Chris Ford, PhD, is a Professor of Pharmacology at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus. His work focuses on understanding how neuromodulators such as dopamine and ACh drive the activation of post-synaptic receptors within circuits of the striatum and nucleus accumbens. His work uses the combination of electrophysiology in brain slices together with optogenetics, multiphoton imaging of genetically encoded neurotransmitter sensors and electrochemistry to probe how metabotropic transmitters signal and mediate transmission. His work examines the basic biology underlying neuromodulator signaling through their GPCRs and together with behavioral approaches examines the dysregulation in transmission that arises in animal models of PD and cocaine substance use disorders. He is known for his work using tools to directly measure the postsynaptic activation and sensitivity of dopamine and muscarinic receptors.
Chris Ford, PhD
University of Colorado | Aurora, USA
Chris Ford, PhD, is a Professor of Pharmacology at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus. His work focuses on understanding how neuromodulators such as dopamine and ACh drive the activation of post-synaptic receptors within circuits of the striatum and nucleus accumbens. His work uses the combination of electrophysiology in brain slices together with optogenetics, multiphoton imaging of genetically encoded neurotransmitter sensors and electrochemistry to probe how metabotropic transmitters signal and mediate transmission. His work examines the basic biology underlying neuromodulator signaling through their GPCRs and together with behavioral approaches examines the dysregulation in transmission that arises in animal models of PD and cocaine substance use disorders. He is known for his work using tools to directly measure the postsynaptic activation and sensitivity of dopamine and muscarinic receptors.
