Chandima Nishadi Rajapakse, PhD, MHS
Program Director, Division of Extramural Activities and Scientific Programs
National Institute of Health/NIMHD
Email:chandima.rajapakse@nih.gov
Education:
Ph.D., Molecular Medicine, 2004
Wake Forest University
School of Medicine
Winston-Salem, N.C.
B.S., Salem College, 1995
Winston-Salem, NC
Research Interest:
Research on neonatal rat model of ischemia/reperfusion to understand molecular mechanism of hypoxic-ischemic injury.
Publications:
Busija DW, Lacza Z, Rajapakse N, Shimizu K, Kis B, Bari F, Domoki F, Horiguchi T. Targeting mitochondrial ATP-sensitive potassium channels--a novel approach to neuroprotection. Brain Res Brain Res Rev. 2004 Nov;46(3):282-94.
Nagy K, Kis B, Rajapakse NC, Bari F, Busija DW. Diazoxide preconditioning protects against neuronal cell death by attenuation of oxidative stress upon glutamate stimulation. J Neurosci Res. 2004 Jun 1;76(5):697-704.
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