Kwaku Addo-Osafo, M.Sc.
Senior Scientist
About
Mary S. Easton Center for Alzheimer's Research and Care at UCLA
Vossel Lab
710 Westwood Plaza, Room 3-243
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1769
Email: kaddo@mednet.ucla.edu
Affiliations
Education and Degrees
Bachelor of Health Science, Biomedical, University of Calgary, Canada
Master of Science, Neuroscience, University of Calgary, Canada
Publications
Abstracts and Publications at Scientific Meetings, Peer Reviewed.
Farrell JS, Colangeli R, Dong A, George AG, Addo-Osafo K, Kingsley PJ, Morena M, Wolff MD, Dudok B, He K, Patrick TA, Sharkey KA, Patel S, Marnett LJ, Hill MN, Li Y, Teskey GC, Soltesz I. In vivo endocannabinoid dynamics at the timescale of physiological and pathological neural activity. Neuron 2021; 109(15):2398-2403.e4. doi: 10.1015/j.neuron.2021.05.026. PMID: 34352214; PMCID: PMC8351909 (available on 2022-08-04)
Addo-Osafo K, Epp J, Teskey GC. The Role of Postictal Hypoxia on Seizure-Induced Neurogenesis. American Epilepsy Society Annual Meeting, New Orleans, December 2018.
Farrell JS, Colangeli R, Addo-Osafo K, Morena M, Hill MN, Teskey GC. Role of COX-2 oxygenation of 2-AG causes a stroke-like event following seizures. Annual Meeting of the International Cannabinoid Research Society, Montreal, June 2017.
Colangeli R, Farrell JS, Addo-Osafo K, Hill MN, Teskey GC. Role of COX-2 mediated endocannabinoid degradation in postictal hypoxia. Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, November 2016. Published: Neurosci Abstr. 41: 688.03
Farrell JS, Sparling J, Addo-Osafo K, Stys P, Teskey GC. Hypoxia resulting from repeated seizures augments memory impairment and AD-like pathology in the 5XFAD mouse. Canadian Association for Neuroscience, Toronto, May 2016.
Poster Presentations
2015 HBI Summer Student Symposium, Calgary, Alberta, Canada An investigation of the role of post-seizure hypoxia on Alzheimer’s-related pathology and memory impairments.
2018 American Epilepsy Society Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, USAThe Role of Postictal Hypoxia on Seizure-Induced Neurogenesis.