Brian McAdams

Ph.D. 2018

Thesis Title:

Chondroitin Sulfate and Keratan Sulfate Proteoglycans In Retinal Axon Growth and Guidance

Undergraduate Institution and Major: 

The Ohio State University, B.A. in Literature, 1985

Graduate Advisor:

Steven McLoon, Ph.D., Department of Neuroscience

Graduate Level Publications:

  • Doche I, Wilcox GL, Ericson M, Valente NS, Romiti R, McAdams BD, Hordinsky MK. Evidence for neurogenic inflammation in lichen planopilaris and frontal fibrosing alopecia pathogenic mechanism. Exp Dermatol. 2018 Nov 8. doi: 10.1111/exd.13835.
  • Ardeshirpour F, Hurliman E, Wendelschafer-Crabb G, McAdams B, Hilger PA, Kennedy WR, Lassig AAD, Brenner MJ. Comparison of neurovascular characteristics of facial skin in patients after primary and revision rhytidectomies. JAMA Facial Plast Surg. 2017;19:379-385.
  • Symons FJ, Tervo RC, Barney CC, Damerov J, Selim M, McAdams B, Foster S, Wendelschafer-Crabb G, Kennedy WR. Peripheral innervation in children with global developmental delay: Biomarker for risk for self- injurious behavior? J Child Neurol. 2015;30:1722-1727.
  • Mack MR, Wendelschafer-Crabb G, McAdams BD, Hordinsky MK, Kennedy WR, Tolar J. Peripheral neuroimmune pathology in recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa. J Invest Derm. 2015;135:1193-1197.
  • Meehan AL, Yang X, McAdams BD, Yuan L, Rothman SM. A new mechanism for antiepileptic drug action: Vesicular entry mediates the effects of levetiracetam. J Neurophysiol. 2011;106:1227-1239.
  • McAdams BD, McLoon SC. The role of chondroitin sulfate and keratan sulfate proteoglycans in the pathfinding of retinal axon growth cones in the chick. J CompNeurol. 1995;352:594-606.

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