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Ronald Doucette
Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology
B.Sc. Honors (1976) Acadia University
M.A. (1977) University of Guelph
Ph.D. (1981) University of Western Ontario
My lab is examining the migratory and remylinating
ability of a glial cellof the primary olfactory pathway (i.e.
the olfactory ensheathing cell). After grafting into the spinal
cord these glial cells remyelinate CNS axons, promote long distance
growth of regenerating axons, and can migrate overlong distances.
My students and I are working at identifying what initiates and
directs this cell migration, and also in characterizing the cellular
interactions that occur as ensheathing cells remyelinate CNS
axons.
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