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Spring 2014

Jeffery, Andrea F

Recent technological advancements in the field of neural recording and decoding have changed the landscape of neural prostheses. However, a lack of biocompatible electrodes for long-term neural recording resulting in loss of electrode functionality is currently a major limiting factor for...

Fall 2016

Arbabzada, Naik Bakht

Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by a loss of dopaminergic neurons in the Substantia nigra (SN) resulting in hypokinetic motor movements. The long-acting beta2-adrenergic receptor (β2-AR) agonist salmeterol has been shown to be neuroprotective in animal...

Spring 2011

Peake, Kyle

Niemann-Pick Type C (NPC) disease is an autosomal recessive disorder that results in accumulation of unesterified cholesterol in late endosomes/lysosomes (LE/Ls), leading to progressive neurodegeneration and premature death. Microglia are resident immune cells of the central nervous system, which...

Spring 2010

Lai, Aaron

Microglia, the resident immune cells of the central nervous system (CNS), become activated in response to danger signals given out by other cells when homeostasis has been disturbed. Microglial activation is a multifaceted phenomenon that includes numerous distinct phenotypes. The type of...

Fall 2013

Dhami, Kamaldeep S

Depression is one of the most common disorders appearing following a stroke and is also a major factor limiting recovery and rehabilitation in stroke patients. Several antidepressants have shown to have anti-inflammatory properties within the central nervous system (CNS). The major source of...

Spring 2013

Kenawy, Sara M

Glucose is the sole fuel for the brain in normal physiological conditions. Absence of glucose or its presence in high concentrations has been shown to be harmful to neurons. Microglia, the innate immune cells of the brain, are the first line of defense against changes in the CNS environment and...

Spring 2017

Johnson, Erika B

MS is a chronic demyelinating disease of the CNS that presents with debilitating symptoms in the later stages of disease progression and therefore a high demand for targeted disease-modifying treatments exists. In order to create effective treatments the causalities between the symptoms and...