Publications and TV: OUR PUBLICATIONS
Some recent publications by investigators working with our team:

Mata IF, Samii A, Schneer SH, Roberts JW, Griffith A, Leis BC, Schellenberg GD, Sidransky E, Bird TD, Leverenz JB, Tsuang D, Zabetian CP. Glucocerebrosidase gene mutations: a risk factor for Lewy Body disorders. Arch Neurol. (in press)

Zabetian CP, Hutter CM, Factor SA, Nutt JG, Higgins DS, Griffith A, Roberts JW, Leis BC, Kay DM, Yearout D, Montimurro JS, Edwards KL, Samii A, Payami H. Association analysis of MAPT1 H1 haplotype and subhaplotypes in Parkinson's disease. Ann Neurol. 2007 Aug;62(2):137-44.

Chun LS, Samii A, Hutter CM, Griffith A, Roberts JW, Leis BC, Mosley AD, Wander PL, Edwards KL, Payami H, Zabetian CP. DBH-1021C->T does not modify risk or age at onset in Parkinson's disease. Ann Neurol. 2007 Jul;62(1):99-101.

Leverenz JB, Yu CE, Montine TJ, Steinbart E, Berkis L, Zabetian CP, Kwong LK, Lee VM, Schellenberg GD, Bird TD. A novel progranulin mutation associated with variable clinical presentation and tau, TDPP43, and alpha-synuclein pathology. Brain. 2007 May;130(Pt 5):1360-74. Epub 2007 Apr 17.

Kay DM, Moran D, Moses L, Poorkaj P, Zabetian CP, Nutt J, Factor SA, Yu CE, Montimurro JS, Keefe RG, Schellenberg GD, Payami H. Heterozygous parkin point mutations are as common in controls as in Parkinson's patients. Ann Neurol. 2007 Jan;61(1):47-54.

Elbaz A, Nelson LM, Payami H, Ioannidis JP, Fiske BK, Annesi G, Belin AC, Factor SA, Ferrarese C, Hadjigeorgiou GM, Higgins DS, Kawakami H, Krüger R, Marder KS, Mayeux RP, Mellick GD, Nutt JG, Ritz B, Samii A, Tanner CM, Van Broeckhoven C, Van Den Eeden SK, Wirdefeldt K, Zabetian CP, Dehem M, Montimurro JS, Southwick A, Myers RM, Trikalinos TA. Lack of replication of thirteen single-nucleotide polymorphisms implicated in Parkinson's disease: a large-scale international study. Lancet Neurol. 2006 Nov;5(11):917-23.

Zabetian CP, Hutter CM, Yearout D, Lopez AN, Factor SA, Griffith A, Leis BC, Bird TD, Nutt JG, Higgins DS, Roberts JW, Kay DM, Edwards KL, Samii A, Payami H. LRRK2 G2019S in families with Parkinson disease who originated from Europe and the Middle East: evidence of two distinct founding events beginning two millennia ago. Am J Hum Genet. 2006 Oct;79(4):752-8. Epub 2006 Aug 17.

Kay DM, Bird TD, Zabetian CP, Factor SA, Samii A, Higgins DS, Nutt J, Roberts JW, Griffith A, Leis BC, Montimurro JS, Philpott S, Payami H. Validity and utility of a LRRK2 G2019S mutation test for the diagnosis of Parkinson disease. Genet Test. 2006 Fall;10(3):221-7.

Ishihara L, Warren L, Gibson R, Amouri R, Lesage S, Dürr A, Tazir M, Wszolek ZK, Uitti RJ, Nichols WC, Griffith A, Hattori N, Leppert D, Watts R, Zabetian CP, Foroud TM, Farrer MJ, Brice A, Middleton L, Hentati F. Clinical features of Parkinson's disease patients homozygous for LRRK2 G2019S. Arch Neurol. 2006 Sep;63(9):1250-4.

Zabetian CP, Morino H, Ujike H, Yamamoto M, Oda M, Maruyama H, Izumi, Kaji R, Griffith A, Leis BC, Roberts JW, Yearout D, Samii A, Kawakami H. Identification and haplotype analysis of LRRK2 G2019S in Japanese patients with Parkinson disease. Neurology. 2006 May 25; [Epub ahead of print]

Zabetian CP, Lauricella CJ, Tsuang DW, Leverenz JB, Schellenberg GD, Payami H. Analysis of the LRRK2 G2019S mutation in Alzheimer Disease. Arch Neurol. 2006 Jan;63(1):156-7.

Kay DM, Zabetian CP, Factor SA, Nutt JG, Samii A, Griffith A, Bird TD, Kramer P, Higgins DS, Payami H. Parkinson's disease and LRRK2: frequency of a common mutation in U.S. movement disorder clinics. Mov Disord. 2006 Apr;21(4):519-23.

Zabetian CP, Samii A, Mosley AD, Roberts JW, Leis BC, Yearout D, Raskind WH, Griffith A. A clinic-based study of the LRRK2 gene in Parkinson disease yields new mutations. Neurology. 2005 Sep 13;65(5):741-4.

Kay DM, Kramer P, Higgins D, Zabetian CP, Payami H. Escaping Parkinson's disease: a neurologically healthy octogenarian with the LRRK2 G2019S mutation. Mov Disord. 2005 Aug;20(8):1077-8.