Jennifer Larimore, Ph.D.

Department of Cell Biology
Emory University
School of Medicine

Research Mentor: Victor Faundez, Ph.D., Associate Professor


Education

B.S., Biochemistry, Asbury College, Wilmore, KY, 2001
Ph.D., Neurobiology, University of Alabama-Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, 2008
1st year FIRST Postdoctoral Fellow, 2009 - present


Research Statement

 

 

Publications

Chapleau, C.A., Calfa, G.D., Lane, M.C., Albertson, A.J., Larimore, J.L., Kudo, S., Armstrong D.L., Percy, A.K., Pozzo-Miller, L. (2009) Dendritic spine pathologies in hippocampal pyramidal neurons from Rett syndrome brain and after expression of Rett-associated MECP2 mutations. Neurobiol Dis. 35(2):219-33. PMCID: PMC2722110 [Available on 2010/08/01]

Larimore, J.L., Chapleau, C.A., Kudo, S., Theibert, A., Percy, A.K., Pozzo-Miller, L. (2009) Bdnf overexpression in hippocampal neurons prevents dendritic atrophy caused by Rett-associated MECP2 mutations. Neurobiol Dis. 34(2):199-211. PMCID: PMC2726722 [Available on 2010/05/01]

Chapleau, C.A., Carlo, M.E., Larimore, J.L., Pozzo-Miller, L. (2008)The actions of BDNF on dendritic spine density and morphology in organotypic slice cultures depend on the presence of serum in culture media. J Neurosci Methods. 169(1):182-90. PMCID: PMC2348185

Moore, C.D., Thacker, E.E., Larimore, J., Gaston, D., Underwood, A., Kearns, B., Patterson, S.I., Jackson, T., Chapleau, C., Pozzo-Miller, L., Theibert, A. (2007) The neuronal Arf GAP centaurin alpha1 modulates dendritic differentiation. J Cell Sci. 120(Pt 15):2683-93.

 

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Department of Cell Biology
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615 Michael Street
Atlanta, GA  30322
Email: jennifer.larimore@emory.edu


 
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