RESEARCH & FACULTY

Weihong Pan, M.D., Ph.D.

Professor, Chief of Sleep Laboratory/Sleep Disorder Clini

Department/Laboratory:
Sleep Lab
Blood Brain Barrier I
Phone:
(225) 763-3065
 		 Fax:
(225) 763-0261
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EDUCATION

M.D., Shanghai Medical University (now Fudan University Shanghai Medical College), Shanghai, China, 1990
Ph.D., Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, 1997, Neuroscience
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN) Certificate, 2002, MOC 2012
Sleep Medicine Certificate, ABPN, 2011

RESEARCH INTERESTS

1. Cytokine transport and signaling across the blood-brain and blood-spinal cord barrier (BBB)

2. Neuroinflammation in relation to neurodegeneration

3. Effects of sleep apnea, obesity, and sleep insufficiency on brain functions

4. Circadian rhythm and homeostasis of biopotentials

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

See web http://labs.pbrc.edu/bloodbrainbarrier/publications.htm ^ top