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Alan Kim Johnson
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Education
Academic and Professional Experience
Visiting Appointments
Awards, Honors, and Special Recognition
    Professional Organizations
    Professional Service
    Publications (1990-99)
    Colloquia Presentations (1990-99)
    Symposia and Invited Talks (1990-99)


Education

B.S., Chemistry and Life Sciences, 1964
Pennsylvania State University

M.A., Psychology, 1966
Temple University

Ph.D., Psychobiology, 1970
University of Pittsburgh
 

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Academic and Professional Experience
Visiting Appointments
 
  • 1977: Visiting Professor, Department of Pharmacology, University of Heidelberg, G.F.R.
  • 1978-1979: Visiting Scientist, Regional Primate Research Center, University of Washington
  • 1982-1982: Visiting Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology, University of Texas Health Sciences Center at San Antonio
  • 1982-1982: Associate Research Scientist, Southwest Foundation for Research and Education, San Antonio
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    Awards, Honors, Special Recognition
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    Professional Organizations
     
  • The American Physiological Society
  • Society for Neuroscience
  • International Society of Hypertension
  • The American Heart Association (Fellow, Council on Circulation; Fellow, Council on High Blood Pressure Research)
  • Inter-American Society of Hypertension
  • American Association for the Advancement of Science
  • Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior
  • American Society of Gene Therapy
  • New York Academy of Sciences
  • International Society for Autonomic Neuroscience
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    Professional Service
     
  • Associate Editor: American Journal of Physiology: Regulatory, Integrative, and Comparative Physiology, January, 1996-present
  • Editorial Board: American Journal of Physiology: Regulatory, Integrative, and Comparative Physiology, 1984-
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    Publications
    1990-1999
     
    Johnson, A. K.: Brain mechanisms in the control of body fluid homeostasis. In: C.V. Gisolfi and D.R. Lamb (Eds.), Perspectives in Exercise Science and Sports Medicine: Fluid Homeostasis During Exercise. Benchmark Press, 1990, pp. 347-419.
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    Colloquia Presentations
    1990-1999
      Sodium Appetite Induced by Alpha-2 Adrenoceptor Antagonism. University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 1990. Brain Mechanisms in Body Fluid and Cardiovascular Control. Nephrology Clinic, University of Erlangen-Nurnberg, Nurnberg, Germany, 1991.

    The Role of Alpha2-Adrenoceptors in Sodium Appetite. Department of Pharmacology, University of Texas Health Sciences Center, San Antonio, TX, 1991.

    Thirsting. Department of Psychology, Grinnell College, Grinnell, IA, 1991.

      Neural Mechanisms of Cardiovascular Adjustments to Dietary and Environmental Stressors. Department of Pharmacological and Physiological Science, St. Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, 1991.

    Integrative Neuroscience of Body Fluid and Cardiovascular Regulation. Neuroscience Program, University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL, 1992.

    Neural Mechanisms in the Regulation of Extracellular Fluid Volume I: Afferent Signaling. The University of Iowa Cardiovascular Center, Iowa City, Iowa, 1993.

    Neural Mechanisms in the Regulation of Extracellular Fluid Volume II: Central Integration. The University of Iowa Cardiovascular Center, Iowa City, Iowa, 1993.

    The Psychobiology of Thirst and Sodium Appetite. Department of Psychology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, 1993.

    Integrated Action of the Brain in Hypertension: Perspectives on central actions of renin-angiotensin. Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Princeton, NJ, December, 1993.

    Integrative Action of the Nervous System in Body Fluid and Cardiovascular Homeostasis. Neuroscience Program, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, March, 1994.

    Behavioral Controls of Extracellular Volume: Sensory Systems and Central Integration. Department of Physiology, University of Texas Health Sciences Center at San Antonio, 1994.

    Brain Mechanisms and Thirst. Department of Psychiatry, University of Iowa, 1994.

    Neural Mechanisms in the Behavioral Regulation of Extracellular Fluid Volume I: Mechanisms of Afferent Signaling. Mechanisms of Central Integration. Department of Psychology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 1995.

    Neural Mechanisms in the Behavioral Regulation of Extracellular Fluid Volume II: Mechanisms of Central Integration. Department of Psychology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 1995.

    Systemic Signals and Central Integrative Mechanisms in Body Fluid and Cardiovascular Homeostasis. Department of Physiology, University of Cambridge, UK, 1995.

    Information Processing in Neurochemical Networks Controlling Cardiovascular and Body Fluid Homeostasis. Max-Delbruck-Centrum Für Molekulare Medizin, Berlin, 1995.

    Minicourse on the Physiology and Neurobiology of Thirst and Sodium Appetite. Department of Physiology, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Sao Paulo, Brazil, August, 1995.

    Brain Mechanisms in Body Fluid and Cardiovascular Homeostasis. Department of Farmacologia, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirao Preto-USP, Ribeirao Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil, August, 1995.

    Brain Mechanisms and Body Fluids. Department of Physiology, Federal University of Sao Carlos, Araraquara, Brazil, August, 1995.

    Sensory Signaling and Neural Networks in the Regulation of Body Fluid Homeostasis. Departments of Psychology, Zoology and Physiology, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, January, 1996.

    Neural Networks in the Maintenance of Body Fluids and Cardiovascular Homeostasis. Departments of Biochemistry, Medicine, Pediatrics, Pharmacology and Physiology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, March, 1996.

     Signaling and Integration in Sensory Pathways Critical for Maintaining Fluid and Cardiovascular Homeostasis. Departments of Medicine, Physiology and Neuroscience, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, March, 1996.

    Brain Mechanisms in Body Fluid and Cardiovascular Regulation. Department of Physiological Sciences, Biomedical Center, UFES, Vitoria, ES, Brazil, August, 1996.

    Contribution of the Baroreflex on Body Fluid and Blood Homeostasis. Department of Physiology, Escola Paulista, de Medicina, Sao Paulo, Brazil, August, 1996.

    Receptor Systems and Neural Networks that Maintain Cardiovascular and Body Fluid Homeostasis, Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA, May, 1997.

    Angiotensin, Blood Pressure and Brain Mechanisms in Salt Appetite and Body Fluid Homeostasis, Laboratory of Neuroendocrine, Instituto De Biologia Y Medicina Experimental., Buenos Aires, Argentina, May, 1997.

    Brain Mechanisms in the Control of Blood Pressure and Fluid Balance, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, October, 1997.

    Brain Sensory Systems and the Maintenance of Body Fluid and Cardiovascular Homeostasis, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, October, 1997.

    New Views on the Avenues and Venues for Body-Brain Communication: The Importance of Visceral Sensory Signaling in Health and Disease, Department of Anatomy and Physiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, November, 1997.

    Brain Networks that Maintain Body Fluid and Cardiovascular Homeostasis, Department of Anatomy and Physiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, November, 1997.

    Brain Networks and Salt Hunger, Department of Physiology, University of Missouri, February, 1998.

    A Craving for Salt, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa, February, 1998.

    The Neurobiology of Salt Appetite: Salt as an Abused Substance, Department of Behavioral Neuroscience, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, OR, May, 1998.

    New Strategies for Studying the Integrative Role of the Lamina Terminalis in Body Fluid and Cardiovascular Homeostasis, Department of Physiology, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, OR, May, 1998.

    Sensory Signaling and the Visceral Neuraxis in the Synthesis of Motivations and Emotions, Department of Neurology, University of Iowa, July, 1998.

    Brain Serotonin Systems and the Control of Body Sodium and Water Balance, Department of Physiology, Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Sao Paulo, Brazil, August, 1998.

    The Brain and the Maintenance of Body Fluid Homeostasis, Federal University of Brazil at San Carlos, San Carlos, Brazil, August, 1998.

    Central Integration of Systemic Signals in Body Fluid and Cardiovascular Homeostasis, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, September, 1998.

    Brain Networks and Body Fluid Homeostasis: Systemic Signals and Central Integration, Department of Surgery & Neuroscience Program, State University of New York Health Science Center, Syracuse, NY, October, 1998.

     Systemic Signals and Mechanisms of Central Nervous System Integration in Body Fluid and Cardiovascular Regulation, Department of Pharmacology & Physiology, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, SC, February, 1999.

    Mechanisms of Body Signaling and Brain Integration in the Behavioral Control of Body Fluid Homeostasis, Department of Anatomy & Physiology, Meharry Medical College, School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, February, 1999.

    The Role of the Brain in Body Fluid and Cardiovascular Homeostasis, Instituto de Investigación Médicas, Mercedes y Martín Ferreyra, Córdoba, Argentina, May, 1999.

    Sensory Systems and Brain Mechanisms in the Control of Extracellular Fluid Volume, Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Department of Pharmacology, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX, June, 1999.
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    Symposia and Invited Talks
    1990-1999
    Johnson, A.K. Circumventricular organs of the lamina terminalis: Integrative mechanisms and body fluid homeostasis. Winter Conference on Brain Research, Aspen, CO, January, 1990.

    Johnson, A.K. Workshop on the Psychology and Physiology of Thirst. International Life Sciences Institute, Washington, D.C., May, 1990.

    Johnson, A.K. Symposium on the Translation of Exogenous Stressors into Cardiovascular Pathology. FASEB Summer Conference, June, 1990.

    Johnson, A.K. The mode of action of the brain renin-angiotensin system with brain noradrenergic mechanisms in the control of body fluid homeostasis. European Winter Conference on Brain Research, Crans, Switzerland, March, 1991.

    Johnson, A.K. Circumventricular organs and associated brain structures in the maintenance of body fluid and cardiovascular homeostasis. Reinhardsbrunn Symposium IV - Circumventricular Organs and Brain Fluid Environment: Molecular and Functional Aspects, Leipzig, Germany, March, 1991.

    Johnson, A.K. CNS involvement in hypertension. Symposium on the Basis of Hypertension, Southeastern Pharmacology Society Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, November, 1991.

    Johnson, A.K. AV3V and hypertension. The Michael J. Brody Symposium, Iowa City, IA, December, 1991.

    Johnson, A.K. Brain peptide systems and thirst. Symposium on Neuropeptides in Cardiovascular and Body Fluid Homeostasis. Winter Neuropeptide Conference, Breckenridge, CO, February, 1992.

    Johnson, A.K. Brain mechanisms and hypertension: Central controls of fluid volume and cardiovascular homeostasis. American Society for Hypertension, New York, NY, May, 1992.

    Johnson, A.K. Thirst. Alan N. Epstein Memorial Symposium, Philadelphia, PA, May 1992.

    Johnson, A.K. & Thunhorst, R.L. Integrative mechanisms in thirst and sodium appetite: Afferent signaling and central information processing in the control of drinking and sodium intake. Society for Study of Ingestive Behavior, Princeton, NY, June, 1992.

    Johnson, A.K. The role of circumventricular organs, osmoreception and renin-angiotensin systems in body fluid regulation. Meeting: The Neurohypophysis: A Window on Brain Function, Dartmouth, NH, July, 1992.

    Johnson, A.K. Central nervous system mechanisms of body fluid homeostasis. APS Conference: Integrative Biology of Exercise, Colorado, Springs, CO, September, 1992.

    Johnson, A.K. Behavioral control of fluid balance - Memorial to A.N. Epstein. Winter Conference on Brain Research, Whistler, B.C., January, 1993.

    Johnson, A.K. & Thunhorst, R.L.: Integrative mechanisms in thirst and sodium appetite: afferent signaling and central information processing in the control of drinking and sodium intake. European Winter Conference on Brain Research, LaPlagne, France, March, 1993.

    Johnson, A.K., Kirby, R.F. & Davisson, R.L.: Neurohumoral mechanisms and the translation of environmental stressors into high blood pressure. European Winter Conference on Brain Research, LaPlagne, France, March, 1993.

    Johnson, A.K.: How the brain contributes to the hypertensive process. American Society for Hypertension, New York, NY, May, 1993.

    Johnson, A. K.: Volume regulation: Sensory systems, central integration and effector mechanisms. The Workshop on Research in the Microgravity Environment Related to Cardiovascular, Pulmonary, and Blood Functions and Diseases, National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, and National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Bethesda, Maryland, 1994.

    Johnson, A.K.: Introduction to brain circumventricular organs. Winter Neuropeptide Conference, Breckenridge, CO, January, 1995.

    Johnson, A.K.: The brain renin-angiotensin system in cardiovascular control. Winter Neuropeptide Conference, Breckenridge, CO, January, 1995.

    Johnson, A.K.: The amygdala and sodium homeostasis. Winter Conference on Brain Research, Steamboat Spring, CO, January, 1995.

    Johnson, A.K., Thunhorst, R.L. & Menani, J.V.: Diagonal band of broca and the medial septum: A rostral node of an inhibitory network preventing hypervolemia/hypertension. European Winter Conference on Brain Research, L'Alpe d'Huez, France, March, 1995.

    Johnson, A.K., Menani, J.V. & Thunhorst, R.L.: Brain mechanisms and sodium homeostasis. European Winter Conference on Brain Research, L'Alpe d'Huez, France, March, 1995.

    Johnson, A.K.: Forebrain pathways in the regulation of fluid balance. Symposium: Neural and Neuroendocrine Regulation of Cardiovascular Function: Role of the Forebrain. Experimental Biology '95 Meeting, Atlanta, 1995.

    Johnson, A.K.: The cardiovascular system and fluid intake: Systemic signals and sensors - central pathways and processing. Tenth Annual Meeting of the Brazilian Federation of the Societies of Experimental Biology, Serra Negra, Sao Paulo, Brazil, August, 1995.

    Johnson, A.K.: Hindbrain influences on angiotensin II-induced behaviors that control fluid balance. Symposium: Neurobiology of Angiotensin and Hydromineral Balance, Evian-les-Bains, France, September, 1995.

    Johnson, A.K.: Central Serotonergic Mechanisms of Water and Salt Balance. European Winter Conference on Brain Research, Serre-Chevalier, France, March, 1996.

    Johnson, A.K.: The Cardiovascular System and Water and Sodium Homeostasis. 43rd Jornada Farmacentica Internacional de UNESP, Araraquara, Brazil, August, 1996.

    Johnson, A.K.: The Role of Biogenic Amines in the Central Neural Network Maintaining Body Fluid Homeostasis. International Symposium on Neuroendocrine Control of Body Fluid Homeostasis, Ribeirao Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil, August, 1996.

    Johnson, A.K.: The Cardiovascular System and Fluid Intake: Systemic Signals and Sensors - Central Pathways and Processing. Symposium on Biomedical Science in the 21st Century, Howard Florey Institute of Experimental Physiology and Medicine, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia, November, 1996.

    Johnson, A.K.: Circumventricular Organs: Brain Portals for Peptide Action in Fluid Balance. Neuropeptides in Sensory and Other Brain Systems, Kitzbühel, Austria, February, 1997.

    Johnson, A.K.: Neural Pathways Involved in the Central Control of Electrolyte and Fluid Balance. Symposium on Recent Concepts on the Anatomical and Physiological Organization of the Basal Forebrain, XIth Congress of Biology of Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina, May, 1997.

    Johnson, A.K.: Brain Serotonergic Mechanisms in Thirst and the Regulation of Blood Volume. Symposium on Neuroendocrine Control of Thirst, XXXIII International Congress of Physiological Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia, July 1997.

    Johnson, A.K.: The Neurophysiology and Neuropharmacology of Identified SFO ® SON Projecting Neurons. Satellite Symposium on Circumventricular Organs - Gateways to the Brain for Humoral Influences Subserving Homeostasis, Daintree Forest, Australia, September, 1997.

    Johnson, A.K.: Neurochemical Systems of Salt/Water Balance and Cardiovascular Control. Central Sites of Action of Angiotensin II, Aldosterone, Baroreceptor Input and Dehydration. Symposium on Brainstem Mechanisms of Ingestion and Gastrointestinal Physiology, Durham, U.K., August, 1997.

    Johnson, A.K.: Neurohumoral Coupling of Systemic Signals with Central Pathways Controlling Thirst and Salt Appetite. Joint Meeting of the XIIth International Conference on the Physiology of Food and Fluid Intake and the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior, Pecs, Hungary, July, 1998.

    Johnson, A.K.: The Interaction of Forebrain and Hindbrain Local Circuits Controlling Water and Sodium Homeostasis. Twelfth Annual Meeting of the Brazilian Federation of the Societies of Experimental Biology, Caxambu, MG, Brazil, August, 1998.

    Johnson, A.K.: Lamina Terminalis and the Control of Vasopressin Synthesis and Release Studied with New Techniques for Gene Transfer. II Simposio Miguel Covian, Department of Physiology, University of Sao Paulo, Faculty of Medicine of Ribeirao Preto, Brazil, August, 1998.

    Johnson, A.K.: Treatment of Hemorrhage with Melanocyte Stimulating Hormones, Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences, Conference on Resuscitation Fluid Design and Resuscitation Protocols for Combat Casualties, Washington, D.C., September, 1998

    Johnson, A.K.: The Extended Amygdala in Central Control of Body Fluid and Cardiovascular Homeostasis. New York Academy of Sciences Conference on Advancing from the Ventral Striatum to the Extended Amygdala: Implications for Neuropsychiatry and Drug Abuse, Charlottesville, VA, October, 1998.

    Johnson, A.K.: A Historical Overview of the Paraventricular Nucleus in the Hypothalamic Control of Ingestive Behavior. APS Conference, The Paraventricular Nucleus of the Hypothalamus: A Crossroads of Integrative Physiology, San Antonio, Texas, December, 1998.

    Johnson, A.K.: The Lamina Terminalis and Studies on Gene Transfer in the Analysis of the Control of Vasopressin Secretion. Winter Conference on Brain Research, Snowmass, Aspen, CO, January, 1999.

    Johnson, A.K.: Forebrain and Hindbrain System in the Control of Thirst and Salt Appetite. Winter Neuropeptide Conference, Breckenridge, CO, February, 1999.

    Johnson, A.K.: Interactions Between the Renin-Angiotensin System and Arterial Blood Pressure Regulation in Salt Appetite. European Winter Conference on Brain Research, Plagne Lauze, France, March, 1999.

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