Anthony N. van den Pol, PhD
Research
Dr. van den Pol is Professor of Neurosurgery at Yale University Medical School. He attended graduate school at Yale University, obtaining two master degrees and his PhD in Psychobiology in 1977. After postdoctoral work in neuroanatomy and embryology at Semmelweis University Medical School (Budapest) and in pharmacology at Oxford University (England), he joined the Department of Neurosurgery at Yale. He is an expert on the cellular interaction of cytochemically identified neurons in the hypothalamus.

Dr. van den Pol's research focuses on the role of neurotransmitter amino acids in the normal and abnormal functioning of the brain, particularly in the medial hypothalamus, a region of the brain involved in the control of the neuroendocrine system, biological rhythms, and metabolic regulation. Dr. van den Pol's lab uses ultrastructural immunocytochemistry, calcium digital imaging, confocal scanning laser microscopy, whole cell patch clamp electrophysiology, and molecular biology to study neuronal excitability and axonal growth in the normal and diseased adult and developing brain. These scientific issues are examined at the cellular and molecular level to establish a substrate to develop future insights into the bases for clinical problems related to neurological disease.

Dr. Anthony van den Pol can be reached at 203-785-2597 or email to anthony.vandenpol@yale.edu

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