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George A. Kuchel, MD
Title: Director, UConn Center on Aging
Chief, Division of Geriatric Medicine,
Travelers Chair in Geriatrics and Gerontology
Education:
McGill University (MD CM) 1980
Training:
McGill University, Montreal General Hospital, Internal Medicine 1982-1985
Harvard Medical School, Geriatric Medicine 1985-1988
Research Interests: Role of hormones and cytokines
in geriatric disability. Pathogenesis of impaired detrusor contractility
and urinary retention. Molecular mechanisms of bladder muscle survival.
Areas of Special Clinical Interest: Geriatric
Assessment, Urinary Incontinence
Languages Spoken: French, Czech, Slovak, Hungarian
Selected Publications:
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Vaucher E., Pierret P.,
Julien J.P. and Kuchel G.A.
(2001) Ovariectomy Up-Regulates Neuronal Neurofilament Light
Chain mRNA expression with Regional and Temporal Specificity. Neuroscience
103 (3) 629-637.
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Zhu Q.,
Ritchie J., Marouf N., Dion S.B., Resnick N.M., Elbadawi A. and Kuchel G.A. (2001) Role of Ovarian Hormones in the Pathogenesis of
Impaired Detrusor Contractility: Evidence from Ovariectomized
Rodents. The Journal of Urology 166 (9) 1136-1141.
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Bellantonio
S. and Kuchel
G.A. (2002)
Pharmacological Approaches to Cognitive Deficits and Incontinence
1899-2001: Progress in Geriatrics Care. Trends
in Pharmacological Sciences. 23(4)
192-193.
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Fortinsky
RH, Kuchel GA, Coll PP. (2003) Promoting healthy and successful
aging in everyday clinical practice. Conn Med. 67(8):455-60.
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Zhu
Q.,Resnick N.M., Elbadawi A. and Kuchel G.A.
(2004) Estrogen
and Post-Natal Maturation Increase Caveolar Numbers and Caveolin-1
Protein in Bladder Smooth Muscle Cells The Journal of Urology
171(1): 467-71.
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Kuchel G.A.
and Hof P (2004) Autonomic Nervous System in Old Age,
Karger Press, NY.
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Kuchel
G.A., Zhu Q., Rogina B. and Clark S.H. (In Press) Aging, Animal
Models for IN Encyclopedia of Endocrinology and Endocrine Diseases
(Ed L. Martini) Academic
Press, San Diego, CA.
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Yang SX
and Kuchel GA. (In Press) Estrogen, Cerebrovascular System and
Dementia. In: Paul RH, Cohen RA, Ott BR, editors. Vascular Dementia:
Cerebrovascular Mechanisms and Clinical Management. Tatowa, N.J.:
Humana Press
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Research staff:
Dan Sasso, BSc
Qing Zhu, MD,
MSc
Contact
Information:
Phone:
860-679-3956
Fax: 860-679-1307
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