Journal of Alzheimers Disease & Parkinsonism
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Lir-Wan Fan

Department of Pediatrics, Division of Newborn Medicine, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS 39216, USA

Biography

Dr Lir-Wan Fan, PhD, received her PhD from the University of Mississippi Medical Center in 2002. Her research focuses on neonatal brain damages, such as white matter injury associated with perinatal brain inflammation and hypoxia-ischemia, as well as disorders of ageing processes including Parkinson’s disease and Alzheimer’s disease. She has published 60 original research papers. One of Dr Fan’s current research interests is the investigation of the link between perinatal brain inflammation and late-onset neurodegenerative diseases.

Research Interest

 

Perinatal brain inflammation and periventricular leukomalacia

Perinatal hypoxia-ischemia and brain palsy

Brain inflammation early in life and neurodegeneration in the later life

Environmental toxins and Parkinson’s Disease

Environmental toxins and Alzheimer’s Disease

Drug abuse and addiction

Prenatal drug treatment and addiction in the later life

Animal behavior studies

Stereotaxic techniques and bilateral carotid artery occlusion (BCAO) surgery

Immunohistochemistry and stereological cell counting

 

 

Publications

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