James Hewett

Associate Professor
Department of Biology
Syracuse University
United States of America

Academician Molecular Biology
Biography

James Hewett is an associate professor in Department of Biology of Syracuse University, New York United States. He specializes in human toxicology, neurobiology and pathology.

Research Intrest

Neuroscience and central nervous system neurobiology and pathology, neuromodulators and epilepsy, arachidonic acid metabolism and cyclooxygenase-2, cytokines and interleukin-1β, signal transduction and gene expression, animal models, transgenic mice, cell culture, pharmacology.

List of Publications
Hewett SJ, Silakova JM, Hewett JA (2006) Oral treatment with rofecoxib reduces hippocampal excitotoxic neurodegeneration. J. Pharmacol. Exp. Ther. 319: 1219-1224.
Hewett JA, Hewett SJ (2012) Induction of nitric oxide synthase-2 expression and measurement of nitric oxide production in enriched primary cortical astrocyte cultures. Methods Mol. Biol. 814: 251-263.