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RESEARCHER INFORMATION
First Name:Russell
Last Name:Swerdlow
Title:Professor
Advanced Degrees:MD
Affiliation:University of Kansas
Department:Neurology, Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Street Address 1:University of Kansas School of Medicine
Street Address 2:Landon Center on Aging, MS 2012
City:Kansas City
State/Province:KS
Zip/Postal Code:66160
Country/Territory:U.S.A.
Phone:913-588-6970
Fax:913-588-0681
Email Address: 
Disclosure:
(view policy)  		Member reports no financial or other potential conflicts of interest. [Last Modified: 25 April 2008]
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Clinical Interests:
Prion Diseases, Tauopathies, Aging Process, Alzheimer Disease, Parkinson Disease, Polyglutamine Disorders (Huntington's, etc.)
Research Focus:
Apoptosis/Cell cycle, Neuropathology, Chemistry/Pharmacology, Clinical trials, Genetics, Diagnosis, Protein structure/chemistry, Proteomics, Signal transduction, Neurobiology, Molecular and Cell biology, Oxidative Stress, Tau/Cytoskeleton
Work Sector(s):
University
Researcher Bio
Research interests include the role of mitochondrial dysfunction in aging and neurodegenerative diseases.
Top Papers
Available on Pubmed under Swerdlow RH
What is the greatest void to date in our knowledge of Alzheimer's Disease?
What causes the disease.
What are the top three papers (not yours) you have read recently?
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If resources were not limited, what research projects would you pursue?
Pursue how mitochondrial dysfunction arises in AD
What is your leading hypothesis?
Mitochondrial genetic involvement
What piece of missing evidence would help prove it?
mtDNA mutations
What is your fallback position?
That amyloid metabolism is unlikely to be the primary cause.

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