EDUCATION AND TRAINING
Ph.D., University of Southern California, Los Angeles
Fellowship, University of Washington and Seattle Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Division
of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Seattle, WA
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Gerald J. Taborsky, Jr., Ph.D.
Research Professor of Medicine
Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition
OFFICE ADDRESS
Seattle VA Puget Sound Health Care System (151)
1660 South Columbian Way
UW Mailbox 358280
Seattle, WA 98108
CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS
Role of the autonomic nervous system in mediating the glucagon
response to hypoglycemia. Impairments in sympathetic neural
pathways in autoimmune diabetes. Contribution of the
parasympathetic nervous system to the insulin response to oral glucose.
REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS
Havel PJ, Mundinger TO, and Taborsky GJ,
Jr.: Pancreatic sympathetic nerves increase glucagon secretion
during severe hypoglycemia in dogs. Am J Physiol 270:E20-E26, 1996.
Taborsky GJ, Jr., Ahren B, and Havel PJ:
Autonomic mediation of glucagon secretion during hypoglycemia:
Implications for impaired alpha-cell responses in type 1 diabetes.
Diabetes 47:995-1005, 1998.
Benthem L, Mundinger TO, and Taborsky GJ,
Jr.: Meal-induced insulin secretion in dogs is mediated by both
branches of the autonomic nervous system. Am J Physiol 278:E603-610,
2000.
Mei Q, Mundinger TO, Kung D, Baskin DG, and
Taborsky GJ, Jr.: Fos expression in rat celiac ganglion:
An index of the activation of postganglionic sympathetic nerves. Am J
Physiol Endocrinol Metab 281:E655-664, 2001.
Mei Q, Mundinger TO, Lernmark A, Taborsky GJ Jr: Early,
selective, and marked loss of sympathetic nerves from the islets of
BioBreeder diabetic rats. Diabetes 51:2997-3002, 2002.
Mundinger TO, Mei Q, Figlewicz DP, Lernmark A, Taborsky GJ Jr:
Impaired glucagon response to sympathetic nerve stimulation in the BB
diabetic rat: Effect of early sympathetic islet
neuropathy. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 285:E1047-E1054, 2003.
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