Molly Braun
Assistant Professor
Academic Appointment(s)
Medical College of Georgia
Department of Neurosurgery
Administration
Department of The Graduate School
- MOBRAUN@augusta.edu
- (706) 667-4819
- CB2603
Education
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Ph.D., Neuroscience
Augusta University, 2019
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BS, Biological and Physical Scienc
University of California, Sant, 2011
Scholarship
Selected Recent Publications
- Morphology of the glymphatic and meningeal lymphatic structures of the bottlenose dolphin, 2025
Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Glymphatic dysfunction in Alzheimer’s disease: A critical appraisal, 2025
Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Meningeal Lymphatic and Glymphatic Structures in a Pelagic Delphinid (Delphinus delphis), 2024
Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Macroscopic changes in aquaporin-4 underlie blast traumatic brain injury-related impairment in glymphatic function, 2024
Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Dynamic infrared imaging of cerebrospinal fluid tracer influx into the brain, 2022
Journal Article, Academic Journal
Research Interests
My research interests are to define the contribution of glymphatic dysfunction and peripheral immune activation in the development of the neurodegeneration of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and traumatic brain injury (TBI). Current projects in the lab are exploring the possible role of neutrophil extracellular traps in the glymphatic impairment and amyloid pathology of Alzheimer's disease, menopause-induced glymphatic impairment as a risk factor for Alzheimer's disease, and how gyrification of the cerebral cortex may influence varying perivascular localization of AQP4 across mammalian species.
