Alice Chen-Plotkin
@alicechenplotkin.bsky.social
Neurologist-neuroscientist at the University of Pennsylvania. Mom (of two), wife (of one).
https://sites.google.com/site/chenplotkinlab
https://sites.google.com/site/chenplotkinlab
Thanks for the shout-out. 😉
I must admit I’m still figuring out bluesky.
I must admit I’m still figuring out bluesky.
Developing biomarkers to differentiate between #Parkinsons disease (PD) and dementia with #LewyBodyDisease: Implications for #α-synuclein (aSyn) misfolding & aggregation doi.org/10.1002/ana.... @alicechenplotkin.bsky.social #NeuroDegeneration #Neurology #TranslationalScience
Blood α‐Synuclein Separates Parkinson's Disease from Dementia with Lewy Bodies
Objective
Aggregation of misfolded α-synuclein (aSyn) within the brain is the pathologic hallmark of Lewy body diseases (LBDs), including Parkinson's disease (PD), and dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB.....
doi.org
August 5, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Thanks for the shout-out. 😉
I must admit I’m still figuring out bluesky.
I must admit I’m still figuring out bluesky.
Lab dinner to say goodbye to the fantastic Eliza Brody and Carrie Lewis, both headed to Cornell (MD-Eliza and PhD-Carrie). And to celebrate Masen Boucher passing prelims with flying colors!
Choosing science right now is hard… so here are also some peonies.
Choosing science right now is hard… so here are also some peonies.
May 14, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Lab dinner to say goodbye to the fantastic Eliza Brody and Carrie Lewis, both headed to Cornell (MD-Eliza and PhD-Carrie). And to celebrate Masen Boucher passing prelims with flying colors!
Choosing science right now is hard… so here are also some peonies.
Choosing science right now is hard… so here are also some peonies.
Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s affect more than 50 million worldwide. And the problem is not going away unless we work on it! So I am trying to help NIH-NINDS to chart a course (and wearing my neuron scarf to do it). Help us to show this matters!! www.ninds.nih.gov/news-events/...
April 30, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s affect more than 50 million worldwide. And the problem is not going away unless we work on it! So I am trying to help NIH-NINDS to chart a course (and wearing my neuron scarf to do it). Help us to show this matters!! www.ninds.nih.gov/news-events/...