Overview
Current Appointments & Affiliations
Adjunct Professor in the Department of Neurology
·
2014 - Present
Neurology,
Clinical Science Departments
Recent Publications
Impairment of the blood-nerve and blood-brain barriers in apolipoprotein e knockout mice.
Journal Article Exp Neurol · May 2001 Featured Publication Apolipoprotein E (apoE) is well characterized as a plasma lipoprotein involved in lipid and cholesterol metabolism. Recent studies implicating apoE in Alzheimer's disease and successful recovery from neurological injury have stimulated much interest in the ... Full text Link to item CiteApolipoprotein E modulates glial activation and the endogenous central nervous system inflammatory response.
Journal Article J Neuroimmunol · March 1, 2001 Featured Publication Apolipoprotein E (apoE) is a 299 amino acid protein that is associated with risk of developing Alzheimer's Disease (AD) and outcome after acute brain injury. To investigate the possibility that apoE modulates glial activation we studied the effect of endog ... Full text Link to item CitePeripheral sensory nerve defects in apolipoprotein E knockout mice.
Journal Article Exp Neurol · September 1998 Featured Publication Apolipoprotein E (apoE), a plasma lipoprotein involved in lipid metabolism, is also proposed to have important functions within the central and peripheral nervous systems. To investigate the function of apoE in the peripheral nervous system, we examined th ... Full text Link to item CiteRecent Grants
Immunological biomarker studies in myasthenia gravis
Clinical TrialAdvisor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2014 - 2020Basic Predoctoral Training In Neurobiology
Inst. Training Prgm or CMECo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1997 - 1999Supplement: Molecular Analysis Of Axon-Growth Promotion An
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 1993 - 1994View All Grants
Education, Training & Certifications
University of California, San Francisco ·
1981
Ph.D.