Amber V. Buhler, Ph.D.
Amber V. Buhler, Ph.D.
Content published in the Practical Connections series:
Practical Connections in Pharmacy: Pesticide Toxicity (to be uploaded)
Practical Connections in Pharmacy: Hair Drug Testing (to be uploaded).
Practical Connections in Pharmacy: Anabolic Steroid Misuse (to be uploaded)
Practical Connections in Pharmacy: COVID vaccinations (to be uploaded)
Content published in the Interprofessional Case Conference Series:
2009 A.V. Buhler, K. Farrel, D. Fuentes, B.J. Scott, K. Shaffer, M. Von, L. Hunt, and B. Bradley. Alzheimer's Disease: Mary's Journey Through the Health-care System (Case-based Workshop Materials). Common Knowledge, Pacific University Oregon.
2009 A.V. Buhler, J. Antick, D. Fuentes, E. Jobst, J. Johnson, L. Krause,R. Randolf, and S. Rohner. Fibromyalgia: A visit to the interdisciplinary pain clinic; What is it? Why does it hurt? What can I do to help my patients? (Case-based Workshop Materials). Common Knowledge, Pacific University Oregon.
Video Library
Dr. Buhler's Pharmacology YouTube Channel 66 videos on the pharmacology of: neurological and psychiatric disorders, infectious disease, and male and female sex hormones.
Media Presentations:
“COVID-19 vaccine comparisons” KPTV television, Portland, OR . Feb 1, 2021.
“Coronavirus Podcast: Vaccine development and distribution: COVID-19 vaccine becomes the light at the end of a very dark tunnel.” KOIN news, Portland, OR. . December 3, 2020
“COVID-19 vaccine: How does it work and who should get it first?” KPTV television, Portland, OR. December 1, 2020
“Coronavirus Podcast: Racing for a vaccine: Safety, effectiveness dominate vaccine development discussion.” KOIN news, Portland, OR. August 1, 2020
“Coronavirus Podcast: Hydroxychloroquine explained” KOIN news, Portland, OR. April 15, 2020
Publications:
2024 Amber V. Buhler, Ryan S. Gibbard, Andrew A. Caranto, Tolerance, physical dependence, and addiction: Knowledge gaps and misconceptions of first-year pharmacy students, Currents in Pharmacy Teaching and Learning, 16(2):87-92.
2019 Amber V. Buhler & Anita Zijdemans Boudreau. “The interprofessional care team: Where do educators fit in?” Health and Interprofessional Practice and Education. 3(4):eP1165.
2018 Amber V. Buhler, Sean Tachibana, Yangmiao Zhang, Raymond M. Quock. “Localization of Neuronal Nitric Oxide Synthase Immunoreactivity to GABAergic and Cholinergic Neurons, and Association with beta-Endorphinergic and met-Enkephalinergic Opioidergic Fibers in Rostral Ventromedial Medulla and A5 of the Mouse.” Brain Research. 1698(170-178).
2018 Raymond M. Quock, Abigail L. Brewer, Shulin Liu, Amber V. Buhler, Donald Y Shirachi. “Role of spinal GABA receptors in the acute antinociceptive response of mice to hyperbaric oxygen.” Brain Research. 1699(107-116).
2016 Brendan D. Stamper, Amber V. Buhler, John P. Harrelson, Sigrid C. Roberts, Ashim Malhotra, Fawzy A. Elbarbry, Deepa Rao, Reza Karimi, Catherine Marlow, and Leslie L. Devaud. “The development and implementation of online prerequisite review tutorials for first year pharmacy students.” Currents in Pharmacy Teaching and Learning. 9(2): 261-27.
2016 Amber V. Buhler, Amy E. Coplen, Shawn Davis, and Bobby Nijjar. “Comparison of Communications Styles Amongst an Inter-Professional Student Cohort: How do our students communicate with other health care providers?” Journal of Research in Interprofessional Practice and Education. 6(2):online.
2016 Amber V. Buhler, Pearl Huynh, Pauline Low, Mary Von. "Possible Drug-Associated Sialolithiasis by the Bicarbonate Anhydrase Inhibitor Topiramate: A Case Report and Literature Review." Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. 74(12):2447-2452. 2016 Amber V. Buhler. “Editorial: Roles of both Form and Function in Interprofessional Teams?” Peer reviewed, Health and Interprofessional Practice. 3(1):eP110
2013 Erin Jobst, Amber V. Buhler, David Fuentes, Jodi Johnson, Shawna Rohner, Jennifer Antick, Randy Randolph. "Design, Presentation, and Evaluation of an Interprofessional Case Conference on Fibromyalgia" Health and Interprofessional Practice, 2(1):eP1050.
2013 Kate Wagner, Zach Roeder, Keith DesRochers, Amber V. K. Buhler, Mary M. Heinricher, Daniel R. Cleary. “The dorsomedial hypothalamus increases pain sensitivity via CCK containing projections to the rostral ventromedial medulla.” Neuroscience, 238:29-38.
2011 Amber V. Buhler, Katie Farrell, David Fuentes, BJ Scott, Kelli Shaffer, and Mary Von. “An Inter-Professional Case Conference on Alzheimer’s Disease: Teaching Students in the Health Professions to Work Together” Journal of Interprofessional Care, 25(3):223-225.
2010 Reza Karimi, Cassandra Arendt, Pauline Cawley, Amber V. Buhler, Fawzy Elbarbry, and Sigrid Roberts. “Learning Bridge; A Pilot Study Assessing the Impact on Student Learning of Bridging Didactic and IPPE Education in "Real-Time” American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, 74(3) Article 48.
2008 A.V. Buhler and Reza Karimi. “Peer-level Patient Presenters Decrease First Year Pharmacy Students' Social Distance From Patients with Schizophrenia and Clinical Depression” American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, 72 (5) Article 106.
2008 A.V. Buhler, H.K. Proudfit and G.F. Gebhart. “Neurotensin-produced antinociception in the rostral ventromedial medulla is partially mediated by spinal cord norepinephrine” Pain, 135(3):280-90.
2006 L. Zhang, K.T. Sykes, A.V. Buhler, D.L. Hammond. “ElectrophysiologicalHeterogeneity of Spinally-Projecting Serotonergic and Non-Serotonergic Neurons in the Rostral Ventromedial Medulla.” Journal of Neurophysiology, 95(3):1853-63.
2005 A.V. Buhler, J. Choi, H.K. Proudfit and G.F. Gebhart. “Neurotensin activation of the NTR1 on spinally-projecting serotonergic neurons in the rostral ventromedial medulla is antinociceptive.” PAIN, 114(1-2):285-94.
2004 A.V. Buhler, H.K. Proudfit and G.F. Gebhart. “Separate populations of neurons in the rostral ventromedial medulla project to the spinal cord and to the dorsolateral pons in the rat.” Brain Research, 1016:12-19.
2002 A.V. Buhler, T.V. Dunwiddie. “α7 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors on GABAergic Interneurons Evoke Dendritic and Somatic Inhibition of Hippocampal Neurons.” Journal of Neurophysiology, 87(1):548-557.
2001 A.V. Buhler, T.V. Dunwiddie. “Regulation of the Activity of Hippocampal Stratum Oriens Interneurons by α7 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors.” Neuroscience, 106 (1):55-67.
1998 C.J. Frazier, A.V. Buhler, J.L. Weiner, and T.V. Dunwiddie. “Synaptic Potentials Mediated via α-Bungarotoxin-Sensitive Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors in Rat Hippocampal Interneurons.” Journal of Neuroscience, 18(20):8228-8235.
1998 J.L. Weiner, A.V. Buhler, V.J. Whatley, R.A. Harris, and T.V. Dunwiddie. “Colchicine is a Competitive Antagonist at Human Recombinant gamma-Aminobutyric AcidA Receptors.” Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, 284:95-102.
Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences,
School of Pharmacy, Pacific University Oregon.
abuhler@pacificu.edu
My specialty is in the pharmacology (study of action) of the drugs in neuropsychiatric disorders and chronic pain. My current scholarship focus is in Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SOTL), which focuses on identifying the best teaching methods to help students learn and succeed.
I have enjoyed living in a lot of varied places: Canada, Japan, the Bay Area, Denver, Iowa, Fresno, and here in PDX (although I didn't really enjoy Fresno as much...). To relax, I read a ton of science-fiction, binge-watch Netflix, garden, make paper-crafted animals, and do the local chalk art festival every year. The thing that most students will remember about me, though, is my severe dependence on unsweet black iced tea! You will never see me in class without it.
PhD, Pharmacology--University of Colorado, Denver, 2001
BA, Chemistry--California State University, Fresno, 1995
BA, Functional Biology--California State University, Fresno, 1995
