Featured Publications
About Our Research
We’ve doubled down on our commitment to research and teaching.
Arkana is a learning, teaching, and innovating practice with one unifying passion – to actively work toward the day that our research yields breakthroughs that make our services unnecessary. Eradicating rare and common diseases is the end game of all of our efforts because patient health is foremost in our minds every day. Read about some of our latest publications below.
All Publications
(475 Results)
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Pathologic Correlates Of Dementia In Individuals With Lewy Body Disease
Cognitive impairment and dementia are more common in patients with Parkinson disease (PD) than age-matched controls and appear to become…
Read on PubMed• May 2010
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Quantitative Proteomic Analysis Of Oligodendrogliomas With And Without 1p/19q Deletion
Approximately 50-80% of oligodendrogliomas demonstrate a combined loss of chromosome 1p and 19q. Chromosome 1p/19q deletion, appearing early in tumorigenesis,…
Read on PubMed• May 2010
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Association Between Lifetime Cigarette Smoking And Lewy Body Accumulation
Cigarette smoking has been associated repeatedly in observational studies with decreased risk of Parkinson’s disease (PD), but its relationship to…
Read on PubMed• March 2010
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Cerebrospinal Fluid Biomarkers In Mild Cognitive Impairment And Dementia
Given the magnitude of the public health problem of dementia in the elderly, there is a pressing need for research,…
Read on PubMed• March 2010
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Low Doses Of Cocaine Decrease, And High Doses Increase, Anxiety-Like Behavior And Brain Progestogen Levels Among Intact Rats
There are sex and hormonal differences in response to cocaine that have been demonstrated in people and animal models. Cocaine…
Read on PubMed• February 2010
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Elevated Ratio Of Urinary Metabolites Of Thromboxane And Prostacyclin Is Associated With Adverse Cardiovascular Events In Adapt
Results from prevention trials, including the Alzheimer’s Disease Anti-inflammatory Prevention Trial (ADAPT), have fueled discussion about the cardiovascular (CV) risks…
Read on PubMed• February 2010
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Glatiramer Acetate Immune System Augmentation For Peripheral Nerve Regeneration In Rat Crushed Sciatic Nerve Model
Protective antiself response to nervous system injury has been reported to be mediated by a T-cell subpopulation that can recognize…
Read on PubMed• February 2010
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Sex Differences In Salivary Cortisol In Response To Acute Stressors Among Healthy Participants, In Recreational Or Pathological Gamblers, And In Those With Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Sex differences in incidence and severity of some stress-related, neuropsychiatric disorders are often reported to favor men, suggesting that women…
Read on PubMed• January 2010
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Neuropathology In The Adult Changes In Thought Study: A Review
The neuropathology underlying dementia syndromes in older populations is complex. The contributions of Alzheimer’s and Lewy body pathology are well…
Read on PubMed• November 2009
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Blood Pressure And Brain Injury In Older Adults: Findings From A Community-Based Autopsy Study
The presence of more than 2 microinfarcts, but not any other pathological change, was independently associated with SBP in younger…
Read on PubMed• November 2009
