Michael Podell is a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine at Ohio State University. They were the first to characterize FIV neuropathology. A comparative study of the pharmacokinetics of amphetamine. FIV is a serious problem in the cat population, and therapies that result from these experiments will be applicable to this natural cat disease. Every animal model of HIV has certain drawbacks, since lentiviruses are species-specific.
Various models complement each other to provide a picture of the human disease.
The number of animals and dosage regimens used in this project were evaluated by peer review and deemed to be appropriate. This proposal, combining drug and immune challenges, is expected to lead to progress in understanding neurodegenerative mechanisms that can be applied to other neurologic diseases, such as stroke, Parkinson's, and Alzheimer's diseases. Return to OSU Research News website.