Sung Ok Yoon

This researcher studies how nerve cells and their supporting cells (like Schwann cells and oligodendrocytes, which produce the insulating myelin sheath around nerves) survive, degenerate, and regenerate. Much of the work focuses on signaling molecules such as the p75 neurotrophin receptor and JNK3 enzyme, and how these pathways relate to nerve injury, metabolic disease, and conditions like Alzheimer's disease. The research spans basic molecular neuroscience, drug development (designing brain-penetrant small molecules), and connections to metabolic disorders such as obesity and diabetes.

Publication output was moderate and variable over the last decade, peaking in 2020, then dropping to no recorded publications in 2022-2023 and 2025-2026, with a low recent average of about 0.4 papers per year.

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