PhD, Cornell University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, 1976

Phone: (732) 235-5382
Fax: (732) 235-4990

email: dreyfus@umdnj.edu

Research interests:
Regulation of brain development by environmental signals. In particular the role of the trophic factors and glial cells are being examined.

Selected Publications 1

Du, Yangzhou and Dreyfus, C.F. 2002 Oligodendrocytes as Providers of Growth Factors. J. Neurosci. Res., 68, 647-654.

Dai, X., Qu. P.M. and Dreyfus, C.F. 2000 Neuronal signals regulate neurotrophin expression in oligodendrocytes of the basal forebrain. Glia, 34(3):, 234-239.

Lackland, J. and Dreyfus, C.F. 2001 Trophins as mediators of astrocyte effects in the aging and regenerating brain. In: Neuroglia in the Aging Brain. Wiley Publishing

Mount, H.T.J., Elkabes, S., Dreyfus, C.F. and Black, I.B. 1998 Differential involvement of metabotropic and p75 neurotrophin receptors in effects of nerve growth factor and neurotrophin-3 on cultured Purkinje cell survival. J. Neurochemistry, 70, 1045-1053.

Dreyfus, C.F., Dai, X., Lercher, L.D., Racey, B.R., Friedman, W.J. and Black, I.B. 1999 Expression of neurotrophins in the adult spinal cord in vivo. J. Neurosci. Res. 56, 1-7.