Christina Dimovasili, PhD
Research Assistant Professor, Anatomy & Neurobiology

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Education
- University of Crete, PhD
- University of Glasgow, MS
- University of Athens, BS
Publications
- Published on 11/28/2024
Stayer-Wilburn O, Brown DI, Woltjer RL, Srinivasan S, Park BS, Shultz P, Vitantonio A, Dimovasili C, Vaughan KL, Starost MF, Rosene D, Mattison JA, Urbanski HF, Kohama SG. Dysregulation of astrocytic Aquaporin-1 in the brains of oldest-old rhesus macaques: the NIA caloric restriction study. Geroscience. 2025 Feb; 47(1):781-793. PMID: 39604627.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 9/27/2024
DeVries SA, Dimovasili C, Medalla M, Moore TL, Rosene DL. Dysregulated C1q and CD47 in the aging monkey brain: association with myelin damage, microglia reactivity, and cognitive decline. Front Immunol. 2024; 15:1426975. PMID: 39399501.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 9/23/2024
Dimovasili C, Vitantonio AT, Conner B, Vaughan KL, Mattison JA, Rosene DL. White matter lipid alterations during aging in the rhesus monkey brain. Geroscience. 2024 Sep 23. PMID: 39312153.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 5/16/2024
Vitantonio AT, Dimovasili C, Mortazavi F, Vaughan KL, Mattison JA, Rosene DL. Long-term calorie restriction reduces oxidative DNA damage to oligodendroglia and promotes homeostatic microglia in the aging monkey brain. Neurobiol Aging. 2024 Sep; 141:1-13. PMID: 38788462.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 11/22/2023
DeVries SA, Conner B, Dimovasili C, Moore TL, Medalla M, Mortazavi F, Rosene DL. Immune proteins C1q and CD47 may contribute to aberrant microglia-mediated synapse loss in the aging monkey brain that is associated with cognitive impairment. Geroscience. 2024 Apr; 46(2):2503-2519. PMID: 37989825.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 8/5/2022
Dimovasili C, Fair AE, Garza IR, Batterman KV, Mortazavi F, Moore TL, Rosene DL. Aging compromises oligodendrocyte precursor cell maturation and efficient remyelination in the monkey brain. Geroscience. 2023 Feb; 45(1):249-264. PMID: 35930094.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 7/11/2022
Mathioudakis L, Dimovasili C, Bourbouli M, Latsoudis H, Kokosali E, Gouna G, Vogiatzi E, Basta M, Kapetanaki S, Panagiotakis S, Kanterakis A, Boumpas D, Lionis C, Plaitakis A, Simos P, Vgontzas A, Kafetzopoulos D, Zaganas I. Study of Alzheimer's disease- and frontotemporal dementia-associated genes in the Cretan Aging Cohort. Neurobiol Aging. 2023 Mar; 123:111-128. PMID: 36117051.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 1/23/2021
Dimovasili C, Fadouloglou VE, Kefala A, Providaki M, Kotsifaki D, Kanavouras K, Sarrou I, Plaitakis A, Zaganas I, Kokkinidis M. Crystal structure of glutamate dehydrogenase 2, a positively selected novel human enzyme involved in brain biology and cancer pathophysiology. J Neurochem. 2021 May; 157(3):802-815. PMID: 33421122.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 1/1/2021
Basta M, Zaganas I, Simos P, Koutentaki E, Dimovasili C, Mathioudakis L, Bourbouli M, Panagiotakis S, Kapetanaki S, Vgontzas A. Apolipoprotein E ?4 (APOE ?4) Allele is Associated with Long Sleep Duration Among Elderly with Cognitive Impairment. J Alzheimers Dis. 2021; 79(2):763-771. PMID: 33361595.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 7/20/2020
Al Rahim M, Yoon Y, Dimovasili C, Shao Z, Huang Q, Zhang E, Kezunovic N, Chen L, Schaffner A, Huntley GW, Ubarretxena-Belandia I, Georgakopoulos A, Robakis NK. Presenilin1 familial Alzheimer disease mutants inactivate EFNB1- and BDNF-dependent neuroprotection against excitotoxicity by affecting neuroprotective complexes of N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor. Brain Commun. 2020; 2(2):fcaa100. PMID: 33005890.
Read at: PubMed
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