Volker Neugebauer
Volker Neugebauer is a University Distinguished Professor
and Chair of the Department of Pharmacology, Founding Director of the Center of
Excellence for Translational Neuroscience and Therapeutics, and Executive
Director and Chief Scientific Officer of the Garrison Institute on Aging at
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX, USA. He obtained his
M.D. and Ph.D. from the University of Würzburg, Germany. He received training
in physiology, pharmacology, neuroscience and neurology at the University of
Würzburg and the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, TX, USA. He
has been studying mechanisms of neuroplasticity and brain functions related to
clinically relevant disorders such as chronic pain, neurodegenerative diseases,
and various neurological and psychiatric disorders for more than 30 years. The
analysis of emotional-affective and cognitive brain mechanisms of pain centered
on the amygdala and cortico-limbic interactions is a key contribution to the
field of pain research and neuroscience. His team first described
neuroplasticity in the amygdala in pain conditions. The current focus on
neuroimmune signaling in the brain is pioneering the analysis of
neuroplasticity in pain and comorbid disorders.
