Douglas Feinstein, Ph.D.
Professor, Anethesiology, Anatomy & Cell Biology
Disease/Therapeutics, Cellular/Molecular
Characterization and regulation of glial inflammatory responses (cytokines, nitric oxide, glutamate release) in animal models of AD and MS, including studies aimed to modify maturation of adult progenitor cells towards oligodendrocyte committment.
Selected references
- Anthony J Sharp, Paul E Polak, Vittoria Simonini, Shao X Lin, Jill C Richardson, Ernesto R Bongarzone and Douglas L Feinstein. P2x7 deficiency suppresses development of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis. J. Neuroinflammation 2008, 5:33doi:10.1186/1742-2094-5-33.
- Madrigal JL, Kalinin S, Richardson JC, Feinstein DL. Neuroprotective actions of noradrenaline: effects on glutathione synthesis and activation of peroxisome proliferator activated receptor delta. J Neurochem. 2007 Dec;103(5):2092-101.
- Kalinin S, Gavrilyuk V, Polak PE, Vasser R, Zhao J, Heneka MT, Feinstein DL. Noradrenaline deficiency in brain increases beta-amyloid plaque burden in an animal model of Alzheimer's disease. Neurobiol Aging. 2007 Aug;28(8):1206-14.