Articles

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Force-Velocity Curves of Motor Proteins Cooperating In Vivo (with T. Cahyuti, B. Townsend, J.C. Macosko, and Y. Shtridelman), Cell Biochemistry and Biophysics (2008)
Motor proteins convert chemical energy into work, thereby generating persistent motion of cellular and subcellular...
 

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Peri-nuclear clustering of mitochondria is triggered during aluminum maltolate induced apoptosis (with Jennifer A. Hurd, Nena Fox, Brigitte E. Townsend, Kathleen J. S. Griffioen, Othman Ghribi, and John Savory), Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease (2006)
Synapse loss and neuronal death are key features of Alzheimer’s disease pathology. Disrupted axonal transport...
 

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Involvement of complex carbohydrate chemistry in Alzheimer’s disease (with Rudy J. Castellani, George Perry, and Mark A. Smith), Medical Hypotheses and Research (2005)
The cardinal feature of Alzheimer disease is the extracellular deposition of proteinaceous amyloid-β fibrils as...
 

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Review: Refuting Compromise, Creation Research Society Quarterly (2005)
 

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Aluminum Maltolate-Induced Toxicity in NT2 Cells Occurs Through Apoptosis and Includes Cytochrome c Release (with Kathleen J. S. Griffioen, Othman Ghribi, Nena Fox, and John Savory), NeuroToxicology (2004)
Aluminum (Al) compounds are neurotoxic and have been shown to induce experimental neurodegeneration although the...
 

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Impact of a Young-Earth Creationist Apologetics Course on Student Creation Worldview (with Tom Henderson and Steve Deckard), Journal of Creation (2003)
Science educators holding an evolutionary worldview are concerned about the teaching of young -Earth creationism...
 

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Role of Educational Factors on College Students’ Creation Worldview (with Steve Deckard, Chard Berndt, Mary Filakouridis, and Tim Iverson), Journal of Creation (2003)
What one believes about origins is a significant component of an overall worldview. An ongoing...
 

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AB(1-42) and aluminum induce stress in the endoplasmic reticulum in rabbit hippocampus, involving nuclear translocation of gadd 153 and NF-kB, Molecular Brain Research (2001)
Apoptosis may represent a prominent form of neuronal death in chronic neurodegenerative disorders, such as...
 

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Co-involvement of mitochondria and endoplasmic reticulum in regulation of apoptosis: changes in cytochrome c, Bcl-2 and Bax in the hippocampus of aluminum-treated rabbits (with Othman Ghribi, Michael S. Forbes, Mary M. Herman, and John Savory), Brain Research (2001)
Neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer’s disease, are characterized by a progressive and selective loss of neurons....
 

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GDNF Protects against Aluminum-Induced Apoptosis in Rabbits by Upregulating Bcl-2 and Bcl-XL and Inhibiting Mitochondrial Bax Translocation (with Othman Ghribi, Mary M. Herman, Michael S. Forbes, and John Savory), Neurobiology of Disease (2001)
Direct (intracisternal) injection of aluminum complexes into rabbit brain results in a number of similarities...
 

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Astrocytes Regulate Microglial Phagocytosis of Senile Plaque Cores of Alzheimer’s Disease (with George Perry, Mark Cohen, Catherine Doller, and Jerry Silver), Experimental Neurology (1998)
We have developed an in vitro model in which isolated senile plaque (SP) cores are...
 

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Regenerative Failure: A Potential Mechanism for Neuritic Dystrophy in Alzheimer’s Disease (with Jerry Silver), Experimental Neurology (1996)
Although neuronal pathology and synaptic loss are salient features of Alzheimer’s disease (AD), the underlying...
 

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Senile Plaques and Neurofibrillary Tangles: The Concurrent Lesions of Alzheimer’s Disease (with Darja Proprotnik, George Perry, and Mark A. Smith), Neurobiology of Aging (1995)
 

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Chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans are a common component of neuronal inclusions and astrocytic reaction in neurodegenerative diseases (with P. L. Richey, D. Praprotnik, J. Silver, and G. Perry), Brain Research (1994)
Previously, we showed three differentially sulfated forms of chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans (CSPG) associated with senile...
 

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B-Amyloid of Alzheimer's Disease Induces Reactive Gliosis that Inhibits Axonal Outgrowth (with David R. Canning, Robert J. McKeon, George Perry, Jerry Silver, Jerome R. Wujek, and R. C. A. Frederickson), Experimental Neurology (1993)
Pathological lesions in the brains of patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) are characterized by dense...
 

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Chondroitin Sulfate Proteoglycans Are Associated with the Lesions of Alzheimer's Disease (with Jerry Silver, David R. Canning, and George Perry), Experimental Neurology (1993)
Chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans (CSPG) are extracellular matrix proteins inhibitory to neurite outgrowth in vitro and...
 

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Immunocytochemical Evidence that the B-Protein Precursor is an Integral Component of Neurofibrillary Tangles of Alzheimer's Disease, American Journal of Pathology (1993)
Amyloid B (AB) immunoreactivity has been demonstrated in all extracellular neurofibrillary tangles (E-NFT) and most...
 

Contributions to Books

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The Words of the Lord is Flawless, Persuaded by the Evidence: True Stories of Faith Science & the Power of a Creator (2008)
 

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Theories of the Origin and Early Evolution of Life, Science and Its Times: Understanding the Social Significance of Scientific Discovery (2000)
After the theory of spontaneous generation was discredited, only religious explanations were offered to explain...
 

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Glial Cell Extracellular Matrix in Alzheimer’s Disease (with David R. Canning and George Perry), Non-neuronal Cells in Alzheimer’s Disease (1995)
Many studies have yielded conflicting results regarding the toxicity of AB, the peptide which is...
 

Presentations

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Direct Comparison of Worldview Learning Outcomes in Resident versus DLP Creation Studies Course, Faculty Workshops (2008)
Are there differences in worldview learning outcomes between students in a residential vs. a DLP...