Anthony E.
Kincaid
Associate Professor of Physical Therapy
Ph.D., P.T.
PT
Email:
akincaid@creighton.edu
402 280-5669; 280-2395
Biography:
A native of California Dr. Kincaid received his bachelor’s degree in physical therapy from California State University at Long Beach in 1979. After practicing as a physical therapist for five years he entered graduate school in the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology at the University of Michigan to pursue his interest in the basic sciences. During graduate school he became involved in studies of the functional anatomy of the basal ganglia. His doctoral thesis involved anatomical studies of the globus pallidus nucleus and the use of an animal model for Parkinson’s disease. From 1991-1995 he was a postdoctoral research associate in the laboratory of Charles J. Wilson in the Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology at the University of Tennessee Medical School in Memphis. During this time he continued research in the area of basal ganglia anatomy using the techniques of intracellular recording and staining of single cortical neurons, population tract tracing, light and electron microscopy and anatomical reconstruction of axonal arborizations to define the characteristics of the cortical innervation of the striatum. He has taught gross anatomy, histology, neuroanatomy and research techniques to graduate, medical, dental, occupational therapy and physical therapy students at the Universities of Michigan and Tennessee. His current research interests include studying how prions, the infectious proteins that cause the spongiform encephalopathies, enter and spread within the nervous system.
Publications:
Kincaid, A.E. and Bartz, J.C. (2007) The nasal cavity is a route for prion infection in hamsters. Journal of Virology, 81(9): 4482-4491.
Bartz, J.C., Kramer, M.L., Sheehan, M.H., Hutter, J.A.L., Ayers, J.I., Bessen, R.A. and Kincaid, A.E. (2007) Prion interference is due to a reduction in strain-specific PrPsc levels. Journal of Virology, 81(2): 689-687.
Marsh, R.F., Kincaid, A.E., Bessen, R.A. and Bartz, J.C. (2005) Interspecies transmission of chronic wasting disease to squirrel monkeys (Saimiri sciureus). Journal of Virology, 79(21): 13794-13796.
Robinson, B.S. and Kincaid, A.E. (2004) Effects of repetitive motion on the perception of tactile sensation in the fingers of musicians. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 99: 1171-1183.
Mulcahy, E.R., Bartz, J.C., Kincaid, A.E. and Bessen, R.A. (2004) Prion infection of skeletal muscle cells and papillae in the tongue. Journal of Virology, 78(13): 6792-6798.
Bartz, J.C., Kincaid, A.E. and Bessen, R.A. (2003) Rapid prion neuroinvasion following tongue infection. Journal of Virology, 77(11): 583-591.
Kincaid, A.E., Duncan, S. and Scott, S.A. (2002) Comparison of fine motor abilities in musicians and nonmusicians: differences in timing versus sequence accuracy in a simple bimanual fingering pattern. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 95: 245-257.
Bartz, J.C., Kincaid, A.E. and Bessen, R.A. (2002) Retrograde transport of transmissible mink encephalopathy within descending motor spinal tracts. Journal of Virology, 76(11): 5759-5768.
Kincaid, A. E. (2001) Spontaneous circling behavior and dopamine neuron loss in a genetically hypothyroid mouse. Neuroscience, 105(4): 891-898.
Instructor in:
Histology, Cell Biology for Physical Therapists, Human Neurobiology.
Research Interests:
Pathogenesis of prion diseases; the functional organizationi of the basal ganglia.
office:
Boyne 114C, School of Pharmacy & Allied Health Professions, 2500 California Plaza, Omaha, NE 68178
office_hrs:
Fax:
402 280-5692
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