Education

Graduate School
Yale University (2002)

Publications

Featured Publications LegendFeatured Publications

Image-guided cranial irradiation-induced ablation of dentate gyrus neurogenesis impairs extinction of recent morphine reward memories.
Rivera PD, Simmons SJ, Reynolds RP, Just AL, Birnbaum SG, Eisch AJ, Hippocampus 2019 Feb
Reduced GluN1 in mouse dentate gyrus is associated with CA3 hyperactivity and psychosis-like behaviors.
Segev A, Yanagi M, Scott D, Southcott SA, Lister JM, Tan C, Li W, Birnbaum SG, Kourrich S, Tamminga CA Mol. Psychiatry 2018 Jul
TrkB dependent adult hippocampal progenitor differentiation mediates sustained ketamine antidepressant response.
Ma Z, Zang T, Birnbaum SG, Wang Z, Johnson JE, Zhang CL, Parada LF Nat Commun 2017 Nov 8 1 1668
Genetic background effects in Neuroligin-3 mutant mice: Minimal behavioral abnormalities on C57 background.
Jaramillo TC, Escamilla CO, Liu S, Peca L, Birnbaum SG, Powell CM Autism Res 2017 Oct
Foxp1 in forebrain pyramidal neurons controls gene expression required for spatial learning and synaptic plasticity.
Araujo DJ, Toriumi K, Escamilla CO, Kulkarni A, Anderson AG, Harper M, Usui N, Ellegood J, Lerch JP, Birnbaum SG, Tucker HO, Powell CM, Konopka G J. Neurosci. 2017 Oct
Autonomous and non-autonomous roles for ephrin-B in interneuron migration.
Talebian A, Britton R, Ammanuel S, Bepari A, Sprouse F, Birnbaum SG, Szabó G, Tamamaki N, Gibson J, Henkemeyer M Dev. Biol. 2017 Sep
Deletion of Kv4.2 gene eliminates dendritic A-type K+ current and enhances induction of long-term potentiation in hippocampal CA1 pyramidal neurons.
Chen X, Yuan LL, Zhao C, Birnbaum SG, Frick A, Jung WE, Schwarz TL, Sweatt JD, Johnston D J. Neurosci. 2006 Nov 26 47 12143-51
Signal transduction mechanisms in memory disorders.
Shalin SC, Egli R, Birnbaum SG, Roth TL, Levenson JM, Sweatt JD Prog. Brain Res. 2006 157 25-41
Protein kinase C overactivity impairs prefrontal cortical regulation of working memory.
Birnbaum SG, Yuan PX, Wang M, Vijayraghavan S, Bloom AK, Davis DJ, Gobeske KT, Sweatt JD, Manji HK, Arnsten AF Science 2004 Oct 306 5697 882-4

Honors & Awards

  • NIH fellowship
    NRSA individual postdoctoral NIH fellowship award (2005)
  • Institutional Training Award
    Baylor College of Medicine, Brain Disorders and Development (2002)

Professional Associations/Affiliations

  • Molecular and Cellular Cognition Society (2002)
  • Society for Neuroscience (1991)