Christopher A. McPherson
Harry Lab, NIEHS
111 T.W. Alexander Dr.
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709
Tel: (919) 541-0167
Fax: (919) 541-4611
Education
Doctorate of Philosophy
Curriculum in Toxicology
Research Advisor: G. Jean Harry, Ph.D.
Date of Matriculation: 2005
Bachelor of Science in Life Sciences
Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 2000
Publications and Recent Abstracts
Wu J, Basha MR, Brock B, Cox DP, Cardozo-Pelaez F, McPherson CA, Harry J, Rice DC, Maloney B, Chen D, Lahiri DK, Zawia NH. Alzheimer’s disease (AD)-like pathology in aged monkeys after infantile exposure to environmental lead (Pb): evidence for a developmental origin and environmental link for AD. (2008) Journal of Neuroscience 28(1):3-9.
Harry GJ, Funk JA, Lefebvre d’Hellencourt, McPherson CA, Aoyama M. The type 1 interleukin 1 receptor is not required for the death of murine hippocampal dentate granule cells and microglia activation. (2007) Brain Research [Epub ahead of print].
Harry GJ, McPherson CA, Wine RN, Atkinson K, Lefebvre d’Hellencourt C. Trimethyltin-induced neurogenesis in the murine hippocampus. (2004) Neurotoxicity Research 5(8):623-7.
McPherson CA, Kubik J, Wine RN, D’Hellencourt CL, Harry GJ. Alterations in cyclin A,B, and D1 in mouse dentate gyrus following TMT-induced hippocampal damage. (2003) Neurotoxicity Research 5(5):339-54
Awards
2007 Travel Award, 21st Biennial Meeting of the International Society for Neurochemistry
Dissertation
Current Research
“Differential inflammatory gene expression in young and adult mice during chemical-injury induced neurogenesis”
Advisor: G. Jean Harry, Ph.D