John M Spitsbergen, PhD

John M Spitsbergen, PhD
John M Spitsbergen, PhD

Adjunct Research Professor, Department of Biomedical Sciences

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Biosketch

John Spitsbergen, PhD, is a professor in the Department of Biomedical Sciences at 汤头条app in Kalamazoo, Michigan. He is also professor of biological sciences and chair of the Department of Biological Sciences at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan. The long-term goal of his research is to understand the regulation of neurotrophic factor expression in target tissues of the peripheral nervous system (blood vessels, cardiac muscle and skeletal muscle) and to determine the consequences of altered neurotrophic factor expression with aging and disease.

  • 汤头条app and Training
    • Postdoctoral Fellowship 1996, Urology, University of Virginia
    • Postdoctoral Fellowship 1993, Neuroscience, University of Virginia
    • PhD 1991, Pharmacology, Toxicology, and Neuroscience, Michigan State University
    • MS 1986, Interdisciplinary Biology, Michigan State University
    • BS 1983, Biology, Lyman Briggs College, Michigan State University

  • Research
    • Neural plasticity

  • Publications

    • Roth E.A., Spitsbergen J.M., Cintr贸n-Col贸n A.F. The Neurochemistry of Instrumental Improvisation in Adults: A Feasibility and Pilot Study Advances in Cognitive Psychology. 2023;19:1-10.

    • Cintron-Colon A., Almeida-Alves G., Vangyseghem J., Spitsbergen J. GDNF to the rescue: GDNF delivery effects on motor neurons and nerves, and muscle re-innervation after peripheral nerve injuries Neural Regeneration Research. 2022;17(4):748-753.

    • Sungura R., Shirima G., Spitsbergen J., Mpolya E., Vianney J.M. PLoS ONE. 2022;17(12 December)

    • Tolsma R., Pan H., Harris L., Spitsbergen J.M., Li Y. Journal of Cellular Biochemistry. 2022;123:2057-2065.

    • Cintr贸n-Col贸n A.F., Almeida-Alves G., Boynton A.M., Spitsbergen J.M. Cell and Tissue Research. 2020;382(1):47-56.

    • Sungura R., Mpolya E., Spitsbergen J.M., Onyambu C., Sauli E., Vianney J.M. Novel multi-linear quantitative brain volume formula for manual radiological evaluation of brain atrophy European Journal of Radiology Open. 2020;7

    • Sungura R.E., Spitsbergen J.M., Mpolya E.A., Sauli E., Vianney J.M. Pan African Medical Journal. 2020;36:1-11.

    • Keeler J., Roth E.A., Neuser B.L., Spitsbergen J.M., Waters D.J.M., Vianney J.M. The neurochemistry and social flow of singing: Bonding and oxytocin Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 2015;9(September)

    • Gyorkos A., McCullough M., Spitsbergen J. Neuroscience. 2014;257:111-118.

    • Vianney J.M., Miller D.A., Spitsbergen J.M. Brain Research. 2014;1588:47-54.

    • McCullough M., Gyorkos A., Spitsbergen J. Neuroscience. 2013;240:258-268.

    • Vianney J.M., Mccullough M.J., Gyorkos A.M., Spitsbergen J.M. Exercise-dependent regulation of glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) expression in skeletal muscle and its importance for the neuromuscular system Frontiers in Biology. 2013;8(1):101-108.

    • Wehrwein E., Novotny M., Swain G., Parker L., Esfahanian M., Spitsbergen J., Habecker B., Kreulen D. Autonomic Neuroscience: Basic and Clinical. 2013;179(1-2):99-107.

    • McCullough M., Peplinski N., Kinnell K., Spitsbergen J. Neuroscience. 2011;174:234-244.

    • Vianney J., Spitsbergen J. Brain Research. 2011;1390:1-9.

    • Wehrwein E., Parker L., Wright A., Spitsbergen J., Novotny M., Babankova D., Swain G., Habecker B., Kreulen D. American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology. 2008;295(3)

    • Gurley G.H., Jelaso A.M., Ide C.F., Spitsbergen J.M. NeuroToxicology. 2007;28(6):1264-1271.

    • Wehrwein E., Roskelley E., Spitsbergen J. Muscle and Nerve. 2002;26(2):206-211.

    • Dupont M.C., Spitsbergen J.M., Kim K.B., Tuttle J.B., Steers W.D. Journal of Urology. 2001;166(3):1111-1118.

    • Hall K.E., Sheng H.C., Srinivasan S., Spitsbergen J.M., Tuttle J.B., Steers W.D., Wiley J.W. Brain Research. 2001;888(1):128-137.

    • Clemow D., Spitsbergen J., McCarty R., Steers W., Tuttle J. Journal of Urology. 1999;161(4):1372-1377.

    • Clemow D., Spitsbergen J., McCarty R., Steers W., Tuttle J. Experimental Cell Research. 1998;244(1):196-205.

    • Persson K., Pandita R.K., Spitsbergen J.M., Steers W.D., Tuttle J.B., Andersson K.E. American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology. 1998;275(4 44-4)

    • Spitsbergen J.M., Clemow D.B., McCarty R., Steers W.D., Tuttle J.B. Brain Research. 1998;790(1-2):151-159.

    • Sherer T.B., Spitsbergen J.M., Steers W.D., Tuttle J.B. Cell and Tissue Research. 1997;289(1):155-161.

    • Dupont M.C., Persson K., Spitsbergen J., Tuttle J.B., Steers W.D. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology. 1995;385:41-54.

    • Spitsbergen J.M., Atchison W.D. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. 1995;272(2):645-651.

    • Spitsbergen J.M., Stewart J.S., Tuttle J.B. American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology. 1995;269(2 38-2)

    • Tuttle J.B., Spitsbergen J.M., Stewart J.S., McCarty R.M., Steers W.D. Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology. 1995;22:S117-S119.

    • Tuttle J.B., Stewart J.S., Spitsbergen J.M., McCarty R.M. Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology. 1995;22:S23-S25.

    • Spitsbergen J.M., Tuttle J.B. Brain Research. 1993;615(1):128-134.

    • Spitsbergen J.M., Atchison W.D. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. 1991;256(1):159-163.

    • Spitsbergen J.M., Atchison W.D. Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology. 1990;102(1):68-79.

  • Presentations
    • The Effects of Sedentary Aging and Exercise on Endplate Area and Morphology in Female Rats. VanGyseghem J, Spitsbergen J, 41st Annual Kalamazoo Community Medical and Health Sciences Research Day, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 05/2023