Collaborators
Collaborators
Lane K. Bekar, Ph.D.Pharmacology, University of Saskatchewan
Research Focus: Neuromodulators, glial cells, and neurodegeneration
Michael V. Bennett, Ph.D.Dominick P. Purpura Department of Neuroscience, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Research Focus: Electrical synapses, gap junctions and hemichannels, NMDA receptors, Global ischemia, delayed neurodegeneration
Helene D. Benveniste, M.D., Ph.D.Anesthesiology, Yale University
Research Focus: Applying MRI and other imaging modalities in translational neuroscience studies.
Danie Christensen, Ph.D.TOPTICA Photonics, Inc.
Research Focus: Investigation of Capillary-level Blood Flow Variability Through the Application of Random Access Multiphoton Microscopy to Cerebral Blood Flow Imaging
Marisa L. Cotrina, Ph.D.Research Focus: Role of glia in stroke and traumatic brain injury. Involvement of glia in metabolic brain damage.
Steven A. Goldman, M.D., Ph.D.Neurology, University of Rochester
Research Focus: Identify the expression patterns of the major categories of stem and progenitor cells of the adult human brain and to use that information to define the signaling pathways that distinguish one progenitor from another, as well as those that distinguish brain tumor stem and progenitor cells from their normal counterparts.
Ru-Rong Ji, Ph.D.Anesthesiology, Duke
Research Focus: Chronic pain, such as neural injury-associated neuropathic pain.
Jian Kang, M.D., Ph.D.Cell Biology & Anatomy, New York Medical College
Research Focus: The interplay between excitatory and inhibitory synapses; mechanisms underlying epilepsy; roles of astrocytes in synaptic plasticity; properties and functions of K channel, Na channel, GABAA channel and gap-junction hemichannel.
John D. Markman, M.D.Neurosurgery, University of Rochester
Research Focus: Chronic pain associated with nerve injury.
Evan McConnell, Ph.D.
Medical Student
Research Focus: Deep brain stimulation, movement and cerebrovascular disorders
John O'Donnell, Ph.D.
Graduate Student
Research Focus: Astrocytic Responses to Neuromodulators
Anthony Petraglia, M.D.University of Rochester
Research Focus: Traumatic brain injury and concussion.
Benjamin Plog, Ph.D.
Medical Student
Research Focus: The role of astrocytes in CSF hydrodynamics
Zeguang Ren, M.D., Ph.D.Cleveland Clinic
Research Focus: General neurosurgery, complex spine surgery, vascular/endovascular neurosurgery.
Alcino Silva, M.D., Ph.D.Neurobiology, UCLA
Nathan Anthony Smith, Ph.D.Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Utah Health Care
Research Focus: Neuroglia interactions, Astrocytic Calcium signaling, Epilepsy, and Microglia and astrocytic interactions
Yoland Smith, Ph.D.Neuroscience, Emory University
Research Focus: To understand the pathophysiology of Parkinson's Disease (PD) and characterize changes in the synaptic plasticity of the basal ganglia in normal and pathological conditions.
Takahiro Takano, Ph.D.Neurosurgery, University of Rochester
Research Focus: Purinergic signaling in peripheral nociceptive nerve, neurovascular coupling, stroke injury and astrocytic communication
Alexander S. ThraneCentre for Molecular Medicine Norway
Research Focus: Roles of astrocytes in neurological disorders by in vivo two-photon laser scanning microscopy.
Vinita Rangroo ThraneCentre for Molecular Medicine Norway
Research Focus: Roles of astrocytes in neurological disorders by in vivo two-photon laser scanning microscopy.
Alexei Verkhratsky, M.D., Ph.D., DScLife Sciences, University of Manchester
Research Focus: Regulation of neuronal endoplasmic reticulum calcium stores by intraluminal calcium
Fushun Wang, Ph.D.University of Rochester
Research Focus: Astrocytic regulation of extracellular potassium and its effect on the activities of neurons.
