Damage and repair (e.g., post injury) of the nervous system and muscles

 Assessing nerve cell protein dynamics using imaging

See: Dr. Gary Banker, Dr. Stefanie Kaech Petrie

• Also see CROET's Live Cell Imaging Facility

 
Using nanotechnology to enhance nerve growth

See: Dr. Gary Banker, Dr. Bruce Patton

• Watch movies of axons growing from Dr. Gary Banker's lab page.
• CROET Research Highlight (2002): Nanotechnology: Guidance Proteins Control Growth of Neurons

 
Factors that govern the accuracy of nerve synapse formation

See: Dr. Gary Banker, Dr. Bruce Patton

• CROET Research Highlight (2002): Reconnecting Severed Nerves to Muscles: Muscle Protein Controls Synapse Formation After Injury

 
Factors that regulate nerve process growth and stability during development and injury

See: Dr. Pam Lein

 
Pharmacological interventions to enhance (e.g.,speed) nerve regeneration

• CROET Research Highlight (2002): Neuroprotection: Protecting Nerves and Skeletal Muscle Function

 
Genetic models of neural degeneration

See: Dr. Doris Kretzschmar