Vladimir Parpura
Vladimir Parpura is a Croatian-American neurobiologist who is currently a professor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and an elected fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Education. He earned his M.D. at University of Zagreb in 1989 a doctorate in neurology and zoology at Iowa State University in 1993. He also taught at Iowa State University before starting at University of Alabama at Birmingham. Research. His interest are in ion channels, astrocyte-neuron glutamate-mediated signaling, synaptic function and Glial biology. His highest cited paper is "Tripartite synapses: glia, the unacknowledged partner