Breljak berislav zlokovic biography
Featured Researcher: Berislav V. Zlokovic, M.D., Ph.D....
Berislav Zlokovic - Biography#
Berislav V. Zlokovic (Betza) is the director of the Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute and professor and chair of the Department of Physiology and Biophysics at the Keck School of Medicine, and a professor of biological sciences at the Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences.
He is recognized internationally as a leader in the fields of Alzheimer’s disease and stroke.
Breljak berislav zlokovic biography
Zlokovic has a long-standing career in studying the role of cerebral blood vessels in the pathogenesis of neurological disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease and stroke as a foundation for the development of new treatments for these disorders.
Using animal models and studying human brain, his laboratory has shown that damage to the BBB and brain microcirculation can accumulate before neuronal dysfunction, injury and cognitive decline. His research team has identified the cellular and molecular mechanisms in small cerebral blood vessels causing disruption of the neurovascular unit and