Virginia Gao
Associate Program Director, Research · Cornell Univ Joan and Sanford I Weill Med Coll
Credentials: · · · ·
History
Present
- 2022–2023
Weill Cornell and the Neurological Institute of New York at Columbia
Research
Astrocyte glycogen and lactate: New insights into learning and memory mechanisms
Review · Glia · 2018 · Last of 5 authors · 230 citations
COVID-19 presenting with ophthalmoparesis from cranial nerve palsy
Case report · Neurology · 2020 · 227 citations
Astrocytic β2-adrenergic receptors mediate hippocampal long-term memory consolidation
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2016 · First of 7 authors · 170 citations
- DL
3 papers
2 papers · 2 as a resident
- AT
2 papers
2 papers · 1 as a resident
- CG
2 papers · 2 as a resident
2 papers
2 papers
2 papers
Grants
- 2026–2031
The Role of Enteric Alpha-Synuclein in Parkinson's Disease
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke · K08
Contact PI · $235.3K · Weill Medical Coll of Cornell Univ
- 2012–2016
The Role of Astrocytes in Memory Consolidation
National Institute of Mental Health · F30
Contact PI · $146.3K · Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Clinical trials
- 2020–2028
Parkinson's Disease Biomarkers in Nerve Cells in the Gut
Principal investigator · Recruiting
Weill Medical College of Cornell University