{"result":[{"lastName":"Murphy","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Psychiatry"},{"focus":"Geriatric Psychiatry"},{"focus":"Neuropsychiatry"},{"focus":"Dementia"},{"focus":"Mood Disorders"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Psychiatry/Neuroscience/MSLS"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Psychiatry/Neuroscience/MSLS","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4515&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Greer Murphy M.D., Ph.D.","firstName":"Greer","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Greer_Murphy","researchInterest":"Pharmacogenetics of mood disorders and nicotine addiction.  Glial cell neurotoxicity and neuroprotection in Alzheimer's disease. Genome wide expression analysis of mouse models for Alzheimer's disease."},{"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. Longo, M.D., Ph.D.","firstName":"Frank","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Frank_Longo","researchInterest":"Clinical interests include Alzheimer\u0092s disease and Huntington\u0092s disease and the development of effective therapeutics for these disorders. Laboratory interests encompass the elucidation of signaling mechanisms relevant to neurodegenerative disorders and the development of novel small molecule approaches for the treatment of neurodegenerative and other neurological disorders."},{"lastName":"Zhao","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor (Research),Neurosurgery"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor (Research),Neurosurgery","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6432&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Heng Zhao","firstName":"Heng","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Heng_Zhao","researchInterest":"My lab is focused on developing novel therapeutic methods against stroke using rodent models. We study protective effect of postconditioning, preconditioning and mild hypothermia. The rationale for studying three means of neuroprotection is that we may discover mechanisms that these treatments have in common.  Conversely, if they have differing mechanisms, we will be able to offer more than one treatment for stroke and increase a patient\u0092s chance for recovery."},{"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":"Shamloo","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor (Research),Comparative Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor (Research),Comparative Medicine","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=11051&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Mehrdad Shamloo","firstName":"Mehrdad","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Mehrdad_Shamloo","researchInterest":"The ultimate goal of the Shamloo laboratory is to rapidly advance our understanding of brain function at the molecular, cellular, circuit and behavioral levels, and to elucidate the pathological process underlying malfunction of the nervous system following injury and neurologic disorders such as stroke, Alzheimer\u0092s disease and autism. I aim to study the process leading to functional and behavioral malfunction in these disorders, focusing on a set of target genes/proteins."},{"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."},{"lastName":"Buckwalter","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Neurology"},{"focus":"Neurologic Critical Care"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Neurology & Neurological Sciences"},{"appointment":"Member,Neurology & Neurological Sciences"},{"appointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Neurosurgery"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Neurology & Neurological Sciences","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6463&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Marion S. Buckwalter","firstName":"Marion","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Marion_Buckwalter","researchInterest":"The goal of the Buckwalter Lab is to improve how people recover after a stroke. We use basic research to understand the cells, proteins, and genes that lead to successful recovery of function, and also how complications develop that impact quality of life after stroke. Ongoing projects are focused on understanding how inflammatory responses are regulated after a stroke and how to make recovery faster and better after stroke."},{"lastName":"Leone-Haditsch","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Instructor,Neurosurgery"}],"primaryAppointment":"Instructor,Neurosurgery","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=23617&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Ursula Haditsch","firstName":"Ursula","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Ursula_Leone-Haditsch","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Gitler","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Genetics"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor,Genetics","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=29296&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Aaron D. Gitler","firstName":"Aaron","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Aaron_Gitler","researchInterest":"We investigate the mechanisms of human neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer disease, Parkinson disease, and ALS. We don't limit ourselves to one model system or experimental approach. We start with yeast, perform genetic and chemical screens, and then move to other model systems (e.g. mammalian tissue culture, mouse, fly) and even work with human patient samples (tissue sections, patient-derived cells, including iPS cells) and next generation sequencing approaches."},{"lastName":"Maloney","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Basic Life Science Research Associate,Neurology & Neurological Sciences"}],"primaryAppointment":"Basic Life Science Research Associate,Neurology & Neurological Sciences","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=9199&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Michael Maloney","firstName":"Michael","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Michael_Maloney","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Middeldorp","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Neurology & Neurological Sciences"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Neurology & Neurological Sciences","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=20941&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Jinte Middeldorp","firstName":"Jinte","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Jinte_Middeldorp","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Valdmanis","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Pediatrics"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Pediatrics","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=12455&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Paul Valdmanis","firstName":"Paul","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Paul_Valdmanis","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Barres","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Neurobiology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Professor,Developmental Biology"},{"appointment":"Professor,Neurology & Neurological Sciences"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Neurobiology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4239&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Ben Barres","firstName":"Ben","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Ben_Barres","researchInterest":"Our lab is interested in the neuronal-glial interactions that underlie the development and function of the mammlian central nervous system."},{"lastName":"Ajami","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Neurology & Neurological Sciences"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Neurology & Neurological Sciences","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=30648&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Bahareh Ajami","firstName":"Bahareh","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Bahareh_Ajami","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Lu","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Pathology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor,Pathology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=3976&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Bingwei Lu","firstName":"Bingwei","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Bingwei_Lu","researchInterest":"We are interested in understanding how neural stem cells balance their self-renewal and differentiation and how deregulation of this process can result in brain tumor. We are also interested in mechanisms of neurodegeneration in Alzheimer\u0092s and Parkinson\u0092s diseases. We are using both Drosophila and mammalian models to address these fundamental questions."},{"lastName":"Covy","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Neurosciences Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Neurosciences Institute","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=24766&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Jason C.","firstName":"Jason","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Jason_Covy","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Giffard","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Anesthesia"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Anesthesia","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4657&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Rona Giffard","firstName":"Rona","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Rona_Giffard","researchInterest":"Astrocytes, microglia and neurons interact, and have unique vulnerabilities to injury based on their patterns of gene expression and their functional roles. 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":"Bennett","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"MD Student, School of Medicine"},{"appointment":"Ph.D., Dean's Office"}],"primaryAppointment":"MD Student, School of Medicine","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=17964&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Mariko Bennett","firstName":"Mariko","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Mariko_Bennett","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Lee","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Medicine","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=20850&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Won Hee Lee","firstName":"Won Hee","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Won Hee_Lee","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Chan","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Neurosurgery"},{"appointment":"Professor (By courtesy),Neurology & Neurological Sciences"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Neurosurgery","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4423&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Pak H. Chan","firstName":"Pak","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Pak_Chan","researchInterest":"Neuronal death after cerebral ischemia and neural injury using transgenic strategy"}]}