2007 Dystonia Grants

Xandra Breakefield, PhD

Massachuetts General Hospital
Charlestown, MA

Genetic intervention strategies for DYT1 dystonia

Margaret Rice, PhD and P. Shasidharan, PhD

New York University
New York, NY

Dopamine release in DYT1 Transgenic mice

Zhenyu Yue, PhD

Mount Sinai School of Medicine
New York, NY

Mouse Model of Human Dystonia by BAC-transgenic approach

Louis Ptacek, PhD

University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, CA

Identification of the gene causing paroxysmal kinesigenic dyskinesia

Antonio Pisani, PhD

European Brain Research Institute
Rome, Italy

Characterzation of striatal short and long term synaptic plasticity in a mouse model of DYT1 dystonia

H.A. Jinnah , PhD

Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD

Why is dystonia more frequent in females than males?

Cristopher Bragg, PhD

Massachusetts General Hospital
Charlestown, MA

Small Molecule microarray screening to identify novel ligands for torsinA

Maren Carbon Correll, MD

North Shore- Long Island Jewish Health System
Manhasset, NY

Functional Correlates of Gpi Deep Brain Stimulation in primary Dystonia

G. Caldwell, PhD & K. Caldwell, PhD

University of Alabama

Tuscaloosa, AL

Investigating small molecule therapeutics for Torsion Dystonia

Yuqing Li, PhD

University of Alabama, Birmingham
Birmingham, AL

Novel SiRNA-based Experimental Therapy for DYT1 dystonia