The Division for Development and Public Relations     ZE'EV  SELTZER,  ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF PHYSIOLOGY  Status : ********** Birth place : LINZ, AUSTRIA Office Phone: 02-675-8611 Fax: E-Mail: seltzer@cc.huji.ac.il U.R.L:   Department Faculty   INSTITUTE OF DENTAL SCIENCES FACULTY OF DENTAL MEDICINE Dept. Description   Academic Degree   Institution Year D.M.D. HEBREW UNIV. 1975   Academic Position   Year ************************* 2005 ************************* 2003 ************************* 1994 ************************* 1986   External Academic Positions Visiting Scientist NIH, 1978 Prof., Univ. of Toronto, since 2002. Revson Fellow, 1985 Memberships and Fellowships: Intl. Assn. for the Study of Pain; Isr. Pain Assn. Eur. Neuroscience Assn.; Soc. for Neuroscience Isr. Soc. of Physiology and Pharmacology   Research Interests Chronic pain. Mechanisms of peripheral and central nervous system plasticity following nerve injuries.   Research Projects Genetics of phantom pain in human amputees. Environmental (dietary and social) modification of pain behavior in Glutamatergic excitotoxicity of antinociceptive dorsal horn neurons   Selected Publications Publication Title   Year Susceptibility to chronic pain following nerve injury is 2010 pain2: A neuropathic pain QTL identified on rat chromosome 2. 2008 Consumption of soy diet prior to nerve injury preempts the 2001 Correlation of intact sensibility and neuropathic pain-related 2001 Preoperative open field behavior predicts levels of neuropathic 2000 Pathophysiology of damaged nerves in relation to chronic pain. 1999 Differential sensory-motor effects of pentobarbital in intact 1998 Neuropathic pain following partial nerve injury in rats is 1998 Brief electrical stimulation of C-fibers in rats produces 1998 The VMB Analyzer: A novel computerized system for tracking motor 1998 Diet can modify autotomy behavior in rats following peripheral 1997 The effect of neonatal capsaicin treatment on gustatory behavior 1992   © All rights reserved to The Hebrew University of Jerusalem