Dr Diego Peretti
Career Development Fellow
MRC Toxicology Unit
Hodgkin Building
PO Box 138
University of Leicester
Lancaster Road, Leicester
LE1 9HN, UK
Tel: +44 (0)116 252 5597
Research Interests
Synaptic repair processes in neurodegeneration
My project is focused on defining repair mechanisms in synaptic plasticity and how these are affected in neurodegeneration. I have found impairment in the capacity of synapses to reassembled in various models of neurodegenerative disease under specific stress conditions, long before degenerative changes or cognitive symptoms occur. I am characterizing the pathways involved in this process, using biochemical and imaging techniques, high throughput screening approaches and phosphoproteomics, as well as behavioural readouts.
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MRC Toxicology Unit
Hodgkin Building
PO Box 138
Lancaster Road, Leicester
LE1 9HN, UK
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Tel: +44 (0)116 252 5544
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