Home Department: Biology
Supported by: Bio-X
Mentor: Carla Shatz, Biology and Neurobiology

Kiana Brown's research in Dr. Shatz's lab investigates the effects of the soluble protein PirB on synaptic plasticity in the mouse brain and its use as a potential therapeutic for Alzheimer's disease.

Poster presented at the Stanford Bio-X Interdisciplinary Initiatives Symposium on August 27, 2014:

Is There an Early Effect of APP/PS1 Mutation on Dendritic Spines?

Kiana Brown^1,2, Richie Sapp^1,2, Taeho Kim^1,2, George S. Vidal^1,2, Carla Shatz^1,2
[Departments of Biology¹ and Neurobiology², Stanford University]