#  Aakash Shah 

2011-12 Summer Fellows

Host Lab: Dr. Carlotta Guiducci 

 

 

 



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**Project Summary**: The therapeutic effects of patterned electrical stimulation on several neurodegenerative diseases, including Parkinson's (Benabid et al. 1987) and certain forms of inner ear deafness (Dodson and Mohuiddin 2000; Hartshorn et al. 1991; Lousteau 1987; Wefstaedt et al. 2012), have been contentiously debated. During the course of my fellowship, I assisted the host lab in designing a device to study the effects of patterned electrical stimulation on neurons in vitro. We developed and optimized a prototype of the device and are now conducting experiments to study the effects of the frequency and duration of patterned electrical stimulation on the survival of SH cells and neurons. Results are still pending.



 

 

 





 

 

- ## Fellowships
    
     [Summer Research Fellowships](/fellowships/summer-research-fellowships)
- ## Fellowship Year
    
     [2011-2012](/fellowship-year/2011-2012)