Genetically‑encoded calcium indicators (GECIs) are essential for studying brain function, while voltage indicators (GEVIs) are slowly permeating neuroscience. Fundamentally, GECI and GEVI measure different things, but both are advertised as reporters of “neuronal activity”.  Dr. Srdjan D. Antic, associate professor, recently published “Population imaging discrepancies between a genetically-encoded calcium indicator (GECI) versus a genetically-encoded voltage […]

As posted in UConn Today, February 11, 2021 Every year, strokes strike 800,000 Americans and are the leading cause of long-term disability in the U.S. because of the lingering brain injury they leave behind. But what if a medication used inside the brain could help heal a stroke’s damage? Innovative stroke therapy being developed at […]

The Mohan lab has recently identified the genetic signatures of corneal nonmyelinating Schwann cells, and illuminated novel biomarkers of this cell type. This paper has received the cover of the Journal of Neuroscience Research http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jnr.24757 On the cover: Nonmyelinating corneal Schwann cells ensheathing axons in the corneal stroma were visualized by the expression of green […]