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David A. Bereiter

Professor
Department of Diagnostic and Biological Sciences

Address:
18-214A Moos Tower
515 Delaware St. SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455

Phone: (612) 625-4541

Fax: (612) 626-2651

E-mail: bereiter@umn.edu

Education / Training:

Institution	Degree	Year	Field of Study
University of Illinois	BS	1969	Physiology
University of Illinois	Ph.D.	1976	Physiology
University of Geneva	Post-doctoral	1976-1980	Neuroendocrinology

Professional Appointments:

2006-Present		Professor, Dept. of Diagnostic and Biological Sciences, University of Minnesota School of Dentistry, Minneapolis, MN 55455
1995-2006		Professor, Dept. of Surgery and Neuroscience, Brown Medical School, Providence, RI 02903
1987-1995		Associate Professor, Dept. of Surgery and Neuroscience, Brown Medical School, Providence, RI 02903
1992-1997		Assistant Professor, Dept. of Surgery and Neuroscience, Brown Medical School, Providence, RI 02903
1988-1991		Research Associate, Dept. of Surgery, Brown Medical School, Providence, RI 02903

Honors:

NIH Scientific Review Panel, regular member, Somatosensory and Chemosensory Study Section 1998-2003
NIDCR Scientific Review Panel for Centers for Oral Research, 2004
External Advisory Committee, Minority Research Infrastructure Support Program, U. of Puerto Rico, 2001- 2004
External Advisory Committee, SCOR on Sex and Gender Factors Affecting Women's Health, U. of Maryland, 2002- 2007

Research Area / Interests:

Central nervous system mechanisms of craniofacial pain
Influence of sex hormones on pain sensation
Trigeminal nerve physiology and anatomy

Selected Publications:

Bereiter, D.A. and D. J. Barker. Facial Receptive Fields of Trigeminal Neurons: Increased Size Following Estrogen Treatment in Female Rats. Neuroendocrinology 18: 115-124,1975.

Bereiter, D.A., P.M. Plotsky and D.S. Gann. Tooth Pulp Stimulation Potentiates the ACTH Response to Hemorrhage in Cats. Endocrinology 111:1127-1132, 1982.

Lu, J., C.B. Hathaway and D.A. Bereiter. Adrenalectomy enhances Fos-like immunoreactivity within the spinal trigeminal nucleus induced by noxious thermal stimulation of the cornea. Neuroscience 54: 809- 818, 1993.

Hathaway, C.B., J.W. Hu and D.A. Bereiter. Distribution of Fos-like immunoreactivity in the caudal brain stem of the rat following noxious chemical stimulation of the temporomandibular joint. J. Comp. Neurol. 356: 444-456, 1995.

Meng, I.D., J.W. Hu, A.P. Benetti and D.A. Bereiter. Encoding of corneal input in two distinct regions of the spinal trigeminal nucleus in the rat: cutaneous receptive field properties, responses to thermal and chemical stimulation, modulation by diffuse noxious inhibitory controls, and projections to the parabrachial area. J. Neurophysiol. 77: 43-56, 1997.

Meng, I.D., J.W. Hu and D.A. Bereiter. Differential effects of morphine on corneal-responsive neurons in rostral versus caudal regions of spinal trigeminal nucleus in the rat. J. Neurophysiol. 79: 2593-2602, 1998.

Hirata, H., J.W. Hu and D.A. Bereiter. Responses of medullary dorsal horn neurons to corneal stimulation by CO2 pulses: intensity encoding, effects of morphine, and thalamic projections in the rat. J. Neurophysiol. 82: 2092-2107, 1999.

Bereiter, D.A., H. Hirata, and J.W. Hu. Trigeminal subnucleus caudalis: beyond homologies with the spinal dorsal horn. Pain 88: 221-224, 2000.

Bereiter, D.A. Sex Differences in Brainstem Neural Activation after Injury to the TMJ Region. Cells, Tissues, Organs 169: 226-237, 2001.

Takeshita, S., H.Hirata, and D.A.Bereiter. Encoding of mechanical and chemical signals by TMJ-responsive neurons in caudal medullary dorsal horn of the rat. J. Neurophysiol. 86: 2393-2404, 2001.

Bereiter, D.A., S. Shen and A.P. Benetti. Sex differences in amino acid release from rostral trigeminal subnucleus caudalis after acute injury to the TMJ region. Pain 98: 89-99, 2002.

Okamoto, K., Hirata, H., S. Takeshita, and D.A. Bereiter. Response properties of TMJ neurons in superficial laminae at the spinomedullary junction of female rats vary over the estrous cycle. J. Neurophysiol. 89: 1467-1477, 2003.

Hirata, H., Okamoto, K., and Bereiter, D. A. GABAA receptor activation modulates corneal unit activity in rostral and caudal portions of trigeminal subnucleus caudalis. J. Neurophysiol., 90: 2837-2849, 2003.

Hirata, H., Okamoto, K., Tashiro, A., and Bereiter, D. A. A novel class of neurons at the trigeminal subnucleus interpolaris/caudalis transition region monitors ocular surface fluid status and modulates tear production. J. Neurosci. 24: 4224-4232, 2004.

Okamoto, K., Tashiro, A., Hirata, H., and Bereiter, D. A. Differential modulation of TMJ neurons in superficial laminae of trigeminal subnucleus caudalis/upper cervical cord junction region of male and cycling female rats by morphine. Pain 114: 203-211, 2005.

Bereiter, D.A. Cioffi, J.L. and D.F. Bereiter. Estrogen receptor-immunoreactive neurons in the trigeminal brainstem complex of male and cycling female rats. Arch. Oral Biol. 50: 971-979, 2005.

Bereiter, D.A., K. Okamoto and D.F. Bereiter. Effect of persistent monoarthritis of the temporomandibular joint region on acute mustard oil-induced excitation of trigeminal subnucleus caudalis neurons in male and female rats. Pain 117: 58-67, 2005.

Bereiter, D. A., Okamoto, K., Tashiro, A., and Hirata, H. Endotoxin-induced uveitis causes long-term changes in trigeminal subnucleus caudalis neurons. J. Neurophysiol. 94: 3815-3825, 2005.

Bereiter, D.A., Cioffi, J.L. , Bereiter, D.F., Zardeneta, G. and Milam, S.B. Local blockade of integrins in the temporomandibular joint region reduces Fos-positive neurons in trigeminal subnucleus caudalis of female rats produced by jaw movement. Pain, in press, 2006.

Bereiter, D.A. K. M. Hargreaves and J.W. Hu. Trigeminal mechanisms of nociception: peripheral and brain stem organization. Handbook of the Senses, in press, 2006.

Brief Biographical Data:

Dr. David A. Bereiter is a Professor in the Department of Diagnostic and Biological Sciences, School of Dentistry at the University of Minnesota. Dr. Bereiter received his doctorate degree from the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, in physiology with specialization in neurophysiology. He received postdoctoral training at the University of Geneva, Switzerland in the field of neuroendocrinology. He joined Brown Medical School as an Assistant Professor and was promoted to full Professor in Surgery and Neuroscience in 1995.

The research interests of Dr. Bereiter's laboratory focus on the peripheral and central mechanisms involving the trigeminal nerve that lead to acute and chronic pain after injury of craniofacial tissues. Particular emphasis is directed at understanding the neural bases for pain following injury and inflammation of the eye and temporomandibular joint regions. Since many craniofacial pain conditions occur more frequently and with greater severity in women than men, a second focus of the laboratory is the role of sex hormone status on neural mechanisms of craniofacial pain. Dr. Bereiter's research has been supported by NIH since 1988.

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