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Email Address: pcarr@medicine.nodak.edu
Phone:
(701) 777-2576
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Education/Training:
- Postdoc,
National Institutes of Health, Neuroscience, 1994-96
- Postdoc,
University of Manitoba, Neuroscience, 1992-94
- Ph.D.,
University of Manitoba, Physiology, 1992
- B.Sc.
(Spec.), Brandon University, Zoology, 1987
Academic
Appointments:
- 1996–98
Research Associate/Adjunct Assistant Professor/Auxilliary
Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy;Wright State
University
- 07/98–06/04
Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy & Cell
Biology, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University
of North Dakota
- 06/04–present
Associate Professor, Department of Anatomy & Cell
Biology, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University
of North Dakota
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01/04–present Adjunct Assistant Professor- Department
of Communication Sciences & Disorders, College of
Arts & Science, University of North Dakota
Teaching:
My responsibilities include directing the gross human anatomy program and teaching gross human anatomy and neuroscience in the patient centered learning curriculum (year 1) in our School of Medicine & Health Sciences. I also teach neuroscience, gross human anatomy and biostatistics in our graduate program. Administratively, I am the Director of the Deeded Body Program at the UND School of Medicine &Health Sciences.
Research
Interests:
Our
lab is interested in the neurochemistry and synaptology
of spinal cord and brainstem neurons and how disease processes
or injury produce changes in these characteristics. Techniques
employed in our lab include immunohistochemistry, enzyme
histochemistry, image analysis, tract-tracing and small
animal neurosurgery.
Publications:
- Carr,
P.A.,
Yamamoto, T., Karmy, G., Baimbridge, K.G. and Nagy,
J.I. Parvalbumin is highly colocalized with calbindin
D28k and rarely with calcitonin gene-related peptide
in dorsal root ganglia neurons of rat. Brain Research
497 (1989) 163-170.
- Carr,
P.A.,
Yamamoto, T., Staines, W.A., Whittaker, M.E. and Nagy,
J.I. Quantitative histochemical analysis of cytochrome
oxidase in rat dorsal root ganglia and its colocalization
with carbonic anhydrase. Neuroscience 33 (1989)
351-362.
- Carr,
P.A.,
Yamamoto, T., Karmy, G., Baimbridge, K.G. and Nagy,
J.I. Analysis of parvalbumin- and calbindin D28k-immunoreactive
neurons in dorsal root ganglia of rat in relation to
their cytochrome oxidase and carbonic anhydrase content.
Neuroscience 33 (1989) 363-371.
- Yamamoto,
T., Carr, P.A., Baimbridge, K.G. and Nagy, J.I.
Parvalbumin- and calbindin D28k-immunoreactive neurons
in the superficial layers of the spinal cord dorsal
horn of rat. Brain Res. Bull. 23 (1989) 493-508.
- Carr,
P.A.,
Yamamoto, T. and Nagy, J.I. Calcitonin gene-related
peptide in primary afferent neurons of rat: coexistence
with fluoride-resistant acid phosphatase and depletion
by neonatal capsaicin. Neuroscience 36 (1990)
751-760.
- Karmy,
G., Carr, P.A., Yamamoto, T., Chan, S.H.P. and
Nagy, J.I. Cytochrome oxidase immunohistochemistry in
rat brain and dorsal root ganglia: visualization of
enzyme in neuronal perikarya and in parvalbumin-positive
neurons. Neuroscience 40 (1991) 825-839.
- Carr,
P.A., Yamamoto, T., Karmy, G. and Nagy, J.I. Cytochemical
relationships and central terminations of a unique population
of primary afferent neurons in rat. Brain Res. Bull.
26 (1991). 825-843.
- Carr,
P.A.
and Nagy, J.I. Emerging relationships between cytochemical
properties and sensory modality transmission in primary
sensory neurons. Brain Res. Bull. 30 (1993) 209-219.
- Carr,
P.A.; Noga, B.R.; Nance, D.M. and Jordan, L.M. Intracellular
labelling of cat spinal neurons using a tetramethylrhodamine-dextran
amine conjugate. Brain Res. Bull. 34 (1994) 447-451.
- Carr,
P.A.;
Huang, A.; Noga, B.R. and Jordan, L.M. Cytochemical
characteristics of cat spinal neurons activated during
fictive locomotion. Brain Res. Bull. 37 (1995)
213-218.
- Alvarez,
F.J.; Dewey, D.E.; Carr, P.A.; Cope, T.C. and
Fyffe, R.E.W. Down-regulation of metabotropic glutamate
receptor 1a in motoneurons after axotomy. NeuroReport;
8 (1997) 1711-1716
- Shefchyk,
S.J., Espey, M.J., Carr, P., Nance, D., Sawchuk,
M. and Buss, R. Evidence for a strychnine-sensitive
mechanism and glycine receptors involved in the control
of urethral sphincter activity during micturition in
the cat. Experimental Brain Research; 119 (1998)
297-306.
- Carr,
P.A. and Wenner, P. Calcitonin gene-related peptide:
Distribution and effects on spontaneous rhythmic activity
in embryonic chick spinal cord. Developmental Brain
Research; 106 (1998) 47-55.
- Carr,
P.A.,
Haftel, V., Alvarez, F.J., Cope T.C. and Fyffe, R.E.W.
Effect of peripheral axotomy or TTX application on enzyme
activity in rat spinal cord. NeuroReport; 9 (1998)
357-361.
- Carr,
P.A., Alvarez, F.J., Leman, E.A. and Fyffe, R.E.W.
Immunohistochemically-identified Renshaw cells contain
calbindin D28k. NeuroReport, 9 (1998) 2657-2661.
- Carr,
P.A.,
Pearson, J.C. and Fyffe, R.E.W. The distribution of
5-hydroxytryptamine-immunoreactive boutons on immunohistochemically-identified
Renshaw cells in cat and rat lumbar spinal cord. Brain
Research 823 (1999) 198-201.
- Alvarez,
F.J., Villalba, R. M., Carr, P.A., Grandes, P.
and Somohano, P.M. Differential distribution of glutamate
metabotropic receptors 1a, 1b and 5 in the rat spinal
cord. J. Comp. Neurol. 422 (2000) 464-487.
- Huang,
A., Noga, B.R., Carr, P.A., Fedirchuk, B. and
Jordan, L.M. Spinal cholinergic neurons activated during
locomotion: Localization and electrophysiological characterization.
J. Neurophysiology 83 (2000) 3537-3547.
- Carr,
P.A.,
Roller,.M.J. and Zaruba, R.A. Peptidergic input to immunohistochemically-identified
Renshaw cells. Brain Research 887 (2000) 194-198.
- Carr,
P.A, Lui, M. and Zaruba, R.A. Enzyme histochemical
profile of immunohistochemically-identified Renshaw
cells. Brain Research Bulletin 54 (2001) 669-674.
- Siegel,
S.M., Grove, B.D. and Carr, P.A. SSeCKS-immunolabeling
in rat primary sensory neurons. Brain Research
926 (2002) 126–136.
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Jurgens,
C.W.D., K.E. Rau, C.A. Knudson, J.D. King, P.A.
Carr, J.E. Porter and V.A. Doze. Beta-1 adrenergic
receptor-mediated enhancement of hippocampal CA3 network
activity. Journal of Pharmacology & Experimental
Therapeutics 314 (2005) 552–560.
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Hillman, K.L.; Knudson, C.A.; Carr, P.A.;
Doze, V.A.; Porter, J. Adrenergic Receptor Characterization
of CA1 Hippocampal Neurons Using Real Time Single Cell
RT-PCR. Molecular Brain Research 139 (2005)
267–276.
- Zaruba, R.A., Epstein, P.N. and Carr, P.A.. Hyperglycemia alters enzyme activity and cell number in spinal sensory ganglia. Journal of Brachial Plexus and Peripheral Nerve Injury Apr 25; 2:11 (2007).
- Irmen, C.P., Siegel, S.M. Carr, P.A. Localization of SSeCKS in unmyelinated primary sensory neurons. Journal of Brachial Plexus and Peripheral Nerve Injury. Mar 19; 3:8 (2008).
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