Ephraim Trakhtenberg and his team at UConn showed that a protein called nuclear factor erythroid 3 (Nfe3) can stimulate regrowth of optic nerve cells. “This opens a whole new novel realm of research. It could help glaucoma and other types of nerve damage,” according to Trakhtenberg. A team of researchers in the lab of […]
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High distinctions for medical students from the Mohan lab
The Mohan lab is proud to announce the research achievements of students from the UCONN School of Medicine who will present their innovative results at the 2024 international conference Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) held in Seattle, WA. Michael Li, who is investigating the role of Schwann cells in corneal nerve regeneration, […]
Targeting Adult Neurogenesis May Be Useful in Treating PTSD
A new study led by Drs. Tuncdemir and Grosmark recently published in Neuron is titled ‘Adult-born granule cells facilitate remapping of spatial and non-spatial representations in the dentate gyrus’. The hippocampus is brain structure central for several forms of memory including the episodic memories that let us keep track of what’s previously happened to us, and […]