Psychiatrist, Integrative Neuroscience, New York State Psychiatric Institute
Assistant Attending, New York Presbyterian Hospital
Dr. Gordon is a psychiatrist and neuroscientist who combines laboratory-based examining mouse models of human psychiatric illness with clinical practice and teaching in general psychiatry. He has received several awards and grants for his research, including two NARSAD Young Investigator awards, and APA-GlaxoSmithKline Young Faculty award, and a K08 Mentored Clinical Scientist Career Development award from the National Institute for Mental Health.
Undergraduate: Washington University, A.B., 1985-1989
Medical School: University of California, M.D., 1989-1997
Doctoral Degree: University of California, Ph.D., 1989-1995
Residency: Columbia Univ Med Ctr - NYPH- NYSPI, Psychiatry Internship & Residency, 1997-2001
Fellowship: Columbia Univ Med Ctr - NYSPI, Research Fellowship, 2001-2004
Board Certifications: Psychiatry
• Psychiatry
Address:
NYS Psychiatric Institute Room L174 Unit/Box:87 1051 Riverside Drive
New York, NY 10032
Cloning of genes which predispose to neuropsychiatric illness is proceeding rapidly of late. Yet identifying such predisposition genes is but a first step in understanding the pathophysiology of mental illnesses. We study genetic models of these diseases from an integrative neuroscience perspective, focused on understanding how a given disease mutation leads to a behavioral phenotype in disease-related mouse models. To this end, we employ a range of systems neuroscience techniques, including in vivo anesthetized and awake behaving recordings.
1. Gordon JA Lacefield CO Kentros CG Hen R: State-dependent alterations in hippocampal oscillations in serotonin 1A receptor-deficient mice. Journal of Neuroscience 2005;25: 6509-6519
2. Klemenhagen KC Gordon JA Hen R Gross CT: Increased fear response to contextual cues in mice lacking the 5-HT1A receptor. Neuropsychopharmacology 2006;31: 101-111
3. Gordon JA Hen R: Genetic approaches to the study of anxiety. Annual Review of Neuroscience 2004;27: 193-222
