Patents by Inventor Lindy E. Barrett

Lindy E. Barrett has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Transcription factors in neuronal dendrites-dendritic protein synthesis and cell death
    Patent number: 9114159
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of altering the competence of a dendrite and/or the viability of a neuron by modulating the level of Elk-1 in a dendrite. The present invention also provides methods of altering the ATP levels in a neuron, methods of isolating at least one protein of a mitochondrial permeability transition pore complex, methods of introducing an RNA into a neuron, methods of translating an RNA in a dendrite, methods of monitoring risk of neurodegeneration of a neuron, and methods of treatment for neurodegenerative diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
    Inventors: James H. Eberwine, Lindy E. Barrett
  • Transcription factors in neuronal dendrites-dendritic protein synthesis and cell death
    Publication number: 20090227531
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of altering the competence of a dendrite and/or the viability of a neuron. The present invention also provides methods of altering the ATP levels in a neuron, methods of isolating at least one protein of a mitochondrial permeability transition pore complex, methods of introducing an RNA into a neuron, methods of translating an RNA in a dendrite, methods of monitoring risk of neurodegeneration of a neuron, and methods of treatment for neurodegenerative diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2006
    Publication date: September 10, 2009
    Inventors: James H. Eberwine, Lindy E. Barrett