Dr Daniel Whitcomb
BSc, MSc(Bristol), PhD
Current positions
Senior Lecturer in Translational Neuroscience
School of Physiology, Pharmacology & Neuroscience
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Projects and supervisions
Research projects
How does stress regulate tau-associated synaptic function?
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (THS)Dates
01/01/2016 to 31/12/2018
Thesis supervisions
Interplay between synaptic GPCRs in Alzheimer’s Disease
Supervisors
The role of p21-activated kinase in hippocampal synaptic function
Supervisors
The roles of FUS in neurodegenerative disease
Supervisors
Molecular Mechanisms Underlying the Induction of Long-term Potentiation by Transcranial Ultrasound Neuromodulation
Supervisors
The Molecular Mechanisms of Ultrasound Neuromodulation
Supervisors
Neuromodulation and neurotrophic factors
Supervisors
Publications
Selected publications
01/05/2011Aβ(1-42) inhibition of LTP is mediated by a signaling pathway involving caspase-3, Akt1 and GSK-3β
Nature Neuroscience
Caspase-3 activation via mitochondria is required for long-term depression and AMPA receptor internalization
Cell
Recent publications
20/03/2024The effects of 40Hz ultrasound stimulation on neuronal function
The effects of 40Hz ultrasound stimulation on neuronal function
The effects of 40 Hz ultrasound stimulation on neuronal function
AZD5438 a GSK-3a/b and CDK inhibitor is antiapoptotic modulates mitochondrial activity and protects human neurons from mitochondrial toxins
Scientific Reports
Human stem cell-derived ventral midbrain astrocytes exhibit a region-specific secretory profile
Brain Communications
