Mike Nelson

Michael Nelson's practice focuses on advising emerging and growth-stage life sciences and technology companies, and the funds that invest in them, on matters relating to corporate finance, corporate governance, licensing and other intellectual property-based transactions and mergers and acquisitions.

Publications (selected): 

• Nelson, M.T., Milescu, L.S., Todorovic, S.M., Scroggs, R.S., A modeling study of T-type Ca2+channel gating and modulation by l-cysteine in rat nociceptors, Biophysical Journal 98: 197-206 (2010)
• Nelson, M.T., Joksovic, P.M., Su, P., Kang, H-W., Van Deusen, A., Baumgart, J.P., David, L.S., Snutch, T.P., Barrett, P.Q., Lee, J-H., Zorumski, C.F., Perez-Reyes, E., Todorovic, S.M., Molecular mechanisms of subtype-specific inhibition of neuronal T-type calcium channels by ascorbate, Journal of Neuroscience, 27:12577-12583 (2007)
• Nelson, M.T., Woo, J., Kang, H-W., Vitko, I., Barrett, P.Q., Perez-Reyes, E., Lee, J-H., Shin, H-S., Todorovic, S.M., Reducing agents sensitize C-type nociceptors by relieving high-affinity zinc inhibition of T-type calcium channels, Journal of Neuroscience, 27: 8250-8260 (2007)
• Nelson, M.T., Todorovic, S.M., Is there a role for T-type calcium channels in peripheral and central pain sensitization? Molecular Neurobiology 34: 243-248 (2006)
• Nelson, M.T., Todorovic, S.M., Perez-Reyes, E., The role of T-type calcium channels in epilepsy and pain, Current Pharmaceutical Design 12: 2189-2197 (2006)
• Nelson, M.T., Joksovic, P.M., Perez-Reyes, E., Todorovic, S.M., The endogenous redox agent L-cysteine induces T-type Ca2+ channel-dependent sensitization of a novel subpopulation of rat peripheral nociceptors, Journal of Neuroscience 25: 8766-8775 (2005)