Patient Care Bio
Dr. Callahan is Director of the Confocal and Conventional Microscropy Core. The Core provides access to high-end confocal microscopy as well as more conventional brightfield and fluorescence microscopy, and provides assistance with all imaging procedures as needed by the investigators. Dr. Callahan's primary research interest is the response of effected and neighboring neurons to cytoskeletal disruption in late-onset neuro-degenerative diseases, particularly Alzheimer's Disease, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, and Parkinson's Disease.