Dr Wei-Li KuanUniversity positionSenior Research Associate DepartmentsDepartment of Clinical Neurosciences InstitutesCambridge Centre for Brain Repair Home pagehttp://www.researchgate.net/profile... Research ThemesInterestsMy primary research interest is on investigating novel therapeutics that are potentially disease-modifying in Parkinson's and Huntington's disease. I am also extremely keen in interdisciplinary research and I am currently working with groups of physicists, engineerings, and economicsts on several interesting projects Research Focus
EquipmentBehavioural analysis Immunohistochemistry Collaborators
Associated News ItemsKey publicationsHuefner A, Kuan WL, Barker RA, Mahajan S (2013), “Intracellular SERS nanoprobes for distinction of different neuronal cell types.” Nano Lett 13(6):2463-70 Details Kuan WL, Poole E, Fletcher M, Karniely S, Tyers P, Wills M, Barker RA, Sinclair JH (2012), “A novel neuroprotective therapy for Parkinson's disease using a viral noncoding RNA that protects mitochondrial complex I activity.” J Exp Med 209(1):1-10 Details Kuan et al (2008), “The role of anxiety in the development of levodopa-induced dyskinesias in an animal model of Parkinson's disease and the effect of chronic treatment with the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor citalopram” Psychopharmacology 197 (2):279-93 Publications2010Barker RA, Kuan WL (2010), “Graft-induced dyskinesias in Parkinson's disease: what is it all about?” Cell Stem Cell 7(2):148-9 Details 2007Kuan et al (2007), “The importance of A9 dopaminergic neurons in mediating the functional benefits of fetal ventral mesencephalon transplants and levodopa-induced dyskinesias” Neurobiol Dis 25(3):594-608 Laguna Goya R, Kuan WL, Barker RA (2007), “The future of cell therapies in the treatment of Parkinson's disease.” Expert Opin Biol Ther 7(10):1487-98 Details 2006Kuan et al (2006), “Increased capacity for axonal outgrowth using xenogenic tissue in vitro and in a rodent model of Parkinson's disease” Xenotransplantation 13(3):233-47 2005Kuan WL, Barker RA (2005), “New therapeutic approaches to Parkinson's disease including neural transplants.” Neurorehabil Neural Repair 19(3):155-81 Details |