Brookhaven Seminar Series: Kenneth E. Miller- "The Response of Astrocytes to Spinal Injury & Methylprednisolone Treatment"

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"The Response of Astrocytes to Spinal Injury & Methylprednisolone Treatment"

Presenter: Kenneth E. Miller

Date: September 6, 2006

Synopsis:

Following injury, the spinal cord undergoes a period of acute shock followed by a series of chronic alterations in response to the insult. Our laboratory is evaluating these alterations in a rodent model of spinal injury with and without methylprednisolone treatment.

We have three interests:

What is the biochemical make-up of the glial scar at the injury site?
What happens to the intimate glutamine/glutamate relationship between astrocytes and neurons?
Does injury cause the appearance of stem cells or immature cells in the spinal cord?

The goals of this seminar:

Provide overview of current status of spinal injury and treatment
Describe research from laboratory about spinal injury and treatment
Discuss future of treatment for spinal cord injury

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Speaker Profile

Stuart Jacobson, Ph.D., LCSW, LMFT

Kenneth E. Miller

Dr. Kenneth E. Miller received a B.S. in Biology from Kansas State University in 1978, a Ph.D. from The University of Vermont College of Medicine in 1984, and postdoctoral training at the University of Minnesota School of Medicine.

Dr. Miller's research is involved in understanding the mechanisms of and responses to pain and spinal cord injury.

Dr. Miller is a member of the Oklahoma Center for Neuroscience (OCNS), the Society for Neuroscience (SFN), and the International Association for the Study of Pain. He served several years on the SFN Education Committee and is the past president of the Oklahoma Chapter for SFN.

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