Roskamp Institute Articles

July 26, 2011

Event: Journal Club ” Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor signalling: roles in Alzheimer’s disease and amyloid neuroprotection.” and ” Alpha7 neuronal nicotinic receptors: the missing link to understanding Alzheimer’s etiopathology?”

John Phillips will be presenting the paper on Friday (7/29/2011) at 4:00 PM in Roskamp Institute.

Title: ” Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor signalling: roles in Alzheimer’s disease and amyloid

neuroprotection.” and ” Alpha7 neuronal nicotinic receptors: the missing link to understanding Alzheimer’s etiopathology?”

Buckingham SD, Jones AK, Brown LA, Sattelle DB. Nicotinic acetylcholine

receptor signalling: roles in Alzheimer’s disease and amyloid

neuroprotection. Pharmacol Rev. 2009 Mar;61(1):39-61. Epub 2009 Mar 16.

Bencherif M, Lippiello PM. Alpha7 neuronal nicotinic receptors: the missing

link to understanding Alzheimer’s etiopathology? Med Hypotheses. 2010

Feb;74(2):281-5. Epub 2009 Oct 1.

Journal Club is held every Friday. For change in schedule please check our Twitter account or Facebook page.

The Roskamp Institute is devoted to understanding causes and finding cures for neuropsychiatric and neurodegenerative disorders and addictions. The Institute utilizes a broad range of scientific approaches to understanding the causes of and potential therapies for these disorders with an emphasis on Alzheimer’s disease. For more information, please call (941)752-2949

July 19, 2011

Event: Journal Club ” Blast exposure in rats with body shielding is characterized primarily by diffuse axonal injury “

Filed under: Uncategorized — Tags: , — Gogce Crynen @ 9:24 am

Scott Ferguson will be presenting the paper on Friday (7/22/2011) at 4:00 PM in Roskamp Institute.


Title: ” Blast exposure in rats with body shielding is characterized primarily by diffuse axonal injury ”

Garman RH, Jenkins LW, Switzer RC, Bauman RA, Tong LC, Swauger PV, Parks SA, Ritzel DV, Dixon CE, Clark RS, Bayır H, Kagan V, Jackson EK, Kochanek PM.Blast exposure in rats with body shielding is characterized primarily by diffuse axonal injury. 2011 J Neurotrauma. Jun;28(6):947-59.

Journal Club is held every Friday. For change in schedule please check our Twitter account or Facebook page.

The Roskamp Institute is devoted to understanding causes and finding cures for neuropsychiatric and neurodegenerative disorders and addictions. The Institute utilizes a broad range of scientific approaches to understanding the causes of and potential therapies for these disorders with an emphasis on Alzheimer’s disease. For more information, please call (941)752-2949

July 13, 2011

Event: Journal Club ” Kynurenine 3-Monooxygenase Inhibition in Blood Ameliorates Neurodegeneration.”

Filed under: Uncategorized — Tags: , — Gogce Crynen @ 9:57 am

Alex Bishop will be presenting the paper on Friday (7/15/2011) at 4:00 PM in Roskamp Institute.

Title: ” Kynurenine 3-Monooxygenase Inhibition in Blood Ameliorates Neurodegeneration ”

Zwilling D, Huang SY, Sathyasaikumar KV, Notarangelo FM, Guidetti P, Wu HQ, Lee J, Truong J, Andrews-Zwilling Y, Hsieh EW, Louie JY, Wu T, Scearce-Levie K, Patrick C, Adame A, Giorgini F, Moussaoui S, Laue G, Rassoulpour A, Flik G, Huang Y, Muchowski JM, Masliah E, Schwarcz R, Muchowski PJ. 2011. Kynurenine 3-Monooxygenase Inhibition in Blood Ameliorates Neurodegeneration. Cell 145, 863–874

Journal Club is held every Friday. For change in schedule please check our Twitter account or Facebook page.

The Roskamp Institute is devoted to understanding causes and finding cures for neuropsychiatric and neurodegenerative disorders and addictions. The Institute utilizes a broad range of scientific approaches to understanding the causes of and potential therapies for these disorders with an emphasis on Alzheimer’s disease. For more information, please call (941)752-2949

July 5, 2011

Event: Journal Club “Improved spatial learning performance of fat-1 mice is associated with enhanced neurogenesis and neuritogenesis by docosahexaenoic acid.”

Filed under: Uncategorized — Tags: , , , — Gogce Crynen @ 11:28 am

Laila Abdullah will be presenting the paper on Friday (7/8/2011) at 4:00 PM in Roskamp Institute.

Title: ” Improved spatial learning performance of fat-1 mice is associated with enhanced neurogenesis and neuritogenesis by docosahexaenoic acid ”

He C, Qu X, Cui L, Wang J, Kang JX. Improved spatial learning performance of fat-1 mice is associated with enhanced neurogenesis and neuritogenesis by docosahexaenoic acid. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2009 Jul 7;106(27):11370-5

Journal Club is held every Friday. For change in schedule please check our Twitter account or Facebook page.

The Roskamp Institute is devoted to understanding causes and finding cures for neuropsychiatric and neurodegenerative disorders and addictions. The Institute utilizes a broad range of scientific approaches to understanding the causes of and potential therapies for these disorders with an emphasis on Alzheimer’s disease. For more information, please call (941)752-2949

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