Thomas Wichmann

Emory University

Atlanta, Ga.

Development of a monkey dystonia model

John Hardy

Institute of Neurology, UCL, London

London, England

Role of the PRKRA gene in patients presenting with early onset dystonia-parkinsonism (EODP) and molecular characterization of its pathogenic variants.

Michele Tagliati

The Mount Sinai School of Medicine

New York, NY

Deep Brain Stimulation Therapy for Parkinson’s disease: A Study of Long-Term Outcome and Complications.

David Standaert

University of Alabama at Birmingham

Birmingham, AL

Cholinergic-Neuron Specific Inactivation of the DYT1 Gene in Mice

Edward Burton

University of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, PA

A zebrafish model of DYT1 dystonia

Phyllis Hanson

Washington University

St. Louis, MO

The transmembrane protein LULL1/NET9 as a novel regulator of torsinA function.

Guy Caldwell

University of Alabama

Tuscaloosa, AL

Investigating the relationship between different dystonias and prevention of intracellular stress.

Louis Ptacek

University of California, San Francisco

San Francisco, CA

Identification of the gene causing paroxysmal kinesigenic dyskinesia (PKD)

Mark Gluck

Rutgers University - Newark

Newark, NJ

Dissociating Cerebellar from Basal Ganglia Deficits in Learning and Cognition in DYT1 Gene Carriers.

Antonio Pisani

Foundazione Santa Lucia

Rome, Italy

Cellular mechanisms underlying impairment of corticostriatal synaptic plasticity in a mouse model of DYT1 dystonia.

Laurie Ozelius

The Mount Sinai School of Medicine

New York, NY

Examination of torsinA interacting proteins in brain region specific torsinA transgenic mice and their correlation to penetrance in humans.