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Robert Gordon Kalb, MD
Associate Professor of Neurology
Department: Neurology
Contact information
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Abramson Research Center #814
3615 Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Abramson Research Center #814
3615 Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215 590 0691
Fax: 267 426 5165
Fax: 267 426 5165
Graduate Group Affiliations
Publications
Education
B.A. (Biology)
Wesleyan University , 1978.
MD (Medicine)
Cornell University Medical College, 1982.
B.A. (Biology)
Wesleyan University , 1978.
MD (Medicine)
Cornell University Medical College, 1982.
Post-Graduate Training
Intern in Medicine, Montefiore Hospital, Bronx, NY, 1982-1983.
Resident in Medicine, Montefiore Hospital, Bronx, NY, 1983-1984.
Resident in Neurology, Yale-New Haven Hospital, 1984-1987.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Neurobiology, Yale University, New Haven, CT, 1987-1990.
Intern in Medicine, Montefiore Hospital, Bronx, NY, 1982-1983.
Resident in Medicine, Montefiore Hospital, Bronx, NY, 1983-1984.
Resident in Neurology, Yale-New Haven Hospital, 1984-1987.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Neurobiology, Yale University, New Haven, CT, 1987-1990.
Certifications
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, 1988.
Permanent linkAmerican Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, 1988.
Selected Publications
Fryer, H. J. L., Knox, R. J., Strittmatter, S. M., and Kalb, R. G. : Excitotoxic death of a subset of embryonic rat motor neurons in vitro. J. Neurochem. 72: 500-513, 1999.Wang, L.-H., Kalb, R.G. and Strittmatter, S.M.: A PDZ protein regulates the distribution of the transmembrane semaphorin M-semF. J. Biol.Chem 274: 14137-14146, 1999.
Yen, L., Strittmatter,S.M. and Kalb, R.G: Sequence-specific cleavage of Huntingtin mRNA by catalytic DNA. Annals of Neurology. 46: 366-373, 1999.
Takahashi, T., Fournier, A., Nakamura, F., Kalb, R.G. Fujisawa, H., and Strittmatter, S.M. : Plexin1-neuropilin1 complexes form functional semaphorin D/III receptors. Cell 99: 59-69, 1999.
Tanaka, M, Treloar, H., Kalb, R.G.,, Greer, C. A., and Stephen M. Strittmatter, S.M. : Go protein-dependent survival of primary accessory olfactory neurons. PNAS 96: 14106-14111, 1999.
Takahashi, T., Nakamura, F., Jin, Z., Kalb, R. G., and Strittmatter, S. M. : Semaphorin A and E act as antagonists of neuropilin-1 and agonists of neuropilin-2 receptors. Nature, Neuroscience 1: 487-493, 1998.
Nakamura, F., Tanaka, M., Takahashi, T., Kalb, R.G. and Strittmatter, S.M. : Neuropilin-1 extracellular domains mediate semaphorin D/III-induced growth cone collapse. Neuron 21: 1-20, 1998.
Inglis F.M., Furia, F., Zuckerman, K. E., Strittmatter, S.M., and Kalb, R.G. : The role of Nitric Oxide and NMDA receptors in the development of motor neuron dendrites. J. Neuroscience 18: 10493-10501, 1998.
Neve, R., Howe,J.R., Hong,S. and Kalb, R.G. : Introduction of the glutamate receptor subunit 1 into motor neurons in vitro and in vivo using a recombinant herpes simplex virus. Neuroscience 79: 435-447, 1997.
Kalb, R. G. and Fox, A. J. : Synchronized overproduction of AMPA, Kainate and NMDA glutamate receptors during human spinal cord development. J. Comp. Neurol 384: 200-210, 1997.
