Professor J. David Jentsch
J.
David Jentsch, Ph.D. is Professor Psychology, Psychiatry, and
Biobehavioral
Sciences at the Brain Research Institute, UCLA.
After the fire-bombing of his car by animal rights extremists, David
founded UCLA
Pro-Test in order to combat the violence and
defend the critical research that he and his colleagues carry out.
He is also a member of the Board of Directors of the biomedical research
advocacy
group: Americans for Medical Progress.
His own research focuses on an understanding of the
neurobiological origins of psychoses and addictions, with a particular
focus on translating that information into treatments for the disorders.
He coauthored
Dopamine and Spatial Working Memory in Rats and Monkeys:
Pharmacological
Reversal of Stress-Induced Impairment,
Specific developmental disruption of disrupted-in-schizophrenia-1
function results in schizophrenia-related phenotypes in mice,
Repeated Intermittent Administration of Psychomotor
Stimulant Drugs Alters the Acquisition of Pavlovian
Approach Behavior in Rats: Differential Effects of
Cocaine, d-Amphetamine and 3,4–
Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (“Ecstasy”),
Phencyclidine Increases Forebrain Monoamine Metabolism in Rats and
Monkeys: Modulation by the Isomers of HA966, and
ΔFosB in the Nucleus Accumbens Regulates Food-Reinforced
Instrumental Behavior and Motivation.
David earned his Bachelor’s degree in behavioral biology
from The Johns Hopkins University (1992) and his Ph.D. in neurobiology
from Yale University (1999). His graduate work, conducted under the
supervision of Professor Robert Roth, focused on characterizing the
biochemical changes in prefrontal cortical regions associated with
prolonged experience with psychotomimetic and stimulant drugs of abuse.
Read
A Target of Violence,
10 Questions for David Jentsch, and
I’m Proud to Have Such a Courageous Colleague.
Read his
LinkedIn profile.
