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Ken Nakamura

Physician · University of California (San Francisco) School of Medicine

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History

University of California (San Francisco) School of Medicine
Present

University of California-San Francisco
2002–2006
University of Chicago Division of the Biological Sciences, The Pritzker School of Medicine
1997–2001

Research

Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (4th edition)1
Autophagy · 2021 · 2,291 citations
Increased expression of alpha-synuclein reduces neurotransmitter release by inhibiting synaptic vesicle reclustering after endocytosis
Neuron · 2010 · 863 citations
Direct membrane association drives mitochondrial fission by the Parkinson disease-associated protein alpha-synuclein
Journal of Biological Chemistry · 2011 · First of 16 authors · 485 citations

Robert Edwards
9 papers
Eric Huang
8 papers
HL
Hui Hui Li
8 papers
Un Kang
7 papers
Venu Nemani
4 papers · 1 as a resident
BM
Bryce Mendelsohn
3 papers
CC
Chad Christine
3 papers
Jean Nakamura
3 papers
AN
Alexandra Nelson
2 papers
Jayanta Debnath
2 papers
Jeffrey Whitman
2 papers · 2 as a resident
Jeremy Marks
2 papers

Grants

Understanding ApoE4-Induced Metabolic Shifts in Alzheimer's Disease
National Institute on Aging · R01
Contact PI · $801.2K · j. David Gladstone Institutes
2026–2031
Defining Strategies to Target Energy Failure in Metabolically Vulnerable Human Cells
National Institute on Aging · R01
Contact PI · $3.7M · j. David Gladstone Institutes
2020–2026
Understand and Probing Disrupted Glucose Metabolism in Alzheimer's Disease
National Institute on Aging · RF1
Contact PI · $3.6M · j. David Gladstone Institutes
2019–2024
Determining How Neural Activity Impairs Bioenergetics in PD Pathogenesis
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke · R01
Contact PI · $2.1M · j. David Gladstone Institutes
2015–2020