Samuel Dienel, PhD

Education & Training

  • University of Pittsburgh, BS, 2014
  • University of Pittsburgh, PhD, 2022

Representative Publications

Dienel SJ, Bazmi HH, Lewis DA. Development of transcripts regulating dendritic spines in layer 3 pyramidal cells of the monkey prefrontal cortex: Implications for the pathogenesis of schizophrenia. Neurobiol Dis. 2017 Sep;105:132-141. doi: 10.1016/j.nbd.2017.05.016. Epub 2017 May 31.

Hoftman GD, Dienel SJ, Bazmi HH, Zhang Y, Chen K, Lewis DA. Altered Gradients of Glutamate and Gamma-Aminobutyric Acid Transcripts in the Cortical Visuospatial Working Memory Network in Schizophrenia. Biol Psychiatry. 2018 Apr 15;83(8):670-679. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2017.11.029. Epub 2017 Dec 7.

Dienel SJ, Lewis DA. Alterations in cortical interneurons and cognitive function in schizophrenia. Neurobiol Dis. 2019 Nov;131:104208. doi: 10.1016/j.nbd.2018.06.020. Epub 2018 Jun 22.

Dienel SJ, Enwright JF 3rd, Hoftman GD, Lewis DA. Markers of glutamate and GABA neurotransmission in the prefrontal cortex of schizophrenia subjects: Disease effects differ across anatomical levels of resolution. Schizophr Res. 2020 Mar;217:86-94. doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2019.06.003. Epub 2019 Jul 8.

Schoonover KE, Dienel SJ, Lewis DA. Prefrontal cortical alterations of glutamate and GABA neurotransmission in schizophrenia: Insights for rational biomarker development. Biomark Neuropsychiatry. 2020 Dec;3:100015. doi: 10.1016/j.bionps.2020.100015. Epub 2020 May 18.

Student Year

MS4

Career Advisor

Elias Aizenman, PhD

Thesis Advisor

David Lewis, MD

Graduate Program

Dissertation Title

Somatostatin Neurons in Prefrontal Cortical Microcircuits in Schizophrenia

Trainee

Current

Training Period

2016-Present

Student Year Term

MS4