Judith R. Walters

Judith Richmond Walters is an American neuropharmacologist serving as chief of the neurophysiological pharmacology section at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke.

Judith R. Walters
Walters in 2018
Alma materMount Holyoke College
Yale University
Scientific career
FieldsNeurophysiological pharmacology
InstitutionsNational Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Doctoral advisorRobert Henry Roth

Life

Walters received her B.A. degree from Mount Holyoke College and her Ph.D. from Yale University.[1] Her 1972 dissertation was titled Dopaminergic Neurons: Effect of Gamma-Hydroxybutyrate.[2] She studied the pharmacology and neurophysiology of the dopamine system in the basal ganglia.[3] Her doctoral advisor was Robert Henry Roth.[3] Walters did postdoctoral work at the department of psychiatry at the Yale University School of Medicine and then moved to the Experimental Therapeutics Branch in the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS).[1]

Walters is a neuropharmacologist working as chief of the Neurophysiological Pharmacology Section at the NINDS.[1] Her laboratory explores the role of dopamine in basal ganglia-thalamocortical function. She studies the mechanisms in the brain that mediate dysfunctions associated with neurological diseases and disorders such as Parkinson’s disease.[1] She became a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2018.[1][4]

References
  1. Lyons, Michele (2019-03-25). "Celebrating NIH's History-Making Women". NIH Intramural Research Program. Retrieved 2022-10-05.Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  2. Walters, Judith Richmond (1972). Dopaminergic Neurons: Effect of Gamma-Hydroxybutyrate (Thesis). New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University.
  3. "Principal Investigators". NIH Intramural Research Program. Retrieved 2022-10-05.Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  4. "AAAS Honors Four NIH'ers". NIH Record. 2019-01-11. Retrieved 2022-10-09.
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