Research Interests

Dr. Oh-Lee received a B.A. degree from Colorado College and his Master’s & Ph.D. degree from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) where he worked on the nerve growth factor receptor, p75, in Alzheimer’s disease pathogenesis. For postdoctoral training, he received an Intramural Research Training Award (IRTA) fellowship (1995-1999) and worked as a research fellow (1999-2001) at the Clinical Pharmacology Section, Experimental Therapeutics Branch, NINDS, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, studying neurobiological and neuropharmacological basis of motor and response complications in Parkinson’s disease. He joined the Department of Psychology at Central Michigan University (CMU) as an assistant professor in 2001 where he now serves as a Co-director of  the BRAIN Center at CMU. His current research interests include studies in neuronal plasticity and neuronal degenerative processes, particularly those that are associated with neurodegenerative disorders such as Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease, and other related neurological diseases.

Current Laboratory Members

 

Ryan Wessell (Ph.D. Student)

Jennifer Basse (Master's Student)

Syed M. Ahmed (Research Assistant)

Recent Publications

Bibbiani, F and Oh, J.D., Petzer, J.P., Castagnoli, N., Chen, J.-F., Schwarzchild, M.A., and Chase, T.N. (2003). (in press) A2A antagonist prevents dopamine agonist-induced motor complications in animal models of PD. Experimental Neurology.

Chase, T.N., Bibbiani, F., and Oh, J.D. (2003) Striatal Glutamatergic Mechanisms and Extrapyramidal Movement Disorders. Neurotoxicity Research.

 

Oh, J.D., Chartisathian, K, Ahmed, S.M., and Chase, T.N. (2003) Cyclic AMP responsive element binding protein (CREB) Phosphorylation and Persistent Expression of Levodopa-induced Response Alterations in Parkinsonian Rats. Journal of Neuroscience Research.

Oh, J.D., Geller, A.I., Zhang, G.R., Chase, T.N. (2003) Gene transfer of constitutively active protein kinase C into striatal neurons accelerates onset of levodopa-induced motor response alterations in parkinsonian rats. Brain Research.

Oh, J.D., Bibbiani, F., Chase, T.N. (2002) Quetiapine Attenuates Levodopa-induced Motor Complications in Rodent and Primate Parkinsonian Models. Experimental Neurology.

Metman, L.V. and Oh, J.D. (2002) Dyskinesias in Parkinson’s Disease; Ionotrophic Glutamate Receptors as Therapeutic Targets (Ed: Lodge D.; Danysz W.; Parsons CG), pp. 205-225, F.P. Graham Publishing Co., Johnson City, Tennessee.

Oh, J.D. and Chase, T.N. (2002) Glutamate-mediated striatal dysregulation and pathogenesis of Parkinsonian motor response complications, Amino Acids.

Bibbiani, F., Oh, J.D., Chase, T.N. (2002) Serotonin 5-HT1A agonist improves motor complications in rodent and primate parkinsonian models. Neurology.

Chase, T.N., Konitsiotis, S., Oh, J.D. (2001) Striatal molecular mechanisms and motor dysfunction in Parkinson's disease. Advances In Neurology: PARKINSON'S DISEASE, 86, 355-360.

Bibbiani, F., Oh, J.D., Chase, T.N. (2001)  Serotonin 5-HT1A agonist, sarizotan, attenuates levodopa-induced motor complications in rodent and primate parkinsonian models. Neurology.

Zhong L.T., Manzi, A., Skowronski, E., Notterpek, L., Fluharty, A.L., Faull, K.F., Masada, I., Rabizadeh, S., Varsanyi-Nagy, M., Ruan, Y.L., Oh, J.D., Butcher, L.L., Bredesen, D.E. (2001) A monoclonal antibody that induces neuronal apoptosis binds a metastasis marker. Cancer Research.

Chase, T.N., Konitsiotis, S. and Oh, J.D., (2000), Striatal Molecular Mechanisms and Motor Dysfunction in Parkinson’s Disease, In Parkinson’s disease: Advances in Neurology, Vol. 86, (Ed. Calne D and Calne S), Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

Chase, T.N. and Oh, J.D. (2000), Striatal dopamine- and glutamate-mediated dysregulation in experimental parkinsonism. Trends in Neuroscience.

Oh, J.D., Chartisathian, K., Chase, T.N. and Butcher, L.L. (2000), Overexpression of neurotrophin receptor p75 contributes to the excitotoxin-induced cholinergic cell death in the rat basal forebrain. Brain Research.

Chase, T.N., Oh, J.D. and Konitsiotis, S. (2000) Antiparkinsonian and antidyskinetic activity of drugs targeting central glutamatergic mechanisms, Journal of Neurology.

Chase, T.N. and Oh, .JD. (2000) Striatal mechanisms and pathogenesis of Parkinsonian signs motor complications. Ann. Neurology.