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File CV_Dunkerson_2019.docx
Position(s): 
Graduate Research Assistant
Affiliation(s): 
Neuroscience
Other Affiliation(s): 
SCOBIRC - Graduate Student
Interests / Specialties: 
traumatic brain injury
Animal Learning and Behavior
Oxidative Stress
Bio / Education: 

Integrated Biomedical Sciences, IBS Program at the University of Kentucky

Mentor: 
Edward D. Hall, Ph.D
Selected Publications: 

1. Furman, J. L., Sompol, P., Kraner, S. D., Pleiss, M. M., Putman, E. J., Dunkerson, J., & ... Norris, C. M. (2016). Blockade of Astrocytic Calcineurin/NFAT Signaling Helps to Normalize Hippocampal Synaptic Function and Plasticity in a Rat Model of Traumatic Brain Injury. The Journal of Neuroscience: The Official Journal of the Society for Neuroscience, 36(5), 1502-1515. doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1930-15.2016

2. Dunkerson, J., Moritz, K.E., Young, J., Pionk, T., Fink, K., Rossignol, J., Dunbar, D., Smith, J.S., (2014). Combining enriched environment and induced pluripotent stem cell therapy results in restoration of cognitive and improved motor function following traumatic brain injury. Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience, 32(5), 675-687. doi: 10.3233/RNN-140408

3. Peruzzaro, S., Gallagher, J., Dunkerson, J., Fluharty, S., Mudd, D., Hoane, M., & Smith, J. (2013). The impact of enriched environment and transplantation of murine cortical embryonic stem cells on recovery from controlled cortical contusion injury. Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience, 31(4), 431-450. doi:10.3233/RNN-120299

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