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2009

December 2009: The Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation has awarded Irina Epifantseva with an ADDF Young Investigator Scholarship. Congratulations!

May 2009: Ohmi K, Kudo LC, Ryazantsev S, Zhao HZ, Karsten SL, Neufeld EF. Sanfilippo syndrome type B, a lysosomal storage disease, is also a tauopathy. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 2009 May 19; 106(20):8332-7

“Rare Genetic Disorder May Benefit from Development of New Dementia Treatments”
LABioMed Press Release

“UCLA scientists reveal how deadly pediatric disorder develops in brain”
UCLA Press Release

Defective Axonal Transport Puts Tau in a Tizzy
Alzheimer Research Forum

Researchers Surprised by Similar Structures in Sanfilippo Syndrome and Alzheimer's Disease
Physorg.com

Discovery Of Similar Structures in Sanfilippo Syndrome and Alzheimer's Disease
Medical News Today


2008

October 2008: Karsten SL, Kudo LC, Geschwind DH. Gene Expression Analysis of Neural Cells and Tissues Using DNA Microarrays. Curr Protoc Neurosci. 2008 Oct, Chapter4:Unit 4.28.


2006

September 2006: Karsten SL, Sang TK, Gehman LT, Chatterjee S, Liu J, Lawless GM, Sengupta S, Berry RW, Pomakian J, Oh HS, Schulz C, Hui KS, Wiedau-Pazos M, Vinters HV, Binder LI, Geschwind DH, Jackson GR. A genomic screen for modifiers of tauopathy identifies puromycin-sensitive aminopeptidase as an inhibitor of tau-induced neurodegeneration. Neuron. 2006 51(5):549-60

Researchers Untangle a Possible Natural Protective Mechanism against a Central Cause of Neuronal Death in Alzheimer's.
UCLA Press Release

Getting Chewed Up Can Be a Good Thing
Cell - Leading Edge

Nipping Tau Tangles in the Bud
Alzheimer Research Forum

Alzheimer's 'Self-Defence' Found
BBC

Untangling a Pathology of Alzheimer's
Medical News Today

Untangling a Pathology of Alzheimer's
Physorg.com