Thomas H. McNeill

Research Interests

Cellular and molecular basis of the etiopathology of human neurodegenerative disease.

Degrees

Univ Rochester, PHD, 1980
Colorado State Unive, MS, 1974

MEMBERSHIPS & AFFILIATIONS

Memberships

Society for Neuroscience
American Academy of Neurology
AAAS
American Association of Anatomists
Editorial Boards
Experimental Neurology, 1994-Present
National or International Scientific Advisory Boards
French Foundation, 1993-Present
Journal Reviewer
Archives in Neurology
Brain Research
Exp. Neurology
Free Radical in Biology and Medicine
J. Comp. Neurol.
J. Neurochemistry
J. Neuroscience
Neurodegeneration
Neuroscience
Science
Scientific Review Panels
French Foundation
National Science Foundation
Veterans Administration
Hereditary Disease Foundation

McNeill, T.H., Mori, N. and Cheng, H-W. Differential regulation of the growth associated proteins GAP-43 and SCG-10 in response to unilateral cortex ablation in adult rats. Neuroscience 90, 1349-1360, 1999.

Meshul, C.K., Cogen, J.P., Cheng, H.W, Moore, C., Krentz, L. and McNeill, T.H. Alterations in striatal glutamate synapses following a lesion of the cortico- and/or nigrostriatal pathways. Exp. Neurology 165:191-206, 2000.

Cheng, H.W., Brown, S.A. and McNeill, T.H. Synapse Replacement in the Striatum of the Adult Rat Following Unilateral Cortex Ablation: A Glogi and Ultrastructural Study. Society for Neuroscience, Miami, FL, 1999.

Ferguson, M., Jiang, T., Cheng, H.W., and McNeill, T.H. Attenuation of the age-related decline in reactive fiber outgrowth in the dentate gyrus following entorhinal cortex injury by caloric restriction. Science (submitted) 2002.

Ovsiannikov, I., McNeill, T., and Arbib, M.A. Annotation Technology, In: Computing the Brain: A Guide to Neuroinformatics. (eds.) M.A. Arbib, and J.Grethe, and the Project Team of the University of Southern California Brain Project, San Diego: Academic Press 2000.


McNeill, T.H. and Jakowec, M. Neurotransmitters. In: The Macmillan Encylopedia of Aging. (ed) D.J. Ekerdt, Macmillan Reference, New York, New York (in press).

Ferguson, M., Cheng, H.W., C.K. Meshul, and T.H. McNeill. Caloric restriction attenuates the age-associated decrease in synapse number in the hippocampus. Society for Neuroscience, New Orleans, LA, 2000.

Hogg, E., Ferguson, M and T.H. McNeill The use of a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug can reverse the age associated decrease in adaptive response to brain injury. Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, CA, 2001.

Ferguson, M, Rebrin, I, Sohal, R. and T.H. McNeill Effect of buthionine sulfoximine, an irreversible inhibitor of glutathione synthesis, on reactive synaptogenesis. Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, CA, 2001.

Davis, EJ, Rice, K, Hogg, E, Ferguson, M and McNeill, TH. Effect of age on BDNF expression in the striatum after corticostriatal lesion. Society for Neuroscience, Orlando, Fl, 2002.

Ferguson, M. and McNeill, T.H. The Effect of age on GAP-43 and SCG10 upregulation after an entorhinal cortex lesion. Society for Neuroscience, Orlando, Fl, 2002.