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Chien-Ping Ko

Expert in the neurobiology of motor diseases like Lou Gehrig's disease and spinal muscular atrophy

Professor of Biological Sciences, Division of Neurosciences
Director, Center for Electron Microscopy and Microanalysis

Contact at: (213) 740-9182 or cko@usc.edu


Expertise:
  • neurobiology, especially brain synapses
  • amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, or Lou Gehrig's disease) and spinal muscular atrophy (SMA)
  • cellular and molecular mechanisms of synapse formation and function
  • neurocytology/ cellular neurobiology
  • electron microscopy
  • the neuromuscular junction
Additional Information:
  • Editorial Board Member, Journal of Neurocytology
  • Editorial Board Member, Brain Cell Biology

Foreign Languages:
Chinese (Taiwanese)

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For more information go to:

http://www.usc.edu/programs/neuroscience/faculty/profile.php?fid=47