Neurodegenerative Diseases
Unifying Principles
Edited by Jeffrey L Cummings, MD, ScD and Jagan A Pillai, PhD
Author Information
Dr. Jeffery Cummings is an internationally recognized leader in clinical trials and drug development for neurodegenerative disorders. His work has been featured in major peer-reviewed journals and his books have been influential world-wide. His work has garnered many awards.
Dr. Jagan A Pillai is a cognitive neurologist at the Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health, Cleveland Clinic. He trained as a medical doctor at the University of Kerala and obtained a PhD from Northwestern University. His training in neurology was completed at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and at the University of California San Diego. Dr. Pillai is closely involved in helping people with memory disorders and cognitive behavioral changes from neurodegenerative diseases and in developing diagnostic and treatment strategies against neurodegenerative diseases.
Contributors:
Rahasson R. Ager, PhD
Department of Neurobiology and Behavior
Institute for Memory Impairments and Neurological Disorders
University of California
Irvine, CA
Scott Ayton, PhD
Oxidation Biology Unit
Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health
The University of Melbourne
Parkville, Australia
David Baglietto-Vargas, PhD
Department of Neurobiology and Behavior
Institute for Memory Impairments and Neurological Disorders
University of California
Irvine, CA
Roger A. Barker, PhD
Wallenberg Neuroscience Center and Lund Stem Cell Center
Department of Experimental Medical Science
Lund University
Lund, Sweden
Lynn M. Bekris, PhD
Cleveland Clinic
Lerner Research Institute
Genomic Medicine Institute
Cleveland, OH
Shane M. Bemiller, BS
School of Biomedical Sciences
Kent State University
Kent, OH
Ilya Bezprozvanny, PhD, D.Sci
Department of Physiology
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, TX
Laboratory of Molecular Neurodegeneration
St Petersburg State Polytechnical University
St. Petersburg, Russia
Ella Bossy-Wetzel, PhD
Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences
College of Medicine, University of Central Florida
Orlando, FL
Ashley I. Bush, MD, PhD
Oxidation Biology Unit
Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health
The University of Melbourne
Parkville, Australia
Paul J. Cheng, MS
Department of Neurosciences
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, OH
Jeffery L. Cummings, MD, ScD
Director
Cleveland Clinic
Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health
Las Vegas, NV
Janelle Drouin-Ouellet, PhD
John van Geest Centre for Brain Repair
Department of Clinical Neuroscience
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Andreas Eigentler, M.D, PhD
Neurology, Geriatrics, Neuroradiology
Medizinische Universität Innsbruck
Innsbruck, Austria
Taylor R. Jay, BS
Department of Neurosciences
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, OH
Andrew B. Knott, MPhil
Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences
College of Medicine, University of Central Florida
Orlando, FL
Bruce Lamb, PhD
Staff Scientist
Department of Neurosciences
Lerner Research Institute
The Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH
Frank M. LaFerla, PhD
Department of Neurobiology and Behavior
Institute for Memory Impairments and Neurological Disorders
University of California
Irvine, CA
Peng Lei, PhD
Oxidation Biology Unit
Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health
The University of Melbourne
Parkville, Australia
James B. Leverenz, MD
Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health
Neurological Institute
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH
Stuart A. Lipton, MD
Neuroscience and Aging Research Center
Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute
Department of Neurosciences
University of California San Diego School of Medicine
La Jolla, CA
Diego F. Mastroeni, PhD
Assistant Research Professor
ASU-Banner Neurodegenerative Disease Research Center
Biodesign Institute and School of Life Sciences Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ
Rodrigo Medeiros, PhD
Department of Neurobiology and Behavior
Institute for Memory Impairments and Neurological Disorders
University of California
Irvine, CA
Mario F. Mendez, MD, PhD
Veterans' Affairs Neurobehavior Unit
VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System
Los Angeles, CA
David Morgan, PhD
CEO Byrd Alzheimer's Institute
Distinguished Professor of Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology
Morsani College of Medicine
University of South Florida
Tampa, FL
Roxana Nat, MD, PhD
Developmental Biology, Molecular Biology, Neuroscience
Medizinische Universität Innsbruck
Innsbruck, Austria
Tomohiro Nakamura, PhD
Neuroscience and Aging Research Center,
Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute
La Jolla, CA
Claudia R. Padilla, MD
Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology Associates
Dallas, TX
Jagan Pillai, MBBS, PhD
Cleveland Clinic
Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health
Cleveland, OH
Elena Popugaeva, PhD
Laboratory of Molecular Neurodegeneration
St Petersburg State Polytechnical University
St. Petersburg, Russia
Daniel A. Ryskamp, PhD
Department of Physiology
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, TX
Jiri G. Safar, MD
From the Department of Pathology
Department of Neurology
National Prion Disease Pathology Surveillance Center
School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, OH
William W. Seeley, MD
Memory and Aging Center
Departments of Neurology and Pathology
University of California
San Francisco, CA
Jonathan M Schott, PhD
Dementia Research Centre
UCL Institute of Neurology, Queen Square
London, UK
Henrik Zetterberg, MD, PhD
Clinical Neurochemistry Laboratory
Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology
Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg
Mölndal, Sweden
Department of Molecular Neuroscience
UCL Institute of Neurology, Queen Square
London, UK
Kate Zhong, MD
Cleveland Clinic
Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health
Las Vegas, NV
Juan Zhou, MD
Center for Cognitive Neuroscience
Neuroscience and Behavior Disorders Program
Duke-National University of Singapore Graduate Medical School
Singapore
