Yuriy Usachev, PhD, John Paul Long Professor in the Department of Neuroscience & Pharmacology, has been awarded a 5-year $2.25 million National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NIH/NINDS) R01 Research Grant entitled “The Mitochondrial Ca2+ Uniporter in the Regulation of Neural Activity and Susceptibility to Seizures.” The goal of this project is to examine the role of the mitochondrial Ca2+ uniporter (MCU) in regulating the activities of synaptic networks and susceptibility to hyperexcitability and seizures, and findings could lead to the development of new strategies targeting mitochondrial Ca2+ transport and MCU for the treatment of epilepsy, as well as other neurological disorders associated with aberrant neural activity. This project involves collaboration with Dr. Gordon Buchanan, MD/PhD, Associate Professor in the Department of Neurology, and Dr. Stefan Strack, PhD, John Paul Long Professor in the Department of Neuroscience and Pharmacology.
Dr. Yuriy Usachev Receives New R01 from NIH/ NINDS
Date:
Wednesday, December 8, 2021