A defense bunker for retinal citrullination To avert combating stress at the epicenter of phototransduction, the process by which light is converted to a neural signal in photoreceptors, neuroscience professor Royce Mohan at the UConn School of Medicine proposes that the mammalian retina may have evolved a novel defense strategy to respond to injury and […]
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Dr. Mohan Investigates Treatment for Eye Injuries
As posted in UConn Today January 12, 2022 | Anna Zarra Aldrich ’20 (CLAS), Office of the Vice President for Research UConn Health Researcher Investigates Treatment for Eye Injuries from Mass Chemical Weapons Attacks Chemical weapons like mustard gas have been used in warfare for over a century. They can cause mass casualties with relative […]
Traffic Jams in Parkinson’s Disease – Yulan Xiong
As posted in UConn Today September 15, 2021 | Kim Krieger UConn Communications Mutations in a protein known to cause Parkinson’s Disease derange transportation in and out of brain cells, reports a team of UConn Health researchers in the 27 July issue of Science Signaling. The toxic traffic jams that result eventually lead to […]