Research Foci

Spinal Cord Injury
Neural Stem Cells

Alzheimer's Disease
Nervous System Growth Factor and Gene Therapy

Neural Plasticity / Motor learning
Structural and Electrophysiological Correlates of New Knowledge and Skills

Human ES cells implanted into Rat
Human ES cells implanted into Rat with complete spinal cord transection. Human axons (green) stream from the lesion site (LEFT) into the caudal spinal cord

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Mark Tuszynski MD, PhD, 
Professor of Neurosciences

Director, UCSD Translational Neuroscience Institute
UC San Diego
La Jolla, California 92093-0626
mtuszynski@ucsd.edu

Dana Pettaway,
Executive Assistant
(858) 534-8857
Fax: (858) 534-5220
dpettaway@ucsd.edu