College of Medicine
Prokop Lab
Led by Stefan Prokop · Pathology
What we study
The Prokop Lab studies brain diseases like Alzheimer's and sepsis, focusing on autopsies and research in neurodegenerative diseases. They examine how proteins and cells behave in aging and disease models.
What working here is like
- Wet lab
- Projects
- 3
- Papers
- 5
Current projects
State of Florida Brain Bank
Collects and stores brain tissue for research on neurodegenerative diseases.
Sepsis and the Systemic Cytokine Storm in Aging and Alzheimer Disease Models
Investigates how sepsis affects brain health in aging and Alzheimer's models.
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Understanding the impact of Clusterin on the oligodendrocyte lineage in AD
Studies how Clusterin affects brain cells in Alzheimer's disease.
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Recent papers, explained
- Hyperglycosylation is a metabolic driver of Alzheimer’s disease
2026 · Nature Metabolism
Finds enhanced glycan biosynthesis in Alzheimer’s disease mouse models.
- The Biological Fate of DBS Leads After 15 Years of Stimulation
2026 · Movement Disorders Clinical Practice
Examines DBS hardware integrity after 15 years in a dystonia patient.
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- PERK deficiency amplifies molecular, structural, and network vulnerability to repetitive mild traumatic brain injury
2026 · Neurobiology of Disease
Tests how PERK deficiency affects brain vulnerability to repetitive mild traumatic brain injury.
- Corpora amylacea profiling reveals disease stage and brain region-specific alterations in glycogen metabolism in Alzheimer’s disease patient brains
2026 · Cell Reports Medicine
Finds higher glycogen deposits in Alzheimer’s disease brains linked to neurofibrillary tangles.
- Differentiation of PD, MSA and PSP using clinical data from the prospective AIDP cohort
2026 · Clinical Parkinsonism & Related Disorders
Uses clinical data to compare Parkinson's disease, PSP, and MSA to improve diagnostic differentiation.
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How to reach out
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