Neurobiology of Disease

 


 
 
  Neurobiology of Disease Course
Spring Term 2008

Faculty List


Introduction

Gary Westbrook, Vollum Institute/Neurology
John Nutt, Neurology

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Neurodegenerative disease (Huntington's disease)

Session Leaders
Joe Quinn, Neurology
Penny Hogarth, Neurology
Randall Woltjer, Pathology, Neuropathology
Bryan Luikart, Vollum Institute
Gary Westbrook, Vollum Institute/Neurology
Dick Goodman, Vollum Institute
Karen Hsaio Ashe, University of Minnesota
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Regeneration and repair (brain and spinal cord trauma)

Session Leaders
John Povlishock, Medical College of Virginia
Anish Bhardwaj, Neurology, Director, Neurosciences Critical Care Program
Gary Westbrook, Vollum Institute/Neurology
Oswald Steward, UC Irvine, Reeve-Irvine Ctr for Spinal Cord Injury Research
Christopher Kroenke, Advanced Imaging Research Center
Edward Neuwelt, Neurology/Neurosurgery
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Ischemia (stroke)

Session Leaders
Roger Simon, Dow Neurobiology Labs
Patricia Hurn, Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine
Helmi Lutsep, Neurology
Mary Stenzel-Poore, Molecular Microbiology and Immunology
Stanley Barnwell, Neurosurgery and Diagnostic Radiology
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Synaptic function and dysfunction in the peripheral nervous system

Session Leaders
Edward Cupler, Neurology
Beth Habecker, Physiology and Pharmacology
Paul Brehm, Vollum Institute
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Visiting faculty

Karen Hsiao Ashe, MD PhD
Department of Neurology and Neuroscience
University of Minnesota
http://www.neurosci.umn.edu/faculty/hsiao.html

John T. Povlishock, PhD
Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology
Medical College of Virginia Campus of Virginia Commonwealth University
http://www.vcu.edu/anatomy/faculty/povlishock.shtml

Oswald Steward, PhD
Reeve-Irvine Research Center
University of California at Irvine School of Medicine
http://www.faculty.uci.edu/profile.cfm?faculty_id=4553

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