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The structure, biosynthesis and mechanism of action of nerve growth factor and other neurotrophins. Gene regulation in target organs and glial cells during nerve regeneration. The role of apolipoproteins and of the myelin protein PMP-22 during nerve degeneration and regeneration and in peripheral neuropathies."},{"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":"Haeberle","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Radiology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Radiology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=10324&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Henry Haeberle","firstName":"Henry","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Henry_Haeberle","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Sobel","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Pathology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Pathology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4269&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Raymond A. 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Similar cross-recognition may link anti-myelin immunity with neurodegeneration in MS."},{"lastName":"Steinman","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Neurology"},{"focus":"Neurology, Pediatric"},{"focus":"Multiple Sclerosis, Myasthenia Gravis, Immune Disorders"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Neurology & Neurological Sciences"},{"appointment":"Professor,Pediatrics"},{"appointment":"Professor (By courtesy),Genetics"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Neurology & Neurological Sciences","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=3784&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Lawrence Steinman","firstName":"Lawrence","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Lawrence_Steinman","researchInterest":"Our laboratory is dedicated to understanding the pathogenesis of autoimmune diseases, particularly multiple sclerosis.  We have developed several new therapies for autoimmunity, including some in Phase 2 clinical trials, as well as one approved drug, natalizumab.  We have developed microarray technology for detecting autoantibodies to myelin proteins and lipids.  We employ a diverse range of molecular and celluar approaches to trying to understand multiple sclerosis."},{"lastName":"Smith","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council,Neurology & Neurological Sciences"}],"primaryAppointment":"Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council,Neurology & Neurological Sciences","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=7015&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Marion Smith","firstName":"Marion","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Marion_Smith","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Palmer","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Neurosurgery"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"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, neurogenesis concludes at birth but there are exceptions to the rule. In rodents and humans, some areas of the brain continue to make new neurons throughout life. This process is mediated by neural stem cells and our research goals are to understand how stem cell activity is regulated and whether the nascent potential of resident stem cells can be harnessed for brain repair."},{"lastName":"Yoo","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Pathology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Pathology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=10159&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Andrew Yoo","firstName":"Andrew","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Andrew_Yoo","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Carpentier","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Neurosurgery"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Neurosurgery","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=10056&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Pamela Carpentier","firstName":"Pamela","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Pamela_Carpentier","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Agalliu","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Neurobiology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Neurobiology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=9742&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Dritan Agalliu PhD","firstName":"Dritan","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Dritan_Agalliu","researchInterest":"I am interested in understanding the signaling pathways that regulate the development of specialized tight junctions in brain endothelial cells responsible for forming the blood-brain barrier. The identification of these signals is important for elucidating the mechanisms that regulate the entry of distinct compounds or drugs into the Central Nervous System (CNS) and the etiology of pathological CNS conditions associated with blood-brain barrier breakdown."},{"lastName":"Wyss-Coray","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor (Research),Neurology & Neurological Sciences"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor (Research),Neurology & Neurological Sciences","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=3929&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Tony Wyss-Coray","firstName":"Tony","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Tony_Wyss-Coray","researchInterest":"Use of genetic and molecular tools to dissect immune and inflammatory pathways in Alzheimer's and neurodegeneration."},{"lastName":"Rolls","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=10602&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Asya Rolls","firstName":"Asya","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Asya_Rolls","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Robinson","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Immunology and Rheumatology"},{"focus":"Rheumatology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor,Medicine - Immunology & Rheumatology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor,Medicine - Immunology & Rheumatology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4730&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"William Robinson","firstName":"William","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/William_Robinson","researchInterest":"Our lab studies the molecular mechanisms of and develops therapies to treat autoimmune and rheumatic diseases, with a focus on rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, and osteoarthritis. \r\n\r\nThe overriding objectives of our laboratory are:\r\n\r\n1. To investigate the mechanisms underlying autoimmune diseases.\r\n\r\n2. To develop diagnostics and therapeutics for autoimmune diseases.\r\n\r\n3. To investigate the role of inflammation in osteoarthritis."},{"lastName":"Garcia","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Molecular & Cellular Physiology"},{"appointment":"Professor,Structural Biology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Molecular & Cellular Physiology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4370&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Chris Garcia","firstName":"Chris","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Chris_Garcia","researchInterest":"Structural and functional studies of transmembrane receptor interactions with their ligands in systems relevant to human health and disease - primarily in immunity, infection, and neurobiology.  We study these problems using protein engineering, structural, biochemical, and combinatorial biology approaches."},{"lastName":"Axtell","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Neurology & Neurological Sciences"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Neurology & Neurological Sciences","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=9197&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Robert Axtell","firstName":"Robert","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Robert_Axtell","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"McConnell","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Member,Bio-X","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=5928&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Susan 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":"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":"The cellular and molecular basis for brain cell injury in stroke is our focus.  Astrocytes and neurons interact, and have unique vulnerabilities to injury based on their patterns of gene expression and their functional roles.  We study gene therapy with heat shock proteins, changes in mitochondrial function, oxidative stress and inflammation during ischemia. We also model cell death pathways and the effects of Hsp70."},{"lastName":"Heller","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Otolaryngology (Head and Neck Surgery)"},{"appointment":"Associate Professor (By courtesy),Molecular & Cellular Physiology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor,Otolaryngology (Head and Neck Surgery)","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=7084&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Stefan Heller","firstName":"Stefan","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Stefan_Heller","researchInterest":"Most types of congenital and acquired hearing loss arise from damage to, or loss of hair cells, the sensory cells of the inner ear.  Our recent work has focused on generating inner ear cell types from stem cells and we are interested in signaling pathways that control hair cell and auditory neuron (re-)generation in vitro and in vivo.  In a second line of research, we are working on the identification and the molceular characterization of proteins that are important for hair cell function."},{"lastName":"Luo","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Neurology & Neurological Sciences"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Neurology & Neurological Sciences","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=9626&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Jian Luo","firstName":"Jian","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Jian_Luo","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Penn","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor,Pediatrics - Neonatology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor,Pediatrics - Neonatology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4030&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Anna Penn","firstName":"Anna","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Anna_Penn","researchInterest":"The Penn lab is studying the role of placental factors in brain development.  We are using novel mouse models to explore factors that contribute to normal neurodevelopment and the effects of their loss following premature birth.  We are focused on the influence of steroid hormones (estrogens and progestins) on cerebellar development and, collaboratively, are extending our studies to hippocampal stem cells and forebrain neurons."},{"lastName":"Buckwalter","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Neurology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Neurology & Neurological Sciences"},{"appointment":"Member,Neurology & Neurological Sciences"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Neurology & Neurological Sciences","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6463&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Marion S. 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Molecular events are modified in mice using either transgenic models or novel small molecule compounds, and then we evaluate the effects on functional recovery as well as on cellular and molecular responses."},{"lastName":"Sapolsky","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Biology (School of Humanities and Sciences)"},{"appointment":"Professor,Neurology & Neurological Sciences"},{"appointment":"Professor,Neurosurgery"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Biology (School of Humanities and Sciences)","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6114&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Robert Sapolsky","firstName":"Robert","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Robert_Sapolsky","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Nolan","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Microbiology & Immunology - Baxter Laboratory"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Microbiology & Immunology - Baxter Laboratory","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4713&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Garry Nolan","firstName":"Garry","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Garry_Nolan","researchInterest":"Dr. Nolan's group uses high throughput single cell analysis technology of kinase driven signaling cascades to interrogate autoimmunity, cancer, virology (influenza), bacterial pathogens (Listeria and Salmonella) as well as understanding normal immune system function.  Using advanced flow cytometric techniques and computational biology approaches, we focus on high throughput drug screening, mouse models of disease in patient materials, and understanding disease processes at the single cell level."},{"lastName":"Andreasson","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Neurology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Neurology & Neurological Sciences"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Neurology & Neurological Sciences","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=7903&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Katrin Andreasson","firstName":"Katrin","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Katrin_Andreasson","researchInterest":"Our research focuses on understanding disease mechanisms of stroke injury and neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) as they relate to the COX-2-prostaglandin pathways.  We are identifying prostaglandin receptor pathways that are involved in these disease models, and our objective is to identify which receptors will be translationally relevant in human neurological disease."}]}