Cooper, Barry J.
Professor Emeritus/a
research
research and scholarship focus
- neuromuscular diseases of animals and humans
- X-linked muscular dystrophy of the Duchenne type in dogs
- develop gene therapy for muscular dystrophy
service
outreach focus
- diagnostic muscle biopsy service, Veterenary Teaching Hospital
- electrodiagnostic (EMG) examinations, Companion Animal Hospital
publications
selected publications (listing in progress)
- Cooper, B.J. Animal models of muscular dystrophy: Characteristics and applications. Lab. Animal 22:33-37, 1993.
- Dux, L., , Cooper, B.J., Sewry, C.A., Dubowitz, V. Notechus scutatus venom increases the yield of proliferating muscle cells from biopsies of normal and dystrophic canine muscle: A possible source for myoblast transfer studies. Neuromuscular Disord. 3:23-30, 1993
- Wilson, L.A., Dux, L. Cooper, B.J., Dubowtiz, V., Sewry, C.A. Experimental regeneration in canine muscular dystrophy- 2. Expression of myosin heavy chain isoforms. Neuromuscular Disord. 4:25-37, 1994
- Durando, M.M., MacKay, R.J., Staller, G., Cooper, B.J., Ginn, P., Meneghetti, N. Septic cholangiohepatitis and cholangiocarcinoma in a horse. J.Am.Vet.Med.Assoc. In press, 1994.
- Wilson, L.A., Cooper, B.J., Dux, L., Dubowitz, V., Sewry, C.A. Expression of utrophin (dystrophin-related protein) during regeneration and maturation of skeletal muscle in canine x-linked muscular dystrophy. J. Neuropath. Appl. Neurobiol. 20:359-367, 1994
