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Ming Gao, MD, PhD
Neurobiology
Ming Gao, MD, PhD, is an assistant professor of neurobiology in the Department of Translational Neuroscience at Barrow Neurological Institute.
Dr. Gao received his medical degree from Jining Medical College and his doctorate in neuroscience from the Shangai Institute of Meteria Medica, both in China. He completed three postdoctoral fellowships in neuroscience – one at John Hopkins University, one at the University of Maryland, and one at Barrow Neurological Institute.
Dr. Gao’s research is mainly focused on mechanisms of the midbrain dopamine system in normal functions, as well as in various neuropsychiatric and neurological diseases. He uses a variety of electrophysiological methods in both in vitro and in vivo preparations to study the synaptic plasticity, pharmacology, and reward pathway in the mesocorticolimbic dopaminergic circuit of the brain. As a fellow, he expanded his research to include the homeostatic synaptic plasticity in the visual cortex of the brain.
Dr. Gao also studies the underlying mechanism of type 2 cannabinoid receptors in the brain as they pertain to the regulation of neuronal excitability, along with its potential therapeutic effects in drug addiction and schizophrenia. He also conducts research on nicotinic subunits α5, α6, and α7 (among others) in nicotine and ethanol addiction in the midbrain dopamine system.
Dr. Gao is a member of the Society for Neuroscience.
- Postdoctoral Fellowship, Johns Hopkins University, Neuroscience, 2011-2012
- Postdoctoral Fellowship, University of Maryland, Neuroscience, 2008-2011
- Postdoctoral Fellowship, Barrow Neurological Institute, Neuroscience, 2007-2008
- PhD, Shanghai Institute of Meteria Medica, Neuroscience, 2007
- MS, Tongji Medical College, Pharmacology, 2003
- MD, Jining Medical College, 2000
- Society for Neuroscience
Moderate intrinsic phenotypic alterations in ALS/FTD iPSC-microglia despite the presence of C9orf72 pathological features
Date: 01/2023
Authors: Ileana Lorenzini, Eric Alsop, Jennifer Levy, Lauren M. Gittings, Deepti Lall, Benjamin E. Rabichow, Stephen Moore, Ryan Pevey, Lynette M. Bustos, Camelia Burciu, Divya Bhatia, Mo Singer, Justin Saul, Amanda McQuade, Makis Tzioras, Thomas A. Mota, Amber Logemann, Jamie Rose, Sandra Almeida, Fen-Biao Gao, Michael Marks, Christopher J. Donnelly, Elizabeth Hutchins, Shu-Ting Hung, Justin Ichida, Robert Bowser, Tara Spires-Jones, Mathew Blurton-Jones, Tania F. Gendron, Robert H. Baloh, Kendall Van Keuren-Jensen, Rita Sattler
Poly(GR) and poly(GA) in cerebrospinal fluid as potential biomarkers for C9ORF72-ALS/FTD
Date: 05/2022
Authors: Gopinath Krishnan, Denitza Raitcheva, Daniel Bartlett, Mercedes Prudencio, Diane M. McKenna-Yasek, Catherine Douthwright, Björn E. Oskarsson, Shafeeq Ladha, Shafeeq S. Ladha, Oliver D. King, Sami J. Barmada, Timothy M. Miller, Robert Bowser, Jonathan K. Watts, Leonard Petrucelli, Robert H. Brown, Mark W. Kankel, Fen-Biao Gao
Somatic mosaicism in the MAPK pathway in sporadic brain arteriovenous malformation and association with phenotype
Date: 07/2021
Authors: Sen Gao, Jeffrey Nelson, Shantel Weinsheimer, Ethan A. Winkler, Caleb Rutledge, Adib A. Abla, A. A. Abla, Nalin Gupta, Joseph T. Shieh, Daniel L. Cooke, Steven W. Hetts, Tarik Tihan, Christopher P. Hess, Nerissa Ko, Brian P. Walcott, Charles E. McCulloch, Michael T. Lawton, Hua Su, Ludmila Pawlikowska, Helen Kim
FAM222A encodes a protein which accumulates in plaques in Alzheimer’s disease
Date: 12/2020
Authors: Tingxiang Yan, Jingjing Liang, Ju Gao, Luwen Wang, Hisashi Fujioka, Michael W. Weiner, Norbert Schuff, Howard J. Rosen, Bruce L. Miller, David Perry, Paul Aisen, Paul S. Aisen, Arthur W. Toga, Gustavo Jimenez, Michael Donohue, Devon Gessert, Kelly Harless, Jennifer Salazar, Yuliana Cabrera, Sarah Walter, Lindsey Hergesheimer, Karen Crawford, Scott Neu, Lon S. Schneider, Sonia Pawluczyk, Mauricio Becerra, Liberty Teodoro, Bryan M. Spann
Cocaine potently blocks neuronal α
Date: 02/2020
Authors: Ze-Gang Ma, Nan Jiang, Yuan-Bing Huang, Xiao-Kuang Ma, Jason Brek Eaton, Ming Gao, Yong-Chang Chang, Ronald J. Lukas, Paul Whiteaker, Janet Neisewander, Jie Wu
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Ming Gao, MD, PhD
Neurobiology
Ming Gao, MD, PhD, is an assistant professor of neurobiology in the Department of Translational Neuroscience at Barrow Neurological Institute.
Dr. Gao received his medical degree from Jining Medical College and his doctorate in neuroscience from the Shangai Institute of Meteria Medica, both in China. He completed three postdoctoral fellowships in neuroscience – one at John Hopkins University, one at the University of Maryland, and one at Barrow Neurological Institute.
Dr. Gao’s research is mainly focused on mechanisms of the midbrain dopamine system in normal functions, as well as in various neuropsychiatric and neurological diseases. He uses a variety of electrophysiological methods in both in vitro and in vivo preparations to study the synaptic plasticity, pharmacology, and reward pathway in the mesocorticolimbic dopaminergic circuit of the brain. As a fellow, he expanded his research to include the homeostatic synaptic plasticity in the visual cortex of the brain.
Dr. Gao also studies the underlying mechanism of type 2 cannabinoid receptors in the brain as they pertain to the regulation of neuronal excitability, along with its potential therapeutic effects in drug addiction and schizophrenia. He also conducts research on nicotinic subunits α5, α6, and α7 (among others) in nicotine and ethanol addiction in the midbrain dopamine system.
Dr. Gao is a member of the Society for Neuroscience.
- Postdoctoral Fellowship, Johns Hopkins University, Neuroscience, 2011-2012
- Postdoctoral Fellowship, University of Maryland, Neuroscience, 2008-2011
- Postdoctoral Fellowship, Barrow Neurological Institute, Neuroscience, 2007-2008
- PhD, Shanghai Institute of Meteria Medica, Neuroscience, 2007
- MS, Tongji Medical College, Pharmacology, 2003
- MD, Jining Medical College, 2000
- Society for Neuroscience
Moderate intrinsic phenotypic alterations in ALS/FTD iPSC-microglia despite the presence of C9orf72 pathological features
Date: 01/2023
Authors: Ileana Lorenzini, Eric Alsop, Jennifer Levy, Lauren M. Gittings, Deepti Lall, Benjamin E. Rabichow, Stephen Moore, Ryan Pevey, Lynette M. Bustos, Camelia Burciu, Divya Bhatia, Mo Singer, Justin Saul, Amanda McQuade, Makis Tzioras, Thomas A. Mota, Amber Logemann, Jamie Rose, Sandra Almeida, Fen-Biao Gao, Michael Marks, Christopher J. Donnelly, Elizabeth Hutchins, Shu-Ting Hung, Justin Ichida, Robert Bowser, Tara Spires-Jones, Mathew Blurton-Jones, Tania F. Gendron, Robert H. Baloh, Kendall Van Keuren-Jensen, Rita Sattler
Poly(GR) and poly(GA) in cerebrospinal fluid as potential biomarkers for C9ORF72-ALS/FTD
Date: 05/2022
Authors: Gopinath Krishnan, Denitza Raitcheva, Daniel Bartlett, Mercedes Prudencio, Diane M. McKenna-Yasek, Catherine Douthwright, Björn E. Oskarsson, Shafeeq Ladha, Shafeeq S. Ladha, Oliver D. King, Sami J. Barmada, Timothy M. Miller, Robert Bowser, Jonathan K. Watts, Leonard Petrucelli, Robert H. Brown, Mark W. Kankel, Fen-Biao Gao
Somatic mosaicism in the MAPK pathway in sporadic brain arteriovenous malformation and association with phenotype
Date: 07/2021
Authors: Sen Gao, Jeffrey Nelson, Shantel Weinsheimer, Ethan A. Winkler, Caleb Rutledge, Adib A. Abla, A. A. Abla, Nalin Gupta, Joseph T. Shieh, Daniel L. Cooke, Steven W. Hetts, Tarik Tihan, Christopher P. Hess, Nerissa Ko, Brian P. Walcott, Charles E. McCulloch, Michael T. Lawton, Hua Su, Ludmila Pawlikowska, Helen Kim
FAM222A encodes a protein which accumulates in plaques in Alzheimer’s disease
Date: 12/2020
Authors: Tingxiang Yan, Jingjing Liang, Ju Gao, Luwen Wang, Hisashi Fujioka, Michael W. Weiner, Norbert Schuff, Howard J. Rosen, Bruce L. Miller, David Perry, Paul Aisen, Paul S. Aisen, Arthur W. Toga, Gustavo Jimenez, Michael Donohue, Devon Gessert, Kelly Harless, Jennifer Salazar, Yuliana Cabrera, Sarah Walter, Lindsey Hergesheimer, Karen Crawford, Scott Neu, Lon S. Schneider, Sonia Pawluczyk, Mauricio Becerra, Liberty Teodoro, Bryan M. Spann
Cocaine potently blocks neuronal α
Date: 02/2020
Authors: Ze-Gang Ma, Nan Jiang, Yuan-Bing Huang, Xiao-Kuang Ma, Jason Brek Eaton, Ming Gao, Yong-Chang Chang, Ronald J. Lukas, Paul Whiteaker, Janet Neisewander, Jie Wu
- English