Nsikan Akpan

Intranasal Delivery of Caspase-9 Inhibitor Reduces Caspase-6-Dependent Axon/Neuron Loss and Improves Neurological Function after Stroke

Nsikan Akpan, Esther Serrano‐Saiz, Brad E. Zacharia et al. · Journal of Neuroscience · 2011 · 90 citations · Full text

Caspase-dependent Death, Active Caspase-9, Immunology +21

Regulation of synaptic plasticity and cognition by SUMO in normal physiology and Alzheimer's disease

Linda Lee, Elena Dale, Agnes Staniszewski et al. · Scientific Reports · 2014 · 85 citations · Full text

Combined suppression of CASP2 and CASP6 protects retinal ganglion cells from apoptosis and promotes axon regeneration through CNTF-mediated JAK/STAT signalling

Vasanthy Vigneswara, Nsikan Akpan, Martin Berry et al. · Brain · 2014 · 64 citations · Full text

Ocular Disease, Retinal Ganglion Cell, Apoptosis +18

Chagas' disease parasite-derived neurotrophic factor activates cholinergic gene expression in neuronal PC12 cells

Nsikan Akpan, Kacey L. Caradonna, Marina V. Chuenkova et al. · Brain Research · 2008 · 29 citations · Full text

Cholinergic Gene Expression, Neurodegenerative Diseases, Signal Transduction +11

Caspase-9 mediates synaptic plasticity and memory deficits of Danish dementia knock-in mice: caspase-9 inhibition provides therapeutic protection

Robert Tamayev, Nsikan Akpan, Ottavio Arancio et al. · Molecular Neurodegeneration · 2012 · 20 citations · Full text