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Author:

Peterson, Emily Nancy

Title:

A Predictive Regression Model of Health Care Expenditures in Privately Insured Individuals with Alzheimer's Disease

Graduate Program:

Public Health Sciences

Keywords:

healthcare costs
Alzheimer's disease
cost of Alzheimer's
non-normal cost data regression
public health cost data

File:

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Committee Members:

Douglas L Leslie, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Vasavada, Megha M

Title:

Functional Olfactory Deficits in the Olfactory System of Alzheimer’s Disease and Mild Cognitive Impairment Patients as a Potential Diagnostic Marker

Graduate Program:

Neuroscience

Keywords:

Alzheimer's disease
Mild cognitive impairment
olfaction
MRI
fMRI

File:

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Committee Members:

Qing X Yang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Paul Joseph Eslinger, Committee Member
Patricia Sue Grigson Kennedy, Committee Member
Ralph Norgren, Committee Member

Author:

Zhu, Siying

Title:

PERK REGULATES CALCIUM DYNAMICS IN COGNITION AND NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASE

Graduate Program:

Cell and Developmental Biology

Keywords:

PERK
calcium dynamics
working memory
Alzheimer's disease

File:

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Committee Members:

Douglas Cavener, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Wang, Fan

Title:

Developing hippocampal delivery of AAV-NeuroD1 as a novel therapy for Alzheimer's disease

Graduate Program:

Molecular, Cellular and Integrative Biosciences

Keywords:

Alzheimer's disease
NeuroD1
hippocampus
AAV

File:

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Committee Members:

Gong Chen, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Bernhard Luscher, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard W Ordway, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Yingwei Mao, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

López de Victoria Rodríguez, Patria Celeste

Title:

NARRATIVES OF SELF IN OLDER BILINGUAL ADULTS DIAGNOSED WITH ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE

Graduate Program:

Applied Linguistics

Keywords:

narrative analysis
narrative inquiry
Alzheimer's disease
Selfhood
Identity
Dementia of the Alzheimer's Type
Bilinguals
Repeated tellings
reported speech
Speaker Roles

File:

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Committee Members:

Robert William Schrauf, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert William Schrauf, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Celeste S Kinginger, Committee Member
Sinfree Bullock Makoni, Committee Member
Meredith Christine Doran, Outside Member

Author:

Peters, Douglas Gordon

Title:

NOVEL MODEL FOR LOADING BRAIN IRON IN MICE: IMPLICATIONS FOR STUDYING AGING AND AMYLOID PATHOLOGY

Graduate Program:

Neuroscience

Keywords:

Alzheimer's disease
Iron
Aging
MRI
Histology
Neurodegeneration

File:

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Committee Members:

Mark David Meadowcroft, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Robert Connor, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Qing X Yang, Committee Member
Paul Eslinger, Committee Member
Ralph Lauren Keil, Outside Member

Author:

Reynolds, Claire Elizabeth

Title:

Identification of Genetic Factors That Affect Neuronal Patterning, Function, and Disease in Drosophila Melanogaster

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

Autophagy
Neurodegenerative Disease
Drosophila melanogaster
Proteoglycan
Heparan Sulfate
Multiple Sulfatase Deficiency
Drosophila behavior
Behavioral screening
Alzheimer's disease
Mucopolysaccharidosis
Neuromuscular Junction

File:

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Committee Members:

Scott Brian Selleck, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Scott Brian Selleck, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Joseph C. Reese, Committee Member
Santhosh Girirajan, Committee Member
Richard W Ordway, Outside Member
Marylyn Deriggi Ritchie, Committee Member

Author:

Parry, Matthew

Title:

THE ROLE OF CLC-3 CHLORIDE CHANNELS IN THE PROGRESSION OF THE 5XFAD ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE MOUSE MODEL

Graduate Program:

Neuroscience

Keywords:

Alzheimer's disease
CLC-3
Chloride Channel
Amyloid Beta
Beta Secretase
5XFAD Mouse Model
Aβ42
Aβ

File:

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Committee Members:

Gong Chen, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kevin Douglas Alloway, Committee Member
Jian Yang, Committee Member

Author:

Baringer, Stephanie

Title:

Regulation of Brain Iron Acquisition and Misappropriation in Alzheimer's Disease

Graduate Program:

Biomedical Sciences

Keywords:

blood-brain barrier
iron
transferrin
Alzheimer's disease

File:

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Committee Members:

Xuemei Huang, Major Field Member
David Degraff, Outside Field Member
Elizabeth Proctor, Major Field Member
Yongsoo Kim, Outside Unit Member
James Connor, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Ralph Keil, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Bhide, Ashlesha

Title:

Protein Aggregation, Fragmentation and its role in Neurodegenerative Diseases

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Protein Aggregation
Protein Fragmentation
Alzheimer's disease
Liposome Aggregation
Alkaline Phosphatase

File:

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Committee Members:

Christine Keating, Major Field Member
Igor Aronson, Major Field Member
James Adair, Outside Unit & Field Member
Ayusman Sen, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Wang, Yue

Title:

MECHANISTIC STUDY OF ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE AND NEUROD1-MEDIATED IN VIVO CELL CONVERSION

Graduate Program:

Molecular, Cellular and Integrative Biosciences

Keywords:

Alzheimer's disease
NeuroD1
Cell conversion
Beneficial effect
GAD67
Haploinsufficiency
Small molecule cocktail
Therapy
In vivo

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Committee Members:

Gong Chen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Douglas Cavener, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Bernhard Luscher, Committee Member
Kevin Douglas Alloway, Committee Member
Yingwei Mao, Outside Member

Author:

Han, Feng

Title:

INVESTIGATE THE ROLE OF GLOBAL BRAIN ACTIVITY IN NEURODEGENERATION AND AGING

Graduate Program:

Bioengineering

Keywords:

Resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging
global brain activity
global signal
glymphatic system
amyloid-β
cross-hierarchy difference
Alzheimer's disease
cerebrospinal fluid
Parkinson’s disease
healthy aging
the coupling between the global brain and the cerebrospinal fluid fMRI signals

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Committee Members:

Xiao Liu, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Nanyin Zhang, Major Field Member
Michele Diaz, Major Field Member
Daniel Hayes, Program Head/Chair
Xuemei Huang, Outside Unit & Field Member
Xiang Zhang, Outside Field Member

Author:

Reynolds, Christopher

Title:

Copper (II) Interactions with Phosphatidylserine in Membranes: Biophysical Insights, Binding Mechanisms, and Physiological Consequences

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

biophysical chemistry
transition metal ions
membranes
copper (II)
oxidative damage
supported lipid bilayer
microfluidic systems
binding
phosphatidylserine
lipids
stepwise
constants
stoichiometry
densities
concentrations
Gouy-Chapman theory
ionic strength
surface charge density
chelation
complexes
buffer molecules
physiological implications
HeLa cells
plasma membrane
necrotic cell death
hydrogen peroxide
harmful effects
mechanistic explanation
future experiments.
hrmful effects
Phospholipid membranes
oxidation
copper
membrane oxidation
membrane binding model
bivalent binding
Debye-Hukel Theory
Electrostatic screening
electric double layer
Necrotic cell death
copper induced cell death
Alzheimer's disease
Neurodegeneration
microfluidic devices
high-throughput microfluidics

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Committee Members:

Paul Cremer, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
William Hancock, Outside Unit & Field Member
Alexey Silakov, Major Field Member
Lauren Zarzar, Major Field Member
Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Chan, Dennis

Title:

Elucidating the Relationship between Neuroinflammation and Functional Connectivity over the Progression of Alzheimer’s Disease

Graduate Program:

Bioengineering

Keywords:

Alzheimer's disease
Neuroimaging
Neuroscience
Neuroinflammation
Network Analysis

File:

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Committee Members:

Elizabeth Proctor, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Xiao Liu, Major Field Member
Justin Pritchard, Major Field Member
Nanyin Zhang, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Daniel Hayes, Program Head/Chair
Patrick Drew, Outside Unit & Field Member