Ryan Castoro , DO
- Assistant Professor Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
- Principal Investigator NextGen Precision Health
Research
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Areas of expertise
- Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
- Translational/Clinical Neuroscience
Research Summary
Dr. Castoro leads a translational neuroscience lab which focuses on understanding the genetic, as well as epigenetic determinants of peripheral nerve disease and how these can be reversed. As part of their approach, they are developing quantitative ultrasound as a biomarker to measure axonal degeneration in humans and in murine models. In addition, they utilize murine and direct induced motor/sensory neuron models to elucidate DNA methylation regulated neuronal degeneration of the peripheral nervous system.