Department of Pharmacology : Linda A. Dokas

Research Professor of Pharmacology
Department of Pharmacology

419-530-1930 Phone
419-530-1909 FAX
WO2256
linda.dokas@utoledo.edu

Institutions/Degrees

B.S.     Western Illinois University
           Zoology

Ph.D.  The University of Michigan
           Zoology

Research Interests

• Biochemical signal transduction following muscarinic receptor activation relevant to aging of the brain and Alzheimer’s disease
• Regulation of stress-responsive genes and proteins in the brain
• Analysis of neuronal growth-associated processes with particular emphasis on protein phosphorylation

Recent Publications

·         Li, H., Dokas, L.A., Godfrey, D.A. and Rubin, A.M. (2003) Remodeling of synaptic connections in the deafferented vestibular nuclear complex, J. Vest. Res., 12:167-183.

·         Dokas, L.A., Haas, M.S., Lilly, S.M., Ting, S.-M and Dennis, A.M. (2003) In vitro modulation of protein kinase CK2-mediated phosphorylation of the neuronal growth-associated protein B-50 (GAP-43), Neurosci. Res. Comm.  33:189-199.

·         Niswander, J.M. and Dokas, L.A. (2006) Phosphorylation of HSP27 and synthesis of 14-3-3ε are parallel responses to hyperosmotic stress in the hippocampus, Brain Res. 1116:19-30.

·         Niswander, J.M. and Dokas, L.A. (2007) Hyperosmotic stress-induced caspase-3 activation is mediated by p38 MAPK in hippocampus, Brain Res. 1186:1-11.