Keran Ma, PhD
Visiting Scientist
Business Service Ctr
Chancellor/EVC/FAS

Grants and Projects

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• Functional Alterations of Parvalbumin Interneurons Contributing to Abnormal Network Activity in Alzheimer's Disease Mouse Models, NIH, 2019-2021

Publications (8)

Top publication keywords:
Amyloid beta-Protein PrecursorAmyloid beta-PeptidesApoptosis Inducing FactorGABAergic NeuronsCognitionAlzheimer DiseaseInterneuronsMaze LearningHippocampusNeuroprotective AgentsNAV1.1 Voltage-Gated Sodium ChannelClinical Trials as Topicalpha-MSHCytokinesInositol

• Scalable, cell type-selective, AAV-based in vivo CRISPR screening in the mouse brain.
  bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology 2023 Ramani B, Rose IVL, Pan A, Tian R, Ma K, Palop JJ, Kampmann M
• Nav1.1-Overexpressing Interneuron Transplants Restore Brain Rhythms and Cognition in a Mouse Model of Alzheimer's Disease.
  Neuron 2018 Martinez-Losa M, Tracy TE, Ma K, Verret L, Clemente-Perez A, Khan AS, Cobos I, Ho K, Gan L, Mucke L, Alvarez-Dolado M, Palop JJ
• α-Melanocyte Stimulating Hormone as a Potential Therapy for Alzheimer`s Disease.
  Current Alzheimer research 2017 Ma K, McLaurin J
• The expression of apoptosis inducing factor (AIF) is associated with aging-related cell death in the cortex but not in the hippocampus in the TgCRND8 mouse model of Alzheimer's disease.
  BMC neuroscience 2014 Yu W, Bonnet M, Farso M, Ma K, Chabot JG, Martin E, Torriglia A, Guan Z, McLaurin J, Quirion R, Krantic S
• α-Melanocyte stimulating hormone prevents GABAergic neuronal loss and improves cognitive function in Alzheimer's disease.
  The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience 2014 Ma K, McLaurin J
• Amyloid-β-dependent compromise of microvascular structure and function in a model of Alzheimer's disease.
  Brain : a journal of neurology 2012 Dorr A, Sahota B, Chinta LV, Brown ME, Lai AY, Ma K, Hawkes CA, McLaurin J, Stefanovic B
• scyllo-Inositol, preclinical, and clinical data for Alzheimer's disease.
  Advances in pharmacology (San Diego, Calif.) 2012 Ma K, Thomason LA, McLaurin J
• Region-specific distribution of β-amyloid peptide and cytokine expression in TgCRND8 mice.
  Neuroscience letters 2011 Ma K, Mount HT, McLaurin J