Cédric Geoffroy, PhD

Areas of Interest:

• Spinal cord plasticity, axon regeneration & sprouting

• Impact of aging

• Inflammation & glial scar

• SCI associated liver dysfunction & cardiovascular disease

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Publications: 

7 peered reviewed papers in the area of SCI (out of 12, h-index 8)

Recent publications:

Geoffroy CG#, Meves JM, Zheng B#. The age factor in axonal repair after spinal cord injury: a focus on neuron-intrinsic mechanisms. Neurosci Lett.2016 Nov 3. pii: S0304-3940(16)30842-4. #co-corresponding authors.

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Chen M, Geoffroy CG, Wong HN, Tress O, Nguyen MT, Holzman LB, Jin Y, Zheng B. Leucine Zipper-bearing Kinase promotes axon growth in mammalian central nervous system neurons. Sci Rep.2016 Aug 11;6:31482. PMCID: PMC4980599.

Geoffroy CG*, Hilton BJ*, Tetzlaff W#, Zheng B#. Evidence for an age-dependent decline in axon regeneration in the adult mammalian central nervous system. Cell Rep.2016 Apr 12;15(2):238-46. *Co-first authors; #co-corresponding authors. PMCID: PMC5050004.

Support:

Past support in the area of SCI as PI: $200,000; Co-I/Key personnel: $2,500,000

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