Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
School of Veterinary Medicine
Ioanna Dori
Associate Professor
Department of Anatomy, Histology &
Embryology
Research
Main Research Interests
- cellular mechanisms and interactions
during brain development and factors that regulate them.
- neurotransmitter systems in various areas
of the developing and adult rat brain at the light and electron
microscopic levels.
- development of various animal models of
brain injury (TBI; pharmacological lesions), for the study of factors that
control cell survival, apoptosis and differentiation during brain
development and adulthood.
Personal Grants
- PENED Grant (95ED 2.1.7-1621), 01/01/1997-31/12/1998:
“Study of programmed cell death in the rat basal forebrain during
development”. The Greek General Secretariat of Research and Technology.
- PENED Grant (99ED322),
18/1/2000-18/9/2001: “ Factors controlling cell survival and programmed
cell death during brain development. The effect of lesions and role of
cell proteins”. The Greek General Secretariat of Research and Technology.
- EPEAEK, HERAKLEITOS Grant (MIS 88722),
8/11/2002-31/12/2006: “Study of the factors regulating survival,
differentiation and apoptosis of brain neurons during development, aging
and following experimental lesions”. The Greek Ministry of Education.
Training of postgraduate students
- Supervisor of T. Zacharaki (PhD, 2007).
“Cell death in the rat dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus during
development and following deafferentation and target deprivation”.
- Supervisor of K. Mellios (PhD, 2008).
Study of the factors regulating survival, differentiation and apoptosis of
striatal neurons during development, and following experimental lesions”.
- Co-supervisor of M. Latsari (PhD, 2001). “The noradrenergic innervation of the
developing and mature visual and motor cortex of the rat brain”.
- Co-supervisor of S. Sophou (PhD, 2004).
“Apoptosis in the rat basal forebrain during development and following
lesions of the cerebral cortex”.
- Co-supervisor of A. Ahmed (PhD, 2010).
“Effects of Hypothyroidism on programmed cell death in different brain
areas of the developing and adult rat”.