Philip Seeman
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| Philip Seeman | |
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| Born | February 8, 1934 Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| Awards | Order of Canada |
Philip Seeman, OC FRSC (born February 8, 1934) is a Canadian schizophrenia researcher and neuropharmacologist, known for his research on dopamine receptors.
Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Seeman was raised in Montreal. He received a Bachelor of Science degree, honours Physics & Physiology (1955), a Master of Science degree, Physiology of Transport & Secretion (1956), and a Doctor of Medicine (1960) from McGill University. In 1966, he received a Ph.D. in Life Sciences from Rockefeller University.
In 1967, Seeman became an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pharmacology at the University of Toronto. In 1970, he was appointed a Professor.
In 1974, having spent years in search for the binding site of antipsychotic medication, he discovered the dopamine D2 receptor, the basis for the dopamine hypothesis of schizophrenia.[1][2]
In 2001, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada "for his research on dopamine receptors and their involvement in diseases such as schizophrenia, Parkinson's and Huntington's".[3] In 1985, he was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.[4]
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- ↑ Order of Canada citation
- ↑ http://www.sciandmed.com/sm/journalviewer.aspx?issue=1066&article=787&action=1
References
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- P. Seeman (2010). "Dopamine D2 Receptors as Treatment Targets in Schizophrenia. Clinical Schizophrenia & Related Psychoses April: 56-73.
- P. Seeman (2007), Scholarpedia, 2(10): 3634 doi.4249/scholarpedia.3634
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External links
- Home Page of Philip Seeman's Laboratory
- Probing the Biology of Psychosis, Schizophrenia, and Antipsychotics: An Expert Interview With Dr. Philip Seeman, MD, PhD - an interview on the Medscape website
- Schizophrenia - an essay by Philip Seeman, November 2001
