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Veronica Galvan is affiliated with the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center in the United States. Their research spans several fields, primarily focusing on medicine, biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology, and neuroscience. They have published extensively in subfields such as neurology, physiology, molecular biology, infectious diseases, and aging.

The main topics of their work include Alzheimer's disease research and treatments, neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms, neurological disease mechanisms and treatments, telomeres, telomerase and senescence, genetics, aging and longevity in model organisms, as well as SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, including clinical studies.

Recent papers by Veronica Galvan illustrate the scope of their research interests. These include:

  • "Adult-onset CNS myelin sulfatide deficiency is sufficient to cause Alzheimer's disease-like neuroinflammation and cognitive impairment," published in 2021 in Molecular Neurodegeneration
  • "Monkeypox: considerations for the understanding and containment of the current outbreak in non-endemic countries," from 2022 in GeroScience
  • "Omicron variant of the SARS-CoV-2: a quest to define the consequences of its high mutational load," published in 2021 in GeroScience
  • "Soluble pathogenic tau enters brain vascular endothelial cells and drives cellular senescence and brain microvascular dysfunction in a mouse model of tauopathy," from 2023 in Nature Communications
  • "In Vivo Generation of Lung and Thyroid Tissues from Embryonic Stem Cells Using Blastocyst Complementation," published in 2020 in American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Frequent co-authors in their research collaborations include Stacy A. Hussong, Candice E. Van Skike, Jorge Quarleri, Angela O. Dorigatti, and Zoltán Ungvári. These collaborations reflect sustained partnerships with experts contributing to overlapping research areas.

Veronica Galvan has published notably in several journals, with the highest number of publications appearing in GeroScience, followed by Alzheimer's & Dementia, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Molecular Neurodegeneration, and Nature Communications.

Best Publications

  • Inhibition of mTOR by Rapamycin Abolishes Cognitive Deficits and Reduces Amyloid-β Levels in a Mouse Model of Alzheimer's Disease

    Patricia Spilman;Natalia Podlutskaya;Matthew J. Hart;Jayanta Debnath

  • Mechanisms of Vascular Aging

    Zoltan Ungvari;Stefano Tarantini;Anthony J. Donato;Anthony J. Donato;Veronica Galvan

  • Enhanced neurogenesis in Alzheimer's disease transgenic (PDGF-APPSw,Ind) mice.

    Kunlin Jin;Veronica Galvan;Lin Xie;Xiao Ou Mao

  • Herpes simplex virus 1 induces and blocks apoptosis at multiple steps during infection and protects cells from exogenous inducers in a cell-type-dependent manner

    Veronica Galvan;Bernard Roizman

  • Reversal of Alzheimer's-like pathology and behavior in human APP transgenic mice by mutation of Asp664

    Veronica Galvan;Olivia F. Gorostiza;Surita Banwait;Marina Ataie

  • In vivo oxidative stress in brain of Alzheimer disease transgenic mice: Requirement for methionine 35 in amyloid β-peptide of APP

    D. Allan Butterfield;Veronica Galvan;Miranda Bader Lange;Huidong Tang

  • Chronic inhibition of mammalian target of rapamycin by rapamycin modulates cognitive and non-cognitive components of behavior throughout lifespan in mice.

    Jonathan Halloran;Stacy Hussong;Raquel Burbank;Natalia Podlutskaya

  • Chronic rapamycin restores brain vascular integrity and function through NO synthase activation and improves memory in symptomatic mice modeling Alzheimer's disease.

    Ai Ling Lin;Wei Zheng;Jonathan J. Halloran;Raquel R. Burbank

  • Transplantation of human neural precursor cells in Matrigel scaffolding improves outcome from focal cerebral ischemia after delayed postischemic treatment in rats.

    Kunlin Jin;XiaoOu Mao;Lin Xie;Veronica Galvan

  • Glycoprotein D or J delivered in trans blocks apoptosis in SK-N-SH cells induced by a herpes simplex virus 1 mutant lacking intact genes expressing both glycoproteins.

    Guoying Zhou;Veronica Galvan;Gabriella Campadelli-Fiume;Bernard Roizman

  • Environmental enrichment prevents astroglial pathological changes in the hippocampus of APP transgenic mice, model of Alzheimer's disease

    Juan Beauquis;Patricio Pavía;Carlos Pomilio;Angeles Vinuesa

  • Rapamycin and Alzheimer's disease: Time for a clinical trial?

    Matt Kaeberlein;Veronica Galvan;Veronica Galvan

  • Aβ induces cell death by direct interaction with its cognate extracellular domain on APP (APP 597–624)

    G. M. Shaked;M. P. Kummer;D. C. Lu;V. Galvan

  • Deficits in Synaptic Transmission and Learning in Amyloid Precursor Protein (APP) Transgenic Mice Require C-Terminal Cleavage of APP

    Michael J. Saganich;Brock E. Schroeder;Veronica Galvan;Dale E. Bredesen

  • Polyphosphate: A Conserved Modifier of Amyloidogenic Processes

    Claudia M. Cremers;Daniela Knoefler;Stephanie Gates;Nicholas Martin

  • Rapamycin rescues vascular, metabolic and learning deficits in apolipoprotein E4 transgenic mice with pre-symptomatic Alzheimer's disease.

    Ai Ling Lin;Jordan B. Jahrling;Wei Zhang;Nicholas Derosa

  • Abnormal neuronal networks and seizure susceptibility in mice overexpressing the APP intracellular domain

    D. L. Vogt;D. Thomas;V. Galvan;D. E. Bredesen

  • Neurogenesis in the aging brain.

    Veronica Galvan;Kunlin Jin

  • Netrin-1 interacts with amyloid precursor protein and regulates amyloid-|[beta]| production

    F C Lourenço;V Galvan;J Fombonne;V Corset

  • How longevity research can lead to therapies for Alzheimer's disease: The rapamycin story.

    Arlan Richardson;Veronica Galvan;Ai Ling Lin;Salvatore Oddo

Frequent Co-Authors

Dale E. Bredesen
Dale E. Bredesen University of California, Los Angeles
Arlan Richardson
Arlan Richardson University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
Kunlin Jin
Kunlin Jin University of North Texas Health Science Center
Salvatore Oddo
Salvatore Oddo Arizona State University
Zoltan Ungvari
Zoltan Ungvari University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
Anna Csiszar
Anna Csiszar University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
David A. Greenberg
David A. Greenberg Buck Institute for Research on Aging
Martin A. Javors
Martin A. Javors The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Goutam Ghosh Choudhury
Goutam Ghosh Choudhury The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Bernard Roizman
Bernard Roizman University of Chicago

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