August News

August 1, 2020

Papers and Awards

• Preclinical evidence in support of repurposing sub-anesthetic ketamine as a treatment for L-DOPA-induced dyskinesia. Bartlett MJ, Flores AJ, Ye T, Smidt SI, Dollish HK, Stancati JA, Farrell DC, Parent KL, Doyle KP, Besselsen DG, Heien ML, Cowen SL, Steece-Collier K, Sherman SJ, Falk T. Exp Neurol. 2020 Jul 25;333:113413. doi: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2020.113413. Online ahead of print. PMID: 32717354
• Erin Purcell (PI), Caryl Sortwell (Co-I). “A next-generation, all-diamond ultramicroelectrode sensor for clinical applications in the nervous system”, MSU Strategic Partnership Grant in the amount of $480,000 TDC, 1/1/2021 – 12/31/2023
• David Yurek (PI), Caryl Sortwell (Subcontract PI), Joe Patterson (Co-I). “Gene therapy approach to reduce alpha‐synuclein aggregation in an animal model of PD”, $17,982 ADC (MSU Sub) awarded by the Michael J. Fox Foundation. 8/1/2020 – 7/31/2021