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Drs. Fisher and Narayanan receive a Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research Target Advancement Award

DrsRory A. Fisher, Professor in the Departments of Pharmacology and Internal Medicine, and Nandakumar S. Narayanan, Assistant Professor of Neurology, have received a Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research Target Advancement Award entitled “Regulator of G protein Signaling 6 (RGS6) Protection of Dopamine Neurons in Parkinson's Disease.” The project seeks to define the molecular basis for loss of RGS6 in human Parkinson’s disease, with the ultimate goal of identifying new RGS6-based Parkinson’s disease therapies.

Date: 
Tuesday, December 29, 2015