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Dr. Khaled Abdelrahman receives funding to investigate relationship between blood flow and Alzheimer’s disease

Congratulations to Dr. Khaled Abdelrahman on receiving funding from the Scottish Rite Charitable Foundation of Canada for his research project, Defining the Role of M1 Muscarinic Acetylcholine Receptor Signaling in Alzheimer’s Disease. Alzheimer’s disease affects memory, thinking, and everyday functioning. Growing evidence suggests that disruptions in cerebral blood flow occur early in the disease and may contribute to its progression….

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Dr. Yulong Li: Quantitative imaging of neuromodulator dynamics in vivo by constructing new GRAB sensors

October 19

2215 Wesbrook Mall
Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z3 Canada

The human brain comprises billions of neurons that communicate primarily through chemical synapses by releasing diverse neuromodulators, which regulate perception, movement, learning, and memory. Dissecting the neural mechanisms in both physiology and disease requires precise in vivo monitoring of neuromodulator dynamics. In the past few years, we and others have developed a series of GPCR-activation‒based (GRAB) sensors that enable high-resolution…

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