Barbara E. Slack, PhD

Emeritus Associate Professor, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Biography

Barbara Slack, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine at the Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine.She has been a member of the faculty since 1995. Previously, Dr. Slack was a research and postdoctoral fellow at both MIT and Harvard University. Her laboratory studies signal transduction pathways coupled to G protein-coupled receptors.

Publications

  • Published 1/1/2023

    Blusztajn JK, Slack BE. Accelerated Breakdown of Phosphatidylcholine and Phosphatidylethanolamine Is a Predominant Brain Metabolic Defect in Alzheimer's Disease. J Alzheimers Dis. 2023; 93(4):1285-1289. PMID: 37182883.

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  • Published 7/28/2017

    Blusztajn JK, Slack BE, Mellott TJ. Neuroprotective Actions of Dietary Choline. Nutrients. 2017 Jul 28; 9(8). PMID: 28788094.

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  • Published 3/23/2017

    Mellott TJ, Huleatt OM, Shade BN, Pender SM, Liu YB, Slack BE, Blusztajn JK. Correction: Perinatal Choline Supplementation Reduces Amyloidosis and Increases Choline Acetyltransferase Expression in the Hippocampus of the APPswePS1dE9 Alzheimer's Disease Model Mice. PLoS One. 2017; 12(3):e0174875. PMID: 28334015.

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  • Published 1/19/2017

    Mellott TJ, Huleatt OM, Shade BN, Pender SM, Liu YB, Slack BE, Blusztajn JK. Perinatal Choline Supplementation Reduces Amyloidosis and Increases Choline Acetyltransferase Expression in the Hippocampus of the APPswePS1dE9 Alzheimer's Disease Model Mice. PLoS One. 2017; 12(1):e0170450. PMID: 28103298.

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  • Published 11/11/2013

    Burke RM, Norman TA, Haydar TF, Slack BE, Leeman SE, Blusztajn JK, Mellott TJ. BMP9 ameliorates amyloidosis and the cholinergic defect in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2013 Nov 26; 110(48):19567-72. PMID: 24218590.

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Education

  • Queen's University, PhD
  • Queen's University, MSc
  • Queen's University, BS

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