainnie, D.G., Greene, R.W. and Tonnegawa, S. Science 1994 266 291-294
- Adenosine inhibits mesopontine cholinergic neurons: implications for EEG arousal.
- Rainnie, D.G., Grunze, H.C.R., McCarley, R.W. and Greene, R.W. Science 1994 263 689-692
Honors & Awards
- Dept of Veterans Affairs Career Research Enhancement Award
(1998) - Swiss National Science Foundation Fellowship (Fogarty Fellowship)
(1984)
Professional Associations/Affiliations
- American Association for The Advancement of Science
- American College of Neuropsychopharmacology
- European Neuroscience Association
- Sleep Research Society
- Society for Neuroscience