Douglas Zochodne

Area of Study / Keywords

Peripheral neurobiology

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About

Dr. Douglas Zochodne is a Neurologist and Neuroscientist, Divisional Director of Neurology at the University of Alberta and Director of the Neuroscience and Mental Health Institute, UofA. His training included an MD and FRCPC in Neurology at the University of Western Ontario under the supervision of Dr. Charles Bolton and a research fellowship with Drs. Philip Low and Peter J. Dyck at Mayo Clinic. Dr. Zochodne’s career has included faculty positions at Queen’s University, Canada, the University of Calgary and more recently the University of Alberta. He has devoted his career toward understanding the biology and diseases of the peripheral nervous system. Dr. Zochodne’s roles have included  Editor-in-Chief of the Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences (1999-2007), President of the Peripheral Nerve Society (2009-2011) and lead on the Regeneration Unit in Neurobiology, University of Calgary (2009-2014). He is a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences. Dr. Zochodne has channeled his research role as an investigator of diabetic polyneuropathy and peripheral neuron regeneration. His most recent work emphasizes intrinsic molecular mechanisms involved in adult sensory neuron plasticity including unexpected roles for tumour suppressor pathways repurposed within neurons. His laboratory has been funded continuously since 1988 and it has published over 280 research papers and chapters including four books.  His work currently focuses on identifying new molecular mechanisms of peripheral neuron plasticity, regeneration and resistance to diabetes.  His laboratory is currently funded by CIHR,CDA/DC, and ADI.  

Clinical Interests

Clinical Neurology

Neuromuscular disease

Peripheral nerve disease

Diabetic polyneuropathy

Clinical Electrophysiology (EMG)

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Research

Peripheral Neurobiology

Neurosciences of Regeneration

Experimental peripheral nerve disease

Neurological complications of Diabetes Mellitus

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Teaching

Clinical Neurology

Neuromuscular disease

Peripheral nerve disease

Clinical Electrophysiology (EMG)

Peripheral neurobiology

Miyashita A., Kobayashi M., Ishibashi S., Nagata T., Chandrasekhar A., Zochodne D.W., Yokota T.

DIABETES. 2022 June; 71 (6):1299-1312 10.2337/db21-0918

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Poitras T, Singh V, Piragasam R, Wang X, Mannaa AM, Chandrasekhar A, Martinez J, Fahlman R, Zochodne DW.

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-ENDOCRINOLOGY AND METABOLISM. 2022 May; doi: 10.1152/ajpendo.00001.2022.

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Putko B.N., Zochodne D.W.

Diabetic Neuropathy. 2022 January; 10.1016/B978-0-12-820669-0.00015-3

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Poitras T.M., Munchrath E., Zochodne D.W.

Neurotherapeutics. 2021 October; 18 (4):2303-2323 10.1007/s13311-021-01138-y

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Poitras T., Piragasam R.S., Joy T., Jackson J., Chandrasekhar A., Fahlman R., Zochodne D.W.

Journal of Anatomy. 2021 August; 239 (2):529-535 10.1111/joa.13423

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Komirishetty P., Zubkow K., Areti A., Ong H., Zochodne D.W.

Neurobiology of Disease. 2021 July; 155 10.1016/j.nbd.2021.105383

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SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN. 2021 May; 324 (5):7 000000

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JEC Bautista, N Chu, DW Zochodne

Neurology Asia. 2021 March; 26 (1):199-201 000000

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New England Journal of Medicine. 2021 January; 384 (2):192-193 10.1056/NEJMc2033783

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K Purdy, DW Zcohdone

Aminoff's Neurology and General Medicine 6th Edition. 2021 January; 6th Edition (Chapter 19):303-316 000000

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Chandrasekhar A., Komirishetty P., Areti A., Krishnan A., Zochodne D.W.

Molecular Neurobiology. 2021 January; 58 (1):391-407 10.1007/s12035-020-02119-6

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Krishnan A., Dwivedi S., Chandrasekhar A., Areti A., Zochodne D.W.

Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience. 2021 January; 110 10.1016/j.mcn.2020.103573

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Paskevicius T., Jung J., Pujol M., Eggleton P., Qin W., Robinson A., Gutowski N., Holley J., Smallwood M., Newcombe J., Zochodne D., Chen X.Z., Tang J., Kraus A., Michalak M., Agellon L.B.

FASEB JOURNAL. 2020 December; 34 (12):16662-16675 10.1096/fj.202001539RR

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Bautista J., Chandrasekhar A., Komirishetty P.K., Duraikannu A., Zochodne D.W.

Journal of the Neurological Sciences. 2020 October; 417 10.1016/j.jns.2020.117058

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Our Wired Nerves. The Human Nerve Connectome. 2020 September; 000000