Dr. John P. Naftel

John P. Naftel, Ph.D.

Professor of Anatomy
Department of Anatomy
The University of Mississippi Medical Center
2500 North State Street
Jackson, Mississippi 39216-4505

Office Telephone: 601-984-1640
                  601-984-1663
Department FAX:   601-984-1655
: jnaftel@anatomy.umsmed.edu
RESEARCH INTERESTS
We are fascinated by the dental innervation both as a sensory system with unusual properties and as a favorable model for addressing questions about how peripheral neurons interact with their target tissues. Current studies mainly involve morphological and cytochemical analysis (electron microscopy, immunohistochemistry, and in situ hybridization) of dental neurons in animals with dental injuries and perturbed availability of endogenous nerve growth factor.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
  1. Naftel, J. P., J. M. Bernanke, and X.-B. Qian. 1994. Quantitative study of the apical nerve fibers of adult and juvenile rat molars. Anat. Rec. 238:507-516.
  2. Naftel, J. P., X.-B. Qian, and J. M. Bernanke. 1994. Effects of postnatal anti-nerve growth factor serum exposure on development of apical nerves of the rat molar. Dev. Brain Res. 80:54-62.
  3. Qian, X.-B. and J. P. Naftel. 1994. Effects of anti-nerve growth factor on retrograde labeling of superior cervical ganglion neurons projecting to the molar pulp in the rat. Arch. Oral Biol. 39:1041-1047.
  4. Qian, X.-B. and J. P. Naftel. 1996. Effects of neonatal anti-NGF exposure on number and size distribution of trigeminal neurones projecting to the molar pulp in rats. Arch. Oral Biol. 41:359-367.
  5. Naftel, J. P. and S. G. P. Hardy. Chapter 28. Visceral Motor System. In Fundamental Neuroscience, . D. E. Haines, ed., Churchill Livingstone, New York, 1997, pp 417-429.
  6. Wheeler, E. F., J. P. Naftel, M. Pan, C. S. von Bartheld and M. R. Byers. 1998. Neurotrophin receptor expression is induced in a subpopulation of trigeminal neurons that label by retrograde transport of NGF or Fluoro-gold following tooth injury. Molecular Brain Research 61:23-38.
  7. Naftel, J. P., L. P. Richards, M. Pan and J. M. Bernanke. 1999. Course and composition of inferior alveolar nerve branches that supply the mandibular teeth of the rat. Anatomical Record, in press.

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