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Martha Constantine-Paton studies activity and brain development, glutamate
receptor regulation, and sensory physiology of vision and audition. Constantine-Paton's
recent work has focused on the role of the N-methyl-D-asparate subtype
of glutamate receptor (NMDAR) in activity-dependent connections between
neurons. The upregulation of this receptor may prove to be important in
recovery from brain damage. She studies these processes in rodent and
frog systems.
Constantine-Paton joined the MIT faculty in 1999 as Professor of Biology
in the Department of Biology, with a joint appointment in the Department
of Brain and Cognitive Sciences. Previously, she was Professor of Biology
at Yale University from 1985 until 1999, and on the faculty of Princeton
University from 1976 through 1984. Constantine-Paton was appointed Investigator
at the McGovern Institute in 2001. She earned her Ph.D. in 1976 from Cornell
University. Constantine-Paton is currently a member of the National Advisory
Eye Council and a member of the Child Council Workgroup for the National
Institute of Mental Health.
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