Expertise at Chang Gung System

Ro, Long-Sun , M.D, Ph.D.
Institution: Linkou Chang Gung memorial hospital and Chang gung university
Position:Director/Physician
Department: Department of Neurology
Address: No.5, Fusing St., Gueishan Township, Taoyuan County 333, Taiwan (R.O.C.)
Tel: +886-3-3281200 Ext.8343
Fax:+886-3-3287226
E-mail: cgrols@adm.cgmh.org.tw

Focus of Interest:
  •  Neuromuscular disorders
  •  Mechanisms and treatments of neuropathic pain
  • Neurogenetic disorders and Molecular biology
  •  Neuroepidemiology

Employment Record:
06/1985-06/1986 National Taiwan University-Intern
06/1987-06/1990 National Taiwan University-resident

Education:
09/1979-06/1986 Chang Shan Medical University
09/1990-10/1993 Ph.D, Department of Neuropathology, Institute of Neurology, The National Hospital, Queen Square, University College London, University of London, U.K. 1993.

Selected Publications:

  1. Ro LS, Jacobs JM.The role of the saphenous nerve in experimental sciatic nerve mononeuropathy produced by loose ligatures; a behaviourial study. Pain, 52: 359-369, 1993 (SCI).
  2. Ro LS*, Chen ST, Tang LM, Jacobs JM. Effect of NGF and anti-NGF on neuropathic pain in rats following chronic constriction injury of the sciatic nerve. Pain, 79:265-274, 1999 (SCI).
  3. Fung HC, Chen ST, Tang LM, Ro LS.* Triparesis: MRI documentation of bipyramidal medullary infarction. Neurology, 58:1130-1131, 2002 (SCI correspondent author).
  4. Ro LS*, Lee-Chen GJ, Lin TC, Wu YR, Chen CM, Lin CY, Chen ST. Phenotypic features and genetic findings in two Chinese families with Miyoshi distal myopathy. Archives of Neurology, 61:1594-1599, 2004. (SCI).
  5. Chao PK, Lu KT,Lee YL, Chen JC, Wang HL, Yang YL, Cheng MY, Liao MF, Ro LS*. Early Systemic Granulocyte-Colony Stimulating Factor Treatment Attenuates Neuropathic Pain after Peripheral Nerve Injury. Plos one. 2012;7(8):e43680. Epub 2012 Aug 24.

All Publications

Ongoing projects：
●Develop the genetic detections of the most common demyelinating Charcot-Marie-Tooth diseases. （CMRPG3A0461-3）06/2011-05/2014 (Principal investigator).
●To investigate the role of vesicular glutamate transporters (VGLUT2 and 3) and other underlying mechanisms which mediate G-CSF（granulocyte colony stimulating factor） alleviating chronic neuropathic pain in rats with chronic constriction injury. (102-2314-B-182A-063) 08/2013-07/2014 (Principal investigator).
●To investigate the underlying mechanisms of G-CSF（granulocyte colony stimulating factor） alleviating chronic neuropathic pain in rats with chronic constriction injury: immunohistochemical, electromicroscopic, electrophysiological, flowcytometry and molecular studies.(CMRPG3C0151)01/2013-06/2014 (Principal investigator).
●Probing the hereditary etiologies of patients with early painful neuropathy : clinical、biochemical、 electrophysiological and genetic mutation approaches (CMRPG3C0371-3) 02/2013-01/2016. (Principal investigator).