Leslie A. C. Blair

Ph.D., University of California, San Diego, 1984
Assistant Professor of Pharmacology
Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Physiology
& Biotechnology
4th floor Biomed Center
Tel. (401) 863-1596

Research Summary

Representative Publications

Blair, L.A.C. (1983) The timing of protein synthesis required for the development of the sodium action potential in embryonic neurons. J. Neurosci. 3: 1430-1436.

Blair, L.A.C. and V.E. Dionne. (1985) Developmental acquisition of Ca+2-sensitivity of K+ channels in spinal neurons. Nature 315: 329-331.

Blair, L.A.C., E.S. Levitan, J. Marshall, V.E. Dionne, and E.A. Barnard. (1988) Single subunits of the GABAA receptor form ion channels with properties of the native receptor. Science. 242: 577-579.

Blair, L.A.C. and V.E. Dionne. (1989) Chemically-induced electrical responses from Xenopus oocytcs injected with trout olfactory poly(A) RNA. Xth International Symposium on Olfaction and Taste.

Blair, L.A.C., H.L. Benton and M.R. Hanley. A neural X glial hybrid cell, NG115-401L, shares characteristics with identified populations of primary sensory neurons. submitted.