Wei-Jung A. Chen, PhD
Professor
Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Curriculum Management
Assistant Dean for Student Affairs - Temple Campus
Contact
Department of Neuroscience & Experimental Therapeutics
8447 Riverside Pkwy
4100 MREB / 3058 HPEB
Bryan,
TX
77807-3260
wjchen@tamu.edu
Phone: 979.436.0333
Fax: 979.436.0086
Education and Training
- State University of New York, PhD, 1992
- University of Iowa, Postdoctoral
- Texas A&M University, Research Scientist
Research Interests
- Effects of substance abuse (alcohol, cocaine, nicotine, etc.) on the developing brain; Polydrug interactions on brain and cognitive developments; Fetal alcohol syndrome; Use of 3-dimensional stereological cell counting techniques, immunohistochemistry, radioimmunoassay, high-performance liquid chromatograph, gas chromatograph and behavioral assessments in animal models such as rodent, ovine and zebrafish. I participate in graduate training as a member of the faculty in the Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience.
Representative Publications
- Everett. W.N., Chern, C., Sun, D., McMahon, R.E., Zhang, X, Chen, W.-J.A., Hahn, MS, Sue, H.-J. (2014) Phosphate-enhanced cytotoxicity of zinc oxide nanoparticles and agglomerates. Toxicology Letters, 225:177-184.
- Sawant O.B., Lunde E.R., Washburn S.E., Chen W-J.A., Goodlett C.R., Cudd T.A. (2013) Different patterns of regional Purkinje cell loss in the cerebellar vermis as a function of the timing of prenatal ethanol exposure in an ovine model. Neurotoxicology & Teratology, 35:7-13.
- Washburn, S.E., Tress, U., Lunde, E.R., Chen, W-J.A., & Cudd, T.A. (2013) The role of cortisol in chronic binge alcohol-induced cerebellar injury: Ovine model, Alcohol, 47:53-61.
- Pappalardo-Carter, D.L., Balaraman, S., Sathyan, P., Carter, E.S., Chen, W-J.A. & Miranda, R.C. (2013) Suppression and epigenetic regulation of miR-9 contributes to ethanol teratology: Evidence from zebrafish and murine fetal neural stem cell models. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 37:1657-1667.
- Maier, S.E., Chen, W.-J.A. (2011). The timing of alcohol consumption during pregnancy and fetal alcohol-induced brain damage. In Joshua D. Hoffman (Ed.). Pregnancy and Alcohol Consumption. Hauppauge, NY: Nova Science Publishers, Inc. p.225-244.
- Chen, W-J.A. & Maier, S.E. (2011). Combination Drug Use and Risk for Fetal Harm. Alcohol Research & Health, 34:27-28.
- Smith, A.M., & Chen, W-J.A. (2010). Amphetamine treatment during early postnatal development transiently restricts somatic growth, Life Sciences, 86:482-487, NIHMS ID:179397.
- Smith, A.M., & Chen, W-J.A. (2009). Neonatal amphetamine exposure and hippocampus-mediated behaviors. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, 91:27-217.