Research Postdoctoral Fellow, The Solomon H. Snyder Department of Neuroscience
Research Interests
I am interested in understanding the role of astrocytes in the brain. To do this, I will study astrocytes in the auditory system and their involvement in development and auditory plasticity.
Education
B.S. Tel Aviv University, Israel
Ph.D. Bar-Ilan University, Israel
Selected Publications
Beker, S., Kellner, V., Chechik, G., and Stern, E.A. (2016). Learning to classify neural activity from a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease amyloidosis versus controls. Alzheimer’s & Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment & Disease Monitoring. 2, 39–48.
Menkes-Caspi, N., Yamin, H.G., Kellner, V., Spires-Jones, T.L., Cohen, D., and Stern, E.A. (2015). Pathological tau disrupts ongoing network activity. Neuron 85, 959–966.
Kellner, V., Menkes-Caspi, N., Beker, S., and Stern, E.A. (2014). Amyloid-β alters ongoing neuronal activity and excitability in the frontal cortex. Neurobiol. Aging 35, 1982–1991.
Beker, S., Kellner, V., Kerti, L., and Stern, E.A. (2012). Interaction between amyloid-β pathology and cortical functional columnar organization. J. Neurosci. 32, 11241–11249.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Department of Neuroscience
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
725 N. Wolfe St., WBSB 1001
Baltimore, MD 21205
Phone: (410) 955-6949
Fax: (410) 955-6942
