Job Title
Health Program Specialist
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Division of Neuroscience
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Neurogenetics
Areas of Interest
Aging, cognitive decline, inflammation, white matter pathology, neurogenesis, Parkinson's Disease, machine-learning.
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Dr. Ajay Uprety is a Health Program Specialist in the Neurogenetics cluster at NINDS. Prior to joining the NIH he completed his graduate training at the Boston University School of Medicine, where he studied the potential benefits of curcumin supplementation on neuroinflammation and cognitive function in non-human primate model of aging. He then completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Georgetown University where he studied KCC2 dysfunction and altered gabaergic signaling within the midbrain. His research training includes behavioral, molecular and electrophysiological methodologies across rodent and non-human primate models.