Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care

Sheryl Gene Beck, BS, MS, PhD

Research Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care

Department: Anesthesiology and Critical Care

Contact information

Anesthesiology and Critical Care
4 North ARC, Room 402A
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Research Institute
3615 Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104-4318

Office: 215-590-0651
Fax: 215-590-4107

Email:
becks@email.chop.edu

Graduate Group Affiliations

Education:
B.S. (Psychology)
University of Washington , 1973.
M.S. (Psychology)
Western Washington State University , 1977.
Ph.D. (Major: Medical Psychology, Minor: Biochemistry)
Oregon Health Sciences University , 1981.

Post-Graduate Training
Pharmacology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine , New York, NY , 1981-1983.

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Selected Publications

Commons KG., Beck SG., Bey VW.: Two populations of glutamatergic axons in the rat dorsal raphe nucleus defined by the vesicular glutamate transporters 1 and 2. European Journal of Neuroscience 21(6): 1577-86, Mar 2005.

Beck SG., Handa RJ.: Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA): a misunderstood adrenal hormone and spine-tingling neurosteroid?[comment]. [Review] [32 refs] Endocrinology 145(3): 1039-41, Mar 2004.

Beck SG., Pan YZ., Akanwa AC., Kirby LG.: Median and dorsal raphe neurons are not electrophysiologically identical. Journal of Neurophysiology 91(2): 994-1005, Feb 2004.

Kirby LG., Pernar L., Valentino RJ., Beck SG.: Distinguishing characteristics of serotonin and non-serotonin-containing cells in the dorsal raphe nucleus: electrophysiological and immunohistochemical studies. Neuroscience 116(3): 669-83, 2003.

Rouzade-Dominguez ML., Pernar L., Beck S., Valentino RJ.: Convergent responses of Barrington's nucleus neurons to pelvic visceral stimuli in the rat: a juxtacellular labeling study. European Journal of Neuroscience 18(12): 3325-34, Dec 2003.

Gross C., Zhuang X., Stark K., Ramboz S., Oosting R., Kirby L., Santarelli L., Beck S., Hen R.: Serotonin1A receptor acts during development to establish normal anxiety-like behavior in the adult.[see comment] Nature 416(6879): 396-400, Mar 28 2002.

Commons KG., Beck SG., Rudoy C., Van Bockstaele EJ.: Anatomical evidence for presynaptic modulation by the delta opioid receptor in the ventrolateral periaqueductal gray of the rat. Journal of Comparative Neurology 430(2): 200-8, Feb 5 2001.

Neumaier JF., Sexton TJ., Hamblin MW., Beck SG.: Corticosteroids regulate 5-HT(1A) but not 5-HT(1B) receptor mRNA in rat hippocampus. Brain Research Molecular Brain Research: 82(1-2):65-73, 2000 Oct 20. Feb 5 2001.

Mueller NK., Beck SG.: Corticosteroids alter the 5-HT(1A) receptor-mediated response in CA1 hippocampal pyramidal cells. Neuropsychopharmacology 23(4): 419-27, Oct 2000.

Bacon WL., Beck SG.: 5-Hydroxytryptamine(7) receptor activation decreases slow after hyperpolarization amplitude in CA3 hippocampal pyramidal cells. Journal of Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics 294(2): 672-9, Aug 2000.