Fixing the Broken Clock: Optogenetic methods to restore circadian rhythms in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s Disease
2015 Award
Principal Investigator: Erik Musiek (WUSTL Neurology)
Collaborators: Erik Herzog (WUSTL Biology) and Geraldine Kress (WUSTL Neurology)
Mechanisms of neonatal seizures in a mouse model of term-equivalent cerebral hypoxia-ischemia
2015 Award
Principal Investigator: Michael Wong (WUSTL Neurology)
Collaborator: Rafael Galindo (WUSTL Neurology)
MicroRNA regulation of dendritic cell function in an animal model of multiple sclerosis
2015 Award
Principal Investigator: Gregory Wu (WUSTL Neurology)
Collaborator: Timothy Miller (WUSTL Neurology)
The role of DNA methylation in Huntington’s disease
2015 Award
Principal Investigator: Hiroko Yano (WUSTL Neurosurgery)
Collaborator: Ting Wang (WUSTL Genetics)
Neuronal subtype-specific vulnerability in tauopathies using reprogramming methods in human somatic and stem cells
2014 Award
Principal Investigator: Celeste Karch (WUSTL Psychiatry)
Collaborator: Andrew Yoo (WUSTL Developmental Biology)
Identification and functional characterization of rare variants in DNAJC5/CSP gene associated with Alzheimer Disease
2014 Award
Principal Investigators: Carlos Cruchaga (WUSTL Psychiatry) and Bruno Benitez (WUSTL Internal Medicine)
Characterization of neural bridge circuits for spinal cord repair
2014 Award
Principal Investigator: Shelly Sakiyama-Elbert (WUSTL Biomedical Engineering)
Collaborator: Dennis Barbour (WUSTL Biomedical Engineering)
MR Elastography and CSF Biomarkers in Post-Hemorrhagic Hydrocephalus
2014 Award
Principal Investigator: David Limbrick (WUSTL Neurosurgery)
Collaborators: Pat McAllister (WUSTL Neurosurgery), Philip Bayly (WUSTL Mechanical Engineering), Robyn Klein (WUSTL Internal Medicine)
Role of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+) metabolism in the pathogenesis of retinal neurodegeneration
2014 Award
Principal Investigator: Shin-Ichiro Imai (WUSTL Developmental Biology)
Collaborator: Rajendra Apte (WUSTL Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences)
Previous Pilot Awards
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