Prof. Dan Frenkel

The laboratory research focus is on glial-neuronal cell interactions to clarify their role in neurological diseases, both in culture and in animal models of neurodegenerative disease such as Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease and multiple sclerosis. The lab combines approaches such as molecular biology as well as immunological approaches to shed light on the genes and proteins involved in glial cell function, in particular microglia and astrocyte. Specific interest is given to effect of aging on glia cells activity in aged related neurological diseases.