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This includes microenvironmental influences on neural precursor cell fate choice in normal neurodevelopment and in disease states."},{"lastName":"Burns","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Medical fellow, Neurosurgery"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Medical fellow, Neurosurgery","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=37371&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Terry Burns","firstName":"Terence","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Terence_Burns","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Olivot","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Vascular Neurology: Stroke and TIA"},{"focus":"Neurology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Clinical Assistant Professor,Neurology & Neurological Sciences"}],"primaryAppointment":"Clinical Assistant Professor,Neurology & Neurological Sciences","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=10435&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Jean-Marc Olivot","firstName":"Jean-Marc","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Jean-Marc_Olivot","researchInterest":"Clinical Activity:\r\nVascular Neurology.\r\n\r\nResearch: \r\nMultimodal MRI imaging of TIA and Stroke.\r\nThrombosis, Haemostasis and Stroke.\r\nBiomarkers and stroke"},{"lastName":"Jovicic","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Genetics"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Genetics","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=33842&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Ana Jovicic","firstName":"Ana","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Ana_Jovicic","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Albers","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Neurology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Neurology & Neurological Sciences"},{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line (By courtesy),Neurosurgery"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Neurology & Neurological Sciences","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4026&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Gregory W. 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We are also conducting clinical studies of both neuroprotective and thrombolytic strategies for the treatment of acute stroke and investigating new antithrombotic strategies for stroke prevention."},{"lastName":"Choi","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"MD Student, School of Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"MD Student, School of Medicine","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=17699&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Raymond Choi","firstName":"Raymond","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Raymond_Choi","researchInterest":"Neural stem cell niche, neural stem cell migration, cerebrovascular and stroke research."},{"lastName":"Lansberg","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Neurology"},{"focus":"Stroke"},{"focus":"Cerebrovascular Disease"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Neurology & Neurological Sciences"},{"appointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line (By courtesy),Neurosurgery"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Neurology & Neurological Sciences","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=5945&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Maarten Lansberg, M.D., Ph.D.","firstName":"Maarten","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Maarten_Lansberg","researchInterest":"1. 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We focus on the cellular and molecular basis for brain cell injury in stroke.  We study gene therapy with heat shock and other protective proteins, the effects of specific microRNAs, changes in mitochondrial function, oxidative stress and inflammation during ischemia. We also model cell death pathways and the effects of Hsp70."},{"lastName":"Chen","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Center for Interdisciplinary Brain Sciences Research"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Center for Interdisciplinary Brain Sciences Research","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=20934&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Lu Chen","firstName":"Lu","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Lu_Chen","researchInterest":"What distinguishes us humans from other animals is our ability to undergo complex behavior. The synapses are the structural connection between neurons that mediates the communication between neurons, which underlies our various cognitive function. My research program aims to understand the cellular and molecular mechanisms that underlie synapse function during behavior in the developing and mature brain, and how synapse function is altered during mental retardation."},{"lastName":"Palmer","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Neurosurgery"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor,Neurosurgery","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=5930&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Theo Palmer","firstName":"Theo","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Theo_Palmer","researchInterest":"For most areas of the mammalian brain, the production of new nerve cells or neurons is restricted to fetal development. However, there are exceptions to the rule. Some areas of the brain continue to make new neurons throughout life. This neurogenesis is mediated by neural stem cells and our research goals are to understand how stem cell activity and fate are controlled. Ultimately, we hope to harness the nascent potential of stem cells to treat neurological injury and disease."},{"lastName":"Gelman","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Instructor,Medicine - Infectious Diseases"}],"primaryAppointment":"Instructor,Medicine - Infectious Diseases","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=13452&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Michael A. Gelman","firstName":"Michael","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Michael_Gelman","researchInterest":"Hepatitis C virology, bio-organic chemistry, and chemical biology. My current work focuses on probing the interaction between the NS5A nonstructural protein of HCV and PIP2, a membrane lipid found in all cells. Disruption of this interaction appears to prevent HCV from replicating."},{"lastName":"Wossidlo","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Stem Cell"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Stem Cell","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=30651&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Mark Wossidlo","firstName":"Mark","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Mark_Wossidlo","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Wittman","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Occupational Medicine"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Clinical Assistant Professor,Medicine - General Medical Disciplines"}],"primaryAppointment":"Clinical Assistant Professor,Medicine - General Medical Disciplines","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=14457&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Richard Wittman","firstName":"Richard","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Richard_Wittman","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Longo","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Neurology"},{"focus":"Alzheimer's Disease"},{"focus":"Huntington Disease"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Neurology & Neurological Sciences"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Neurology & Neurological Sciences","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=7249&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Frank M. 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Such oscillations are related to cognitive processes, normal sleep activities and certain forms of epilepsy. Our approach is an analysis of the discrete components (cells, synapses, microcircuits) that make up thalamic and cortical circuits, and reconstitution of components into in silico computational networks."},{"lastName":"McConnell","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Biology (School of Humanities and Sciences)"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Biology (School of Humanities and Sciences)","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=5928&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Susan K. McConnell","firstName":"Susan","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Susan_McConnell","researchInterest":"The McConnell Lab studies the cellular and molecular mechanisms that underlie the development of the mammalian cerebral cortex.  Our work focuses on the earliest events that pattern the developing forebrain, enable neural progenitors to divide asymmetrically to generate young neurons, propel the migration of postmitotic neurons outward into their final positions, and sculpt the fates and phenotypes of the neurons as they differentiate."}]}