MGH Appointment: Assistant In Neurology
HMS Appointment: Assistant Professor of Neurology
MGH Address: ACC 835
MGH Phone Number: (617) 726-5532
Patient Office Phone Number: (617) 726-5532
Patient Office Location: MGH Wang Bldg
E-Mail Address: michaels@helix.mgh.harvard.edu
Fax Number: (617) 726-5677
Undergraduate Education: Princeton University
Graduate And/Or Medical School: Harvard Medical School
Residencies And Fellowships: Residency: Massachusetts General Hospital, Neurology Fellowship: Massachusetts General Hospital, Movement Disorders
Foreign Language Spoken: French
Certification By An American Specialty Board: Neurology And Psychiatry
Primary Specialty: Neurology
Other Specialties: Research Interests: Neuroprotection strategies in PD models, Role of adenosine receptors in the basal ganglia; Role of stress kinases in neurodegeration
Clinical Interests: Parkinson's Disease, Tremor Disorders, Gait Disorders, Dystonia, Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus
Representative Publications:
Chen J-F, Xu K, Petzer JP, Staal R, Xu Y-H, Beilstein MA, Sonsalla PK, Castagnoli K, Castagnoli Jr. N, & Schwarzschild MA. (2001) Neuroprotection by caffeine and A2A adenosine receptor inactivation in a model of Parkinson's disease. J. Neurosci. 21:RC143 (1-6).
Chen J-F, Moratalla R, Impagnatiello F, Grandy DK, Cuellar B, Rubinstein M, Beilstein MA, Hackett E, Fink JS, Low MJ, Ongini E, & Schwarzschild MA. (2001) Dispensablerole of D2 dopamine receptors in A2A adenosine receptor-induced behavioral and celluar responses as revealed by A2A and D2 receptor knockout mice. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. 98:1970-1975.
Chen J-F, Huang Z, Ma J, Zhu J, Moratallo, Standaert D, Moskowitz MA, Fink JS and Schwarzschild MA. A2A Adenosine Receptor Deficiency Attenuates Brain Injury Induced by Transient Focal Ischemia in Mice. J. Neurosci. 1999, 19:9192-9200.
Schwarzschild MA, Cole RL, Hyman SE. Glutamate, But Not Dopamine, Stimulates Stress-Activated Protein Kinase and AP-1 Mediated Transcription in Striatal Neurons. J. Neurosci. 1997; 17:3455-3466. Schwarzschild MA. Movement Disorders. In: Cudkowicz M, Irizarry M, eds. Neurologic Disorders in Women. ÊBoston: Butterworth-Heinemann 1997; pp133-138.