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Researcher Profile

RESEARCHER INFORMATION
First Name:Peter
Last Name:Nelson
Title:Dr
Advanced Degrees:MD PhD
Affiliation:University of Kentucky
Department:Neuropathology/Pathology
City:Lexington
State/Province:KY
Zip/Postal Code:40536
Country/Territory:U.S.A.
Phone:859-257-1412
Email Address: 
Disclosure:
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Member reports no financial or other potential conflicts of interest. [Last Modified: 24 July 2007]
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Clinical Interests:
Alzheimer Disease, Tauopathies, Aging Process
Research Focus:
Neurobiology, Brain imaging, Tau/Cytoskeleton, Molecular and Cell biology, Genetics, Microscopy, Neuropathology, DNA microarrays, Proteomics, Animal Models, Bioinformatics/Statistics
Work Sector(s):
University, Medical hospital
Web Sites:
Personal: http://www.mc.uky.edu/coa/faculty/nelson.html
Professional: http://www.mc.uky.edu/coa/faculty/nelson.html
Lab: http://www.mc.uky.edu/coa/faculty/nelson.html
Top Papers
1:
Nelson PT, Keller JN.
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RNA in brain disease: no longer just "the messenger in the middle".
J Neuropathol Exp Neurol. 2007 Jun;66(6):461-8. Review.
PMID: 17549006 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

2:
Wilfred BR, Wang WX, Nelson PT.
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Energizing miRNA research: A review of the role of miRNAs in lipid metabolism, with a prediction that miR-103/107 regulates human metabolic pathways.
Mol Genet Metab. 2007 Jul;91(3):209-17. Epub 2007 May 22.
PMID: 17521938 [PubMed - in process]

3:
Nelson PT, Baldwin DA, Kloosterman WP, Kauppinen S, Plasterk RH, Mourelatos Z.
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RAKE and LNA-ISH reveal microRNA expression and localization in archival human brain.
RNA. 2006 Feb;12(2):187-91. Epub 2005 Dec 22.
PMID: 16373485 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

4:
Nelson PT, Baldwin DA, Scearce LM, Oberholtzer JC, Tobias JW, Mourelatos Z.
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Microarray-based, high-throughput gene expression profiling of microRNAs.
Nat Methods. 2004 Nov;1(2):155-61. Epub 2004 Oct 21.
PMID: 15782179 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

5:
Nelson PT, Hatzigeorgiou AG, Mourelatos Z.
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miRNP:mRNA association in polyribosomes in a human neuronal cell line.
RNA. 2004 Mar;10(3):387-94.
PMID: 14970384 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
What is the greatest void to date in our knowledge of Alzheimer's Disease?
A cure
If resources were not limited, what research projects would you pursue?
Detailed description of gene expression in brain
What is your leading hypothesis?
I'm pretty much agnostic
What piece of missing evidence would help prove it?
A true cure
What is your fallback position?
Go home and drink some tea

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