Dr. Hexum's Lab

	Welcome to Dr. Terry Hexum's Laboratory
Collaborators Research Goals Techniques used in the laboratory Personnel Return to Dr. Hexum's home page More information on Dr. Hexum Collaborators: Jialin Zheng, M.D., UNMC Pawel Ciborowski, Ph.D., UNMC Tsuneya Ikezu, M.D., Ph.D., UNMC Keshore Bidasee, Ph.D., UNMC Myron Toews, Ph.D., UNMC Research Goals Role of neuropeptides in neuronal function Long range goal: To investigate the role played by neuropeptides when they act in concert with a classical neurotransmitter to modulate tissue function Significance: Improved understanding of how neurons modify tissue function Development of new drug treatments for a variety of diseases affecting the central nervous system and the cardiovascular system Regulation of tyrosine hydroxylase Long range goal: To provide new information on the regulation of the rate limiting enzyme in catecholamine synthesis Significance: Development of new drug treatments for a variety of diseases involving malfunction in adrenergic transmission such as Parkinson’s disease, schizophrenia and high blood pressure Signaling through purinergic receptors Long range goal: To investigate the role played by ATP in neuronal function Significance: Improved understanding of how neurons modify tissue function Development of new drug treatments for a variety of diseases affecting the central nervous system and the cardiovascular system Return to top of page Techniques: Intracellular signaling determination RNA knockdown High performance liquid chromatography Cell culture Enzyme kinetics Personnel
Former Graduate Students and Post Doctoral Fellows
Barbara Barron	PhD	Pharmacist, Lincoln General Hospital, Lincoln, NE
Chainarong Cherdchu	PhD	Department of Pharmacology, Pramongkutklao Medical College, Bangkok, Thailand
Wei Li	PhD	Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL
Jianhua Zhu	PhD	Neurologist, Graves Gilbert Clinic, Bowling Green, KY
Jialin Zheng	MD	Professor of Pharmacology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
Peijin Zhang	PhD	Research Associate, School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
Tony Luke	Phd

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