PhD, University of Oregon, 1977

Phone: (732) 235-4250
Fax: (732) 235-4029

email: pintar@cabm.rutgers.edu

Research interests:
Targeted disruption of growth factor genes. Developmental biology of the pituitary gland, pituitary-derived peptide hormones, and peptide hormone receptors

Selected Publications 1

Schuller, A.G.P., King, M., Zhang, J., Bolan, E., Pan, Y-X., Morgan, D.J., Chang, A., Czick, M.E., Unterwald, E., Pasternak, G.W. and Pintar, J.E. 1999 Retention of heroin and morphine-6-glucuronide analgesia in a new line of MOR-1 knockout mice insensitive to morphine: Nature Neuroscience, 2, 1-8.

Jung, M-Y., Skryabin, B.V., Arai, M., Abbondanzo, S., Fu, D., Brosius, J. Robakis, N.K., Polites, H.G., Pintar, J.E. and Schmauss, C. 1999 Potentiation of the D2-mutant motor phenotype in mice lacking dopamine D2 and D3 receptors. Neuroscience, 91(3), 911-924.

Grewal, A., Bradshaw, S.L., Schuller, A.G.P., Low, M.J. and Pintar, J.E. 1999 Expression of IGF system genes during T-antigen driven pituitary tumorignesis. Hormone Metabolism Research, 31(2-3), 155-160.

Hahm, S., Mizuno, T.M., Wu, J.T., Wiksor, J.P., Priest, C.A., Kozak, C.A., Boozer, C.N., Peng, B., Good, P., Kelley, K.A., Takahashi, J.S., Pintar, J.E., Roberts, J.L., Mobbs, C.V., Salton, S.R.J. 1999 Targeted deletion of the vgf gene indicates that the encoded secretory propeptide precursor plays a novel role in the regulation of body weight and metabolism. Neuron, 23, 537-548.

Zhu, Y., King, M., Schuller, A., Bnitsche, J., Reidl, M., Elde, R., Pasternak, G.W. and Pintar, J.E. 1999 Retention of supraspinal delta-like analgesia and loss of morphine tolerance in DOR-1 knock-out mice. Neuron, 24, 243-252.