Extracellular and Intracellular Signaling

James David Adams, Jr. has over 160 peer reviewed publications and abstracts to his name and has written two books. He is the Editor of several journals and has reviewed many manuscripts for journals and grant applications. Dr Adams received his PhD in Pharmacology from the University of California at San Francisco and has 22 years of experience as a faculty member in a School of Pharmacy. He has taught many Pharmacy Students, Medical Students and Physicians in Hospitals and consulted for various Pharmaceutical Companies. An undergraduate degree in Psychology at Montana State University triggered Keith K. Parker's interest in the nervous system and led to graduate work in pharmacology at UCSF, where he completed his Ph.D. He then undertook two post-doctoral research posts in Denver. The first was at the Department of Pharmacology in the University of Colorado Health Science Center, and the second was at the University of Denver Department of Chemistry. He has been at The University of Montana since 1993 and is an expert on serotonin receptors and migraine headaches.

• Introduction;Adipokine regulation in metabolic disorders;G Receptor coupled signaling and interactions with extracellular ligands;Diabetes, endocannabinoids and adipokines;Hypertension and adipokines;Heart disease and adipokines;Arthritis and adipokines;Aging, protein modification and receptor signalling;Alcoholism and GABA receptor signalling;Estrogen, progestin and receptor signaling in neurodegeneration;Role of extracellular and intracellular ligands in astrocyte related disorders;DNA, nuclear cell signaling and neurodegeneration;Adipokines in Alzheimer's disease;Extracellular and intracellular ligands in Parkinson's disease;Role of adipokines in mood disorders;Involvement of adipokines in migraine headache;Intracellular and extracellular signaling in pain mechanisms;Cell signaling, extracellular ligands and cancer;Metastasis regulation by cell signaling