Home Department: Bioengineering
Supported by: Anonymous Donor
Mentor: Michelle Monje-Deisseroth, Neurology

Preethi is researching the mechanisms underlying cognitive impairments in patients with Neurofibromatosis type I. She is analyzing structural changes of white matter in Nf1 mice and tracking the cell lineage involved in myelination, which is essential for the functioning of the nervous system. Through this, she hopes to obtain an understanding at the cellular level of how white matter is altered in these patients and how this could cause cognitive defects.

Poster presented at the Stanford Bio-X Interdisciplinary Initiatives Symposium on August 24, 2016:

Age- and Brain Region-Dependent Dysregulation of Oligodendrocyte Precursor Cell Population Dynamics in a Mouse Model of Neurofibromatosis Type I

Preethi Raghavan¹, James Lennon^2,3, Michelle Monje^2,3
[Departments of Bioengineering¹ and Neurology³ and Institute for Stem Cell Biology & Regenerative Medicine², Stanford University]