UT Southwestern research into mechanisms of neurodegenerative disease takes center stage

Through the generous support of the Winspear Family Center for Research on the Neuropathology of Alzheimer's Disease, the Alzheimer's Disease Center at UT Southwestern is providing videos of all lectures from its symposium on the mechanisms of neurodegenerative diseases. The symposium was held in February of 2012 and featured a multidisciplinary group of researchers at UT Southwestern.

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Opening Remarks with Roger Rosenberg, MD, and Greg Fitz, MD	James Malter, MD: How amyloid is processed and metabolized at the synapse
Bruce Beutler, MD: Inflammation and how it works as a cause of neurodegenerative disease	Philipp Scherer, PhD: Energy machinery of mitochondria and problems with energy generation in Alzheimer’s disease
Andrew Pieper, MD, PhD: Potential protection therapy developed with Steve McKnight, PhD	Ilya Bezprozvanny, PhD: Interrelationships of presenilins, calcium signaling and Alzheimer’s disease
Roger Rosenberg, MD: Update on a preventive therapy for Alzheimer’s -- a DNA vaccine that would lead to the removal of brain-accumulated amyloid	Gang Yu, PhD: Biology of frontotemporal dementia and potential new therapies
Craig Powell, MD, PhD: Relationship between autism and degeneration of synaptic function	Weichun Lin, PhD: Regulation of synapse formation by ApoE receptors and the amyloid precursor protein
Joachim Herz, MD: Therapeutics for neurodegenerative disease

Opening Remarks: Roger Rosenberg, MD and Greg Fitz, MD

Bruce Beutler, MD: Inflammation and how it works as a cause of neurodegenerative disease

Andrew Pieper, MD, PhD: Neuroprotective therapy for neurodegenerative disease

Roger Rosenberg, MD: Update on a preventive therapy for Alzheimer’s -- a DNA vaccine that would lead to the removal of brain-accumulated amyloid

Craig Powell, MD, PhD: Relationship between autism and degeneration of synaptic function

Joachim Herz, MD: Therapeutics for neurodegenerative disease

James Malter, MD: How amyloid is processed and metabolized at the synapse

Philipp Scherer, PhD: Energy machinery of mitochondria and problems with energy generation in Alzheimer’s disease

Ilya Bezprozvanny, PhD: Interrelationships of presenilins, calcium signaling and Alzheimer’s disease

Gang Yu, PhD: Biology of frontotemporal dementia and potential new therapies

Weichun Lin, PhD: Regulation of synapse formation by ApoE receptors and the amyloid precursor protein