Myelin and myelin-producing oligodendrocytes appear to be affected in Alzheimer’s disease (AD), but this is understudied in humans, particularly in the early stages of disease development.
Month: September 2017
Karla Ausderau, PhD
Objective – Identify and describe parents’ strategies used to support mealtime participation for their child with autism spectrum disorder (ASD).
Waisman Biomanufacturing to be part of UW-Madison partnership in $20 million cell-based therapy center
Waisman Biomanufacturing and Waisman affiliate investigators Randolph Ashton and Krishanu Saha will be part of a new engineering research center that will develop transformative tools and technologies for the consistent, scalable and low-cost production of …
Andrew Alexander, PhD
Mapping White Matter Microstructure in the One Month Human Brain Legend: Matched coronal and axial slices through the of the population averaged diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) and neurite orientation dispersion and density imaging (NODDI) parameters …
New faculty focus: Lauren Bishop-Fitzpatrick
A Q&A with new Waisman Center investigator Lauren Bishop-Fitzpatrick. How did you get into your field of research? Like many people who pursue social work degrees, I always knew that I wanted to spend my career …
WSJ: With autism diagnoses on the rise, parents sort through treatment options
As rates of autism diagnoses rise across the country, children with autism and their parents also have increasing options for therapy and treatments. The Wisconsin State Journal highlights the Waisman Center Autism Treatment Programs, and …