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Alexis Stranahan is a neuroscientist who studies inflammation of the brain. Associate Professor at Augusta University, in the department of neuroscience and regenerative medicine.

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Associate Professor

Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University

Neurons are exquisitely sensitive to cellular stress due to the metabolically demanding processes underlying synaptic transmission. My lab studies the regulation of synaptic plasticity and cognition by metabolic stress at the behavioral, electrophysiological, and cellular levels. We define 'metabolic stress' broadly to encompass responses to exercise and caloric restriction at one extreme, and changes occurring in obesity and diabetes at the opposite end of this continuum. Our long-term goal is to understand how neurons, glia and cerebrovascular cells sense and respond to homeostatic challenges.

https://www.keystonesymposia.org/diversity/fellows-directory/previous-fellows/2011-stranahan-alexis

https://www.genengnews.com/news/subcutaneous-beige-fat-indispensible-in-protecting-brain-from-dementia/

https://scitechdaily.com/why-do-cancer-cells-need-fat/

https://scitechdaily.com/gain-muscle-mass-and-lose-fat-can-weekly-prednisone-treat-obesity/

Education
Dr Stranahan received her PhD in neuroscience from Princeton University in 2008 while working as a Visiting Fellow at the National Institution on Aging, which is part of the National Institutes of Health. She then worked as a Postdoctoral Fellow at Johns Hopkins University and in 2011 moved to the Medical College of Georgia where she became first an Assistant professor and, in 2018, tenured Associate Professor.

Awards and honors

 * 2017