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Helena Morrison

Associate Professor | Member of the Graduate Faculty

College of Nursing
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40+ Collaborators
$595K / $5M Funding
10+ Grants
20+ Publications
5+ Courses

About

I lead an interdisciplinary team of collaborators, graduate, undergraduate students in an investigation to discover microglia—the brain phagocyte— form and function during physiologic and pathologic conditions. My researchs a variety of contexts

Research Area

stroke, inflammation, microglia, neuroprotection, ischemic stroke, sex differences, brain injury, mouse model, neuroscience, morphology, neuroinflammation, traumatic brain injury, parkinson's disease, ketamine, cell biology

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    Periorbital Placement of a Laser Doppler Probe for Cerebral Blood Flow Monitoring Prior to Middle Cerebral Artery Occlusion in Rodent Models

    2024
    cerebral blood flow, rodent models

    Discovering novel plasma biomarkers for ischemic stroke: Lipidomic and metabolomic analyses in an aged mouse model

    2024
    biomarkers, ischemic stroke

    Chronic consequences of ischemic stroke: Profiling brain injury and inflammation in a mouse model with reperfusion

    2024
    stroke, brain injury, inflammation, reperfusion injury, mouse model

    PNA5, A Novel Mas Receptor Agonist, Improves Neurovascular and Blood-Brain-Barrier Function in a Mouse Model of Vascular Cognitive Impairment and Dementia

    2024
    neurovascular, blood-brain barrier, mas receptor, vascular cognitive impairment, dementia

    Assessment and Quantification of Foam Cells and Lipid Droplet-Accumulating Microglia in Mouse Brain Tissue Using BODIPY Staining

    2024
    cell biology, neuroscience, imaging, biochemistry, pathology

    PACAP glycosides promote cell outgrowth in vitro and reduce infarct size after stroke in a preclinical model

    2024
    neuroprotection, stroke, preclinical model, glycosides

    Boosting Mitochondrial Biogenesis Diminishes Foam Cell Formation in the Post-Stroke Brain

    2023
    mitochondrial biogenesis, foam cell formation, post-stroke brain, boosting, neuroprotection

    An Outpatient Transitions of Care Model for Heart Failure

    2022
    transitions of care, heart failure, outpatient care, care model, healthcare delivery

    Design and Synthesis of Novel Brain Penetrant Glycopeptide Analogues of PACAP with Neuroprotective Potential for Traumatic Brain Injury and Parkinsonism.

    2022
    neuroprotection, traumatic brain injury, parkinsonism, glycopeptide analogues, synthesis design

    Evaluation of microglia in a rodent model of Parkinson's disease primed with L-DOPA after sub-anesthetic ketamine treatment

    2021
    neuroinflammation, parkinson's disease, l-dopa, ketamine, rodent model

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    • Measurement and Methods in Biobehavioral Research

    • Quantitative Methods in Nursing Research

    • Emerging Diseases and Population Health

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