The College of Pharmacy hosted a research webinar on Monday, April 3rd, featuring a presentation by Dr. Amr Mahrous, a postdoctoral fellow at the Department of Neuroscience at Northwestern University in Chicago. He received his MSc in Pharmacology from Cairo University and his PhD in Biomedical Sciences from Wright State University in Ohio, USA.
Webinar Title: “Pharmacological Restoration of Electrically-Evoked Hindlimb Extension after Spinal Cord Injury”
The webinar was attended by CoP faculty members and candidates of the Master of Drug Discovery and Development program.
Dr. Amr explained the pathophysiological mechanisms underlying dysfunction of spinal circuits. He focused on how traumatic injury or degeneration of spinal neurons/projections in neurological disorders characterized by motor disabilities, such as spinal cord injury and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), can be treated by combining pharmacological interventions with electrophysiological techniques, maximizing their efficacy and helping patients achieve optimal outcomes.
The audience was thoroughly engaged, participating in a stimulating discussions and exploring a variety of perspectives on the topic, sharing their thoughts on how these findings could be applied to other central disorders.