Daniela F Hernandez, MA, MPhil

Job title:
PhD candidate
Organization:
Columbia University
PD Guide Terms:
Clinical & Biological Features
Therapeutic Development
Contributions:
Published Contributions:
Macroautophagy and Synaptic Transmission: A new role for an old pathway
Synapses: From Molecules to Circuits & Behavior
2 Jun 2009 01:48 PM EST
I am currently working on macroautophagy - an evolutionarily conserved lysosomal process through which organelles, such as mitochondria, and long-lived, misfolded and aggregated proteins are degraded ... 
Oxi-alpha to the rescue?
Oxidative Stress
6 Nov 2009 07:32 AM EST
This week, in the Journal of Neurochemistry, Choi and colleagues report protection against oxidative stress (OS)-induced cell death by a novel gene, Oxi-alpha, which is expressed specifically in DA ... 
Ghrelin and neuroprotection
The metabolic hormone ghrelin protects against MPTP-induced toxicity
11 Nov 2009 04:12 AM EST
Even though Dr. Andrews and colleagues find that ghrelin protects against MPTP-induced toxicity by activating uncoupling protein 2 (UCP2) and thus promoting mitochondrial function, it should be noted ... 
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