EDUCATION
High School: Colegio de Santa Librada, 1958
M.D. Degree: Facultad de Medicina, Universidad del Valle Cali, Colombia, 1964
Internship: Hospital Universitario, Cali, Colombia, 1963-1964
M.A. Degree: Princeton University, 1966
Ph.D. Degree: Princeton University, 1967 (BioPsychology)
General Surgery Resident: Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn NY, 1974-1975
Neurosurgery Resident: Downstate Medical Center, 1975-1976
Neurosurgery Resident: Albert Einstein College of Medicine & Montefiore Hospital Medical Center, Bronx NY, 1976-1980
Fellow in Endocrinology: College of Physicians & Surgeons, Columbia Univ., Andrew Frantz Service, Oct I- Dec 31, 1977
Fellow in Neurosurgery: Hôpital Foch, Suresnes, France; Prof. Gerard Guiot Service, Feb 1- May 31, 1978
PUBLICATIONS
1. Balagura, S. & Hoebel, B. G. Self-stimulation of the lateral hypothalamus modifiedbyinsulinand glucagon. Physiol. Behav., 1967, 2: 337-340.
2. Balagura, S, & Fibiger, H. C, Tube feeding: intestinal factors in stomach loading, Psychon,Sci.,1968, 10: 373-374.
3. Balagura, S. Glycemic responses in the control of hypothalamic self-stimulation and
food intake.(abstract). The Bulletin, New Jersey Acad. Sci., 1968, 13: 91-92.
4. Balagura, S. Conditioned glycemic responses in the control of food intake. J.comp.Physiol.Psychol., 1968, 65: 30-32.
5. Balagura, S. Influence of osmotic and caloric loads upon the lateral hypothalamic self-stimulation. J. comp. Physiol. Psychol., 1968, 66: 325-328.
6. Balagura, So & Coscina, D. V. Periodicity of food intake in the rat as measured by an operant response. Physiol. Behav., 1968, 3: 641-643.
7. Balagura, S. & Coscina, D. V. The influence of gastrointestinal loads on meal eating patterns. J. comp. Physiol. Psychol., 1969, 69: 1 101-106.
8. Balagura, S., Wilcox, R. H. & Coscina, D. V. The effect of diencephalic lesions on food intake and motor activity. Physiol. Behav., 1969, 4: 629-634.
9. Balagura, S. Neurochemical regulation of food intakes In: Integration of Endocrine and Non Endocrine Mechanisms in the Hypothalamus, (L. Martini, Ed.). Academic Press, 1970.
10. Smith, D. F. & Balagura, S. The role of oropharyngeal factors in LiCl aversion. J. Comp. Physiol. Psychol., 1969, 69: 308-310.
11. Smith, D. F., S. Balagura & M. Lubran. Some effects of adrenalectomy on LiCl intake and excretion in the rat. Amer. J. Physiol., 1970, 218: 751-754.
12. Balagura, S. & Devenport, L. Feeding patterns of normal and ventromedial hypothalamic lesioned male and female rats. J. comp.-Physiol. Psychol.,
1970, 71: 357-364.
13. Balagura, S. & Devenport, L. Taste preference: an apparatus for random and simultaneous pre-sentation of several solids and solutions. Physiol. Behav., 1970, 5: 375-376.
14. Smith, D. F., S. Balagura & M, Lubran. Antidotal thirst; A response to intoxication. Science, 1970, 167: 297-298.
15. Balagura, S. & D. F. Smith. The role of LiCl and environmental stimuli on the generalized learned aversion to NaCl in the rat, Amer. J. Physiol., 1970,
219: 1231-1235.
16. Coscina, D. V. & Balagura, S. Avoidance and escape behavior of rats with aphagia produced by basal diencephalic lesions. Physiol. Behav., 1970, 59:
651-657.
17. Balagura, S. Book review: The Physiological Basis of Motivationg by Jack E. Hokanson. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1969. The Quarterly Review of Biology,
1970, 45: 113-114.
18. Balagura, S. & D. F. Smith. External and internal stimulus control of the learned aversion for NaCl in the rat. Proceedings, APA, 1970v 78th: 213-214.
19. Kanner, M., S. Balagura & S. P. Grossman. Effect of intrahypothalamic 2-deoxy-D-glucose on food intake. Proceedings, APA, 1970t 78th: 215-216,
20. Smith, D. F., S. Balagura & M. Lubran, Antidotal thirst and lithium excretion in rats with hypothalamic lesions. Physiol. Behav., 1971, 6: 209-213.
21. Devenport, Le D. & S. Balagura. The lateral hypothalamus: A re-evaluation of its function in motivated feeding behavior, Science, 1971, 172: 744-746.
22. Balagura, S. & M. Kanner. Hypothalamic sensitivity to 2-deoxy-D-glucose and glucose: effects on feeding behavior. Physiol. Behav., 1971, 7: 251-255.
23. Kanner, M. & S. Balagura. Loss of feeding response to 2-deoxy-D-glucose by recovered lateral hypothalamic rats. Amer. Zool,, 1971, 11; 624.
24. Coscina, D. V., L. D. Grant, S. Balagura & S.P. Grossman. Hyperdipsia after serotonindepleting midbrain lesions. Nature, New Biology, 1972, 235: 63-64.
25. Balagura, S., J, Brophy & L. D. Devenport. The modification of the learned aversion to NaCl by multiple experiences with LiCl. J. comp. Physiol. Psychol.,
1972, 8-1: 212-219.
26. Smith, D. F. & S. Balagura. The effect of lithium chloride on the electrolyte composition of cerebrospinal fluid of the rat. Physiol. Behav., 1972, .2; 261-262.
27. Balagura, S., L. Harrell & N. Carlson. Effects of size of food on food consumption: some neurophysiological considerations. American Zoologist, 1972,
12: abst, 416.
28. Balagura, S., T. Ralph & R. Gold. Effect of electrical stimulation of diencephalic and mesencephalic structures on the generalized sodium chloride
aversion after lithium chloride poisoning. The Physiologist, 1972, 15: 77.
29. Balagura, S. Hypothalamic factors in the control of eating behavior. In Hunger and Satiety in Health and Disease. (F. Reichsman, Ed.). New York:
S. Karger AG. Adv. psychosom. Med., 1972, 7: 25-48.
30. Balagura, S. The Biopsychology of Hunger. New York: Basic Books, 1973.
31- Smith, D.F. & S. Balagura. Sodium appetite in rats given lithium. Life Science, 1972, 11: 1021-1029.
32. Balagura, S. & T. Ralph. The analgesic effect of electrical stimulation of the diencephalon and mesencephalon. Brain Research, 1973, 60: 369-379.
33. Balagura, S., L. Harrell & T. Ralph. The modification by glucodynamic hormones of the recovery period following lateral hypothalamic lesions.
Science, 1973, 182: 59-60.
34. Balagura, S. , L. Harrell & T. Ralph. Modification of the recovery period following lateral hypothalamic lesions. Fed. Proc., 1973, 32: abstr. 926.
35. Ralph, T. & S. Balagura. The effect of intracraneal electrical stimulation on the primary learned aversion to LiCl and the generalized aversion to NaCl.
J. comp. Physiol. Psychol., 1974, 86: 664-669.
36. Balagura, S. & L. Harrell. The lateral hypothalamic syndrome: its modification by obesity and leanness. Physiol. & Behav., 1974, 13: 345-347.
37. Pellett, P.L., A. Srouji, L. Harrell & S. Balagura. The effects of early malnutrition on free amino acids in the hypothalamus of the tat. Fed Proc., 1974,
33: 651, abet. 2490.
38. Balagura, S., L. Harrell, A. Srouji & P.L. Pellett. The effects of early malnutrition on the recovery following lateral hypothalamic lesions. Fed. Proc.,
1974, 33: 463, abet. 1421.
39. Balagura, S. & L. Harrell. Effect of size of food on food consumption: Some neurophysiological considerations. J. comp. Physiol. Psychol., 1974,
86: 658-663.
40. Harrell, L., R. Raubeson & S. Balagura. Acceleration of functional recovery following lateral hypothalamic damage by means of electrical stimulation in
the lesioned areas. Physiol. & Behav., 1974, 12: 897-899.
41. Harrell, L. & S. Balagura. The effects of dark and light on the functional recovery following lateral hypothalamic lesions. Life Science, 1974, 15: 2079-2087.
42. Harrell, L. & S. Balagura. The influence of ovarian hormones on the recovery period following lateral hypothalamic lesions.
J. comp. Physiol. Psychol., 1975, 88: 194-201.
43. Balagura, S. & L. Harrell. Neuroendocrine conditioning: conditioned feeding behavior following alterations in glucose utilization.
Amer. J. Physiol. , 1975, 228: 392-396.
44. Balagura, S., L. Harrell & E. Roy. Effect of the dark-light cycle on neuroendocrine and behavioral responses to scheduled feeding.
Physiol. & Behav., 1975, 15: 245-247.
45. Harrell, L., J.M. decastro & S. Balagura. Critical evaluation of the body weight losses following lateral hypothalamic lesions.
Physiol. Behav., 1975, 15: 133-136.
46. Harrell, L. & S. Balagura. Septal rage: mitigation by presurgical treatment with p-chlorophenylalanine. Biochem. Pharmacology & Behavior,
1975, 1: 157- 159.
47. deCastro, J.M. & S. Balagura. Meal patterning in the streptozotocin-diabetic rat. Physiology & Behavior, 1975, 15: 259-263.
48. Smith, D.F. & S. Balagura. Taste and physiological need in vitamin C intake by Guinea Pigs. Physiology and Behavior, 1975, 14: 545-549.
49. Warner, K.E. & S. Balagura. Intra-meal eating patterns of obese and non-obese humans. J. comp. Physiol. Psychol., 1975, 89: 778-783.
50. deCastro, J. & S. Balagura. Fornicotomy: Effect on the primary and secondary punishment of mouse killing by LiCl poisoning.
Behav. Biol., 1975, 13: 483-489.
51. Sawchenko, P.E., T.L. Ralph & S. Balagura. Effects of lateral and ventromedial hypothalamic lesions on gastric retention and intestinal transit.
Fed. Proc., 1975, 34: 397, abstr. 1006.
52. Balagura, S. & K. Mills. Differential passive compliance of the stomach following self-ingested or intubated meals. Fed. Proc., 1975, 34: 373, abstr. 875.
53. Harrell, L. & S. Balagura. The effect of light and dark on the recovery period following lateral hypothalamic lesions.
Soc. Neuroscience, 1974, 4:246, abstr. 275.
54. Mufson, E., S. Balagura & W. Riss. Pain-induced stimulus bound behavior in rate with lateral hypothalamic lesions.
Soc. Neuroscience, 1975, 1:474 (abstr. 738).
55. Balagura, S., M. Kanner & L.E. Harrell. Modification of feeding patterns by glucodynamic hormones. Behavioral Biology, 1975, 13: 457-465.
56. deCastro, J.M. & S. Balagura. Ontogeny of meal patterning in rats and its recapitulation during recovery from lateral hypothalamic lesions.
J. comp. ph-vsiol psychol., 1975, 89: 791-802.
57. deCastro, J.M. & S. Balagura. Insulin pretreatment facilitates recovery after dorsal hippocampal lesions. Ph.ysiology_and Behavior, 1976, 16: 517-520.
58. decastro, J.M. &. S, Balagura. Relationship between endogenous, natural feeding patterns and body composition in the rat. Physiology & Behavior, 1975,
15: 635-639.
59. Mufson, E. J., S. Balagura & W. Riss. Tail pinch-induced arousal and stimulus bound behavior in rats with lateral hypothalamic lesions: Further evaluation
of hypothalamic control of feeding and drinking. Brain Behavior & Evolution, 1976, 13:154-164.
60. Mufson, E. J., S. Balagura & W. Riss. Degeneration in pathways to the pontine taste area in relation to aphagia and adipsia. Soc. Neuroscience, 1976,
305 (abstr. 436).
61. deCastro, J. M. & S. Balagura. A preprandial intake pattern in weanling rats ingesting a high fat diet. Physiology & Behavior, 1976, 17:401-405.
62. Balagura, S. Book Reviews, D. Novin, W. Wyrwicka & G. A. Gray (eds): Hunger: Basic mechanisms and Clinical Implications.
N.Y.: Raven Press, 1976. Brain, Behav. & Evolution, 1977, 14:381-382.
63. Kanner, M. & S. Balacjura. Effect of selective vagotomy on feeding induced by hypothalamic or intraperitoneal 2-deoxy-D-glucose.
Fed. Proc., 1978, 37:620 (abstr. 2148).
64. Strodtbeck, F. L., M. Madsen, S. Balagura & J. Sparacino. Olfactory attitudinal consistency and obesity. J. Person. Soc. Psychol., 19
NEUROSURGERY
65. Balagura, S., L. Harrell & J. M. deCastro. Organismic states and their effect on recovery from neurosurgery: A new perspective with implications
for a general theory. Brain Behavior & Evolution, 1978, 15:19-40.
66. Balagura, S., J. H. Sher, L. P. Pertschuck, J. C. Vuletin & M. Tenner. Hyperdipsia associated with hypothalamic-midbrain hemorrhage.
Surgical Neurology, 1977, 8: 273-276.
67. Balagura, S., A. G. Frantz, E. M. Housepian & P. W. Carmel. The specificity of serum prolactin as a diagnostic indicator of pituitary adenoma.
J. Neurosurg., 1979, 51:42-46.
68. Balagura, S., K. Shulman & E. H. Sobel. Precocious puberty of cerebral origin. Surgical Neurol.., 1979, 11:315-326.
69. Derome, P. J., G. Guiot, B. Georges, M. Porta, A. Visot & S. Balagura. Surgical approaches to the sphenoidal and clival areas.
In: H. Krayenbuhl (Ed.)Advances and Technical Standards in Neurosurgery, 1979, 6:101-136.
70. Balagura, S. & R. G. Katz. Undecussated innervation to the sternocleidomastoideus muscle: A reinstatement. Annals Neurol., 1980, 7: 84-85.
71. Aubourg, P. R., P. J. Derome, P. Peillon, C. P. Jedynak, A. Visot, P. LeGentil, S. Balagura & G. Guiot. Endocrine outcome after
transsphenoidal adenomectomy for prolactinoma: Prolactin level and tumor size as predicting factors. Surgical Neurol., 1980, 14: 141-143.
72. Tabaddor, K., S. Balagura. Acute epidural hematoma following epileptic seizures. Arch. Neurol., 1981, 38:198-199.
73. Balagura, S., P. Derome & G. Guiot. Acromegaly: Analysis of 132 cases treated surgically. Neurosurgery, 1981, 8:413-416
74. Balagura, S., G. T. Tindall. Technique of transsphenoidal microsurgery. Contemp. Neurosurg., 1981, 3 (24):1-4.
75. Balagura, S. The treatment of patients with pituitary tumors. J. Fl. Med. Assn., 1982, 69:509-512.
76. Balagura, S. Lumbar diskectomy through small incisions. Neurosurgery, 1982,11 : 784-785.
77. Balagura, S. Current diagnosis and treatment of pituitary tumors. Carle Selected Papers, 1983, 36: 7-12.
78. Balagura, S. & W.A. Farris. The treatment of Moyamoya disease by cerebroarteriosynangiosis. Surg. Neurol., 1985, 23: 270-274.
79. Balagura, S. Late neurological dysfunction in adult lumbosacral lipoma with tethered cord. Neurosurgery, 1984, 15: 724-726.
80. Balagura, S. J.B. Carter & D.L. Gossett. Surgical approach to the high subcranial internal carotid artery. Neurosurgery, 1985, 16: 402-405.
81. Balagura, S. & DC Kuo. Spontaneous retraction of cerebellar tonsils after surgery for Arnold-Chiari malformation And posterior fossa cyst.
Surgical Neurology, 1988, 29: 137 –140.
82. Balagura, S. & D.J. Green. Carotid Arteriosclerosis: Clinical Observations in a Midwestern Community (Report on 500 Patients).
83. Balagura, S. & J.F. Neumann. Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Postoperative Intervertebral Disk: The First Eight Months – Clinical and Legal Implications. J. Spinal Disorders, 1993, 6:212-217.