By Jenny [dot] Mansson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Jenny Månsson) - published 20 September 2016 Dr Rana Soylu Kucharz presented her recent project with the title "Striatal Neuropathology induced by Hypothalamic Overexpression of Huntingtin…

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/tnus-research-selected-oral-presentation-ehdn-meeting- 2021-03-08

By Jenny [dot] Mansson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Jenny Månsson) - published 4 October 2016 Welcome to Jo Henningsen who started her postdoctoral fellowship two weeks ago with TNU. Jo will work on hypothalamic dysfunction in HD, and will…

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/welcome-our-new-postdoc-jo-henningsen- 2021-03-08

By Jenny [dot] Mansson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Jenny Månsson) - published 24 October 2016 There was an official ceremony for the new Professors at Lund University, Friday October 14 2016. Read more about Petersén's research in the…

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/petersen-official-ceremony-new-professors- 2021-03-08

By Jenny [dot] Mansson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Jenny Månsson) - published 28 March 2017 Petersén is invited to give a talk entitled "Hypothalamic dysfunction in Huntington disease: relevance for non-motor features and striatal…

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/petersen-gives-talk-international-huntington-conference-vilnius- 2021-03-08

By Jenny [dot] Mansson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Jenny Månsson) - published 15 June 2017 Cheong and Henningsen present their recent research findings and Petersén acts as discussion leader at the Gordon Research Conference on CAG Triplet…

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/tnu-goes-gordon-research-conference-cag-triplet-repeat-disorders- 2021-03-08

By Jenny [dot] Mansson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Jenny Månsson) - published 10 November 2017 A new initiative between Lund University and Region Skåne is the formation of an excellence center for Huntington disease. The aim is to bring…

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/huntingtoncenter-has-been-formed-lund-university-and-region-skane-headed-professor-asa-petersen- 2021-03-08

The Translational Neuroendocrine Research Unit (TNU) is located in the Biomedical Center (BMC) in Lund in the south of Sweden.Our visiting address is Klinikgatan 32, building D, floor 11.How to get to LundFrom Copenhagen Airport (CPH…

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/visit-us- 2021-03-23

By Jenny [dot] Mansson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Jenny Månsson) - published 22 November 2017 Drs Baldo, Henningsen and Soylu-Kucharz have received three research grants of a total of 286 000 SEK for their exciting projects on Huntington…

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/research-grants-tnu-postdoctoral-fellows-royal-physiographic-society-lund- 2021-03-08

By Jenny [dot] Mansson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Jenny Månsson) - published 7 December 2017 Åhlen Foundation gives a 200 000 SEK research grant to Dr Rachel Cheong, TNU, for her interesting research on Huntington disease.Congratulations!!

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/ahlen-foundation-gives-200-000-sek-research-grant-dr-cheong- 2021-03-08

By Jenny [dot] Mansson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Jenny Månsson) - published 6 December 2017 Dr Rana Soylu Kucharz has received the Best Neurobiology section thesis 2016 award at EMV, Lund University.Congratulations!!!   Best Neurobiology…

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/dr-soylu-kucharz-receives-best-thesis-2016-award- 2021-03-08

By Jenny [dot] Mansson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Jenny Månsson) - published 27 February 2019 Dr Sanaz Gabery is one of 14 to receive Hjärnfonden's (Brain Foundation) stipend for postdoctoral researchers during 2019. Her project is…

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/sanaz-gabery-hjarnfonden-stipendee- 2021-03-08

Rachel Cheong Former Postdoctoral fellow, 2013-2014, and Assistant Researcher, 2015-2021. Publications from TNU: Gabery S, Kwa JE, Cheong RY, Baldo B, Ferrari Bardile C, Tan B, McLean C, Georgiou-Karistianis N, Poudel GR, Halliday G,…

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/former-team-members- 2022-04-08

During the years 2014-2016 TNU has had three PhD students defending their theses. Sofia Hult Lundh: Psychiatric and metabolic disturbances in experimental models of Huntington’s disease Sanaz Gabery: New perspectives on pathology in…

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/phd-thesis-books- 2021-03-30

English summary Non-motor symptoms and signs such as metabolic and psychiatric disturbances have been reported to occur early in Huntington's disease (HD), a fatal neurodegenerative disorder caused by an expanded CAG repeat in the…

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/psychiatric-and-metabolic-disturbances-experimental-models-huntingtons-disease- 2021-03-22

English summary Huntington’s disease (HD) is a neurodegenerative disorder caused by an expansion of the CAG repeat in the huntingtin gene. Non-motor symptoms and signs such as psychiatric disturbances and metabolic dysfunction are also…

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/new-perspectives-pathology-huntingtons-disease-characterization-hypothalamic-changes- 2021-03-22

English summary Huntington’s disease (HD) is caused by a CAG trinucleotide repeat expansion in the huntingtin (HTT) gene. HD is an inherited progressive neurodegenerative disorder manifested by the wide array of motor dysfunctions, as well…

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/hypothalamic-and-metabolic-dysfunction-genetic-models-huntingtons-disease- 2021-03-08

Fjalldal S, Follin C, Svärd D, Rylander L, Gabery S, Petersen Å, Van Westen D, Sundgren P, Bjorkman-Burtscher I, Lätt J, Ekman B, Johanson A and Erfurth EM.European Journal of Endocrinology 178 (6): 577-587 (2018)AbstractCONTEXT:Patients…

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/microstructural-white-matter-alterations-and-hippocampal-volumes-are-associated-cognitive-deficits-0- 2021-03-08

Petersén began medical school at Lund University (LU) in 1994 and started her PhD training in 1997. She received her PhD in experimental neuroscience in 2001 at the Faculty of Medicine at LU with Prof. Patrik Brundin as supervisor with a…

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/team/asa-petersen-md-phd- 2021-04-06

Full Name : Åsa Petersén Date of Birth: October 25th, 1974 Nationality: Swedish Address: Translational Neuroendocrinology (TNU), BMC D11, 221 84 Lund Phone: +46 46 222 16 86 E-mail address: Asa.Petersen@med.lu.se Professional appointments…

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/curriculum-vitae-asa-petersen- 2021-03-08

Professor Åsa Petersén received the Fernström award 2018 for younger, successful researchers (Eric K Fernströms Svenska Pris 2018). The prize is awarded six researches at different Medical Faculties in Sweden, where each and one receives…

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/awards- 2021-03-24