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Associate Professor;
Ph.D., University of Oregon, 1990

Research and Professional Interests:

Cellular and molecular mechanisms that regulate the efficacy of synaptic transmission. Use of primary neuronal culture and patch-clamp electrophysiology to examine modulation of the receptors and synaptic circuits that use glutamate, GABA, and glycine, amino-acid transmitters that dominate the mammalian central nervous system.

Selected Publications:

Trombley, P. Q., and G. M. Shepherd. 1993. Synaptic transmission and modulation in the olfactory bulb. Curr. Opinion Neurobiol. 3: 540-547.

Chen, G., P. Q. Trombley, and A. N. van den Pol. 1996. Excitatory actions of GABA in developing hypothalmic neurones. J. Physiol. 494: 451-464.

Trombley, P. Q., and G. M. Shepherd. 1996. Differential modulation by zinc and copper of amino acid receptors from rat olfactory bulb neurons. J. Neurophysiol. 76: 2536-2546.

Trombley, P. Q. 1998. Selective modulation of GABAA receptors by aluminum. J. Neurophysiol. 80: 755-761.

Trombley, P. Q., M. s. Horning, and L. J. Blakemore. 1998. Carnosine modulates zinc and copper effects on amino acid receptors and synaptic transmission. NeuroReport 15: 3503-3507.

Rutkoski, N. J., C. A. Fitch, E. C. Yeiser, J. Dodge, P. Q. Trombley, and C. W. Levenson. 1999. Regulation of neuropeptide Y mRNA and peptide concentrations by copper in rat olfactory bulb. Mol. Brain Res. 65: 80-86.

Trombley, P. Q., B. J. Hill, and M. S. Horning. 1999. Interactions between GABA and glycine at inhibitory amino acid receptors on rat olfactory bulb neurons. J. Neurophysiol. 82: 3417-3422.

Berkowicz, D. A., and P. A. Trombley. 2000. Dopaminergic modulation at the olfactory nerve synapse. Brain Res. 855: 90-99.

Horning, M. S., L. J. Blakemore, and P. Q. Trombley. 2000. Endogenous mechanisms of neuroprotection: role of zinc, copper, and carnosine. Brain Res. 852: 56-61.

Horning, M. S., and P. Q. Trombley. 2001. Zinc and copper influence excitability of rat olfactory bulb neurons by multiple mechanisms. J. Neurophysiol. 86: 1652-1660.

Research Faculty:

Laura Blakemore

Graduate Students:

Corthell, John

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