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Monica Beneyto, PhD
Job Title
Full-time Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Translational Neuroscience Program
3420 Fifth Ave.
Pittsburgh,
PA
15213
Contact Information: Oakland Medical Building
412-692-6000
option 8 (during business hours)
412-692-6660 Fax
412-692-6000
option 8 (during business hours)
412-692-6660 Fax
Email
beneytom@upmc.edu
Education and Training
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Graduate School: |
1995 MSc, Biology, University of Alicante, Faculty of Sciences, Alicante, Spain 1997 MSc, Neuroscience, International University of Andalucia, La Rabida, Spain |
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Post Graduate School: |
2001 PhD, University Miguel-Hernandez, Institute of Neurosciences-Consejo, Superior de Investigaciones, Cientificas (C.S.I.C) Alicante, Spain
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Memberships
- Society for Neuroscience
- Federation of European Neurosciences
- Asociacion Española de Neurociencias
Awards
- NARSAD/National Alliance for the Mentally Ill of Michigan Investigator Award (NAMI), NARSAD 2005 Research Partners Program Grant, Sponsor: Dr. Tom Coles
- National Alliance for Research in Schizophrenia and Depression NARSAD 2005 Young Investigator Award
- II Prize, Silverman Conference, University of Michigan
- Postdoctoral Fellowship, Molecular Biology Center-CSIC, Barcelona, Spain
- Fellowship for Temporal Collaboration with Foreign Research Centers, Conselleria de Cultura, Educación y Ciencia, Spain, University College of London, London, UK
- 1997-1998 Fellowship for Temporal Collaboration with Foreign Research Centers, Conselleria de Cultura, Educación y Ciencia, Spain, National Institute of Deafness and other Comunication Dissorders, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda
- Predoctoral Fellowship, Centro Superior de Insvestigaciones Científicas (CSIC)-Fundación Bancaja and Ministerio de Educación y Cultura, Instituto de Neurociencias, Spain
- Award II Master in Neuroscience, International University of Andalucía, Sede Iberoamericana de La Rábida, Spain
- Predoctoral Fellowship, Formacion de Personal Investigador, Consellería de Cultura, Educación y Ciencia (Generalitat Valenciana), Institute of Neurosciences, University Miguel Hernández, Spain
Publications
- Beneyto M and Meador-Woodruff JH (2006). Lamina-specific abnormalities of AMPA receptor trafficking and signaling molecule transcripts in the prefrontal cortex in schizophrenia. Synapse, 60: 585-598.
- Beneyto M, Kristiansen LV, McCullumsmith RE, Akinwunmi O, and Meador-Woodruff JH (2007). Abnormal glutamate neurotransmission in the medial temporal lobe in schizophrenia and mood disorders. Neuropsychopharmacology, 32(9):1888-902.
- Beneyto M and Meador-Woodruff JH (2008). Lamina-specific abnormalities of NMDA receptor associated postsynaptic protein transcripts in the prefrontal cortex in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. Neuropsychopharmacology, 33:2175-2186.
View Dr. Beneyto's full list of publications from PubMed.
Research Interests
- Localization, cell surface expression, and activity-dependent regulation of glutamate and GABA receptors in psychiatric disorders
- Subcellular abnormalities of neurotransmitter systems in psychiatric disorders
- Anatomical alterations in the cerebral cortex and thalamus in schizophrenia
- Protein-protein interactions and neurotransmitter system integration in psychiatric disorders
Active Research Projects / Grants
- AMPA receptor trafficking abnormalities in the postsynaptic density of the schizophrenic prefrontal cortex
- GABA Neurons and Cortical Circuitry in Schizophrenia
- Development of Prefrontal Inhibition and Schizophrenia
- Conte Center for the Neuroscience of Mental Disorders: “Inhibition, Oscillations and Information Processing in Schizophrenia"
