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International Conference on Alzheimer’s Disease 2010

Alzheimer’s Institute faculty, postdoctoral fellows and students are attending and presenting their work at the 10th annual International Conference  http://www.alz.org/icad.

Below are presentations that Institute researchers will be making:

Apolipoprotein receptor activation enhances cognitive function

Justin T. Rogers, PhD1, Ian-Anthony Rusiana, BS1, Lisa Zhao2, Justin Trotter1, Edwin J. Weeber1.
1University of South Florida, 2Vanderbilt University.

Direct observation of the kinetic mechanisms for Aß peptide aggregation: Towards elucidating AD plaque dissolution

Maj-Linda B. Selenica, PhD, Jeffy Jimenez, Dave Morgan, Norma A. Alcantar.
University of South Florida.

Differential response for amyloid clearance in app tg2576 mice and app/ ps1 double knockin mice following intracranial lps

Daniel C. Lee, Ph.D.1, Gauri Malthankar-Phatak, Ph.D.2, Patrick Reid, BS1, Jennifer Alvarez1, Marcia N. Gordon, PH.D.1, Robert Siman, Ph.D.2, Dave Morgan, Ph.D.1
1University of South Florida 2University of Pennsylvania.

The early involvement of chaperones in tau pathogenesis

Chad A. Dickey, PhD, John C. O'Leary, Sergiy Borysov, John Koren, Jeffrey Jones, Lisa Lawson, Laura Blair, Ying Jin, Lisa Lawson, Jose F. Abisambra, Qingyou Li, Umesh K. Jinwal.
University of South Florida.

Selenoprotein P Function in Hippocampal Physiology and Alzheimer’s Disease

Frederick P. Bellinger, Ph.D.1, Melinda M. Peters2, Arjun V. Raman1, Matthew W. Pitts1, Andrea S. Takemoto1, Miyoko T. Bellinger1, Raymond F. Burk, M.D.3, Chris Zarow, Ph.D.4, Lon R. White, M.D.5, Marla J. Berry, Ph.D.1, Edwin J. Weeber2.
1University of Hawaii, 2University of South Florida, 3Vanderbilt University, 4University of Southern California, 5Pacific Health Research Institute and Kuakini Medical System.

Chaperone-mediated modulation of tau aggregation correlates with modifications in tau pathology and synaptic plasticity

Jose F. Abisambra1, Laura J. Blair1, Jeffrey R. Jones1, Clara Kraft1, Shannon Hill2, Justin Rogers1, John Koren, III1, Umesh K. Jinwal1, Lisa Lawson1, Amelia G. Johnson1, Karen Jansen-West3, Martin Muschol2, Jessica Banko1, Todd Golde3, Edwin J. Weeber1, Chad A. Dickey1.
1University of South Florida, 3Mayo Clinic Jacksonville.

Brain infiltration of peripheral monocytes via AAV-9 driven chemokine overexpression

Maj-Linda B. Selenica, PhD., Kevin Nash, Ph.D., Daniel C. Lee, Ph.D., Dave Morgan, Ph.D., Marcia N. Gordon, Ph.D.
University of South Florida.

Alzheimer Aβ induces chromosome mis-segregation, microtubule defects, receptor mis-localization, and inhibition of mitotic/neuronal kinesins: Implications for neurogenesis and plasticity in neurodegenrative diseases

GM-CSF up-regulated in Reumatoid Arthritis reverses cognitive impairment and amyloidosis in Alzheimer mice

Huntington Potter, Ph.D., Antoneta Granic, BS, Sergiy Borysov, Ph.D., Jose F. Abisambra, Ph.D., Jaya Padmanabhan, Ph.D., Inge Wefes, Ph.D., Bonnie Goodwin, Ph.D., Peter Neame, Ph.D., Tina Fiorelli, AB, Michelle Norden, BA.
University of South Florida.

Tim D. Boyd, PhD, Steven P. Bennett, PhD,  Takashi Mori, DVM,PhD, Nickolas Governatori, BS, Melissa Runfeldt, Michelle Norden, Jaya Padmanabhan, PhD, Peter Neame, PhD, Inge Wefes, PhD, Juan Sanchez-Ramos, PhD, MD, Gary W. Arendash, PhD, Huntington Potter, PhD. University of Florida.