Cell Biology of Parkinson’s Disease
Richard J. Smeyne, PhD
Chair & Professor, Department of Neuroscience
Director, Jefferson Comprehensive Parkinson’s Center - Vickie & Jack Farber Institute for Neuroscience
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Chair & Professor, Department of Neuroscience
Director, Jefferson Comprehensive Parkinson’s Center - Vickie & Jack Farber Institute for Neuroscience
Research & Clinical Interests
Publications
- Exposure to manganese during juvenile development increases microglial activation in the hippocampus following systemic infection with A/California/04/2009 Influenza A H1N1 virus
- Persistent microglial activation following neonatal CMV infection mediates neurodegeneration
- Environmental exposures and familial background alter the induction of neuropathology and inflammation after SARS-CoV-2 infection
- Templating of monomeric alpha-synuclein results in inflammation and SNpc dopamine neuron death in a genetic mouse model of induced synucleinopathy
- GUCY2C signaling limits dopaminergic neuron vulnerability to toxic insults
Research & Clinical Interests
Cell Biology of Parkinson’s Disease