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Research interests
Dr. Kotzbauer’s research is focused on Parkinson’s disease and a group of hereditary disorders called Neurodegeneration with Brain Iron Accumulation. The laboratory uses biochemical analysis, cell culture and mouse models to understand disease mechanisms and to develop new therapeutic approaches for these neurodegenerative disorders.
Clinical interests
Parkinson's disease and related disorders, tremor, neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation (NBIA)
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- PhD Students
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Longitudinal brain morphometry in Parkinson's disease clinical subtypes: Distinct signatures forecast behavioral change within subtypes
Eid, A. M., Grossen, S., Tanenbaum, A., Hwang, H., Cash, T. V., Franklin, E. E., Maiti, B., Foster, E. R., Lessov-Schlaggar, C. N., Perrin, R. J., Jackson, J. J., Kotzbauer, P. T., Perlmutter, J. S. & Campbell, M. C., Jan 2026, In: Parkinsonism and Related Disorders. 142, 108141.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Low overlap of plasma and CSF protein quantitative trait loci affects protein discovery for neurological disease
Western, D., Yang, C., Timsina, J., Liu, M., Wang, C., Campbell, M., Kotzbauer, P., Perlmutter, J., Schindler, S., Morris, J., Holtzman, D., Alvarez, I., Pastor, P., Wyss-Coray, T., Marquie, M., Cano, A., Sung, Y. J., de Rojas, I., Ruiz, A. & Budde, J. & 4 others, , Apr 29 2026, In: Science translational medicine. 18, 847, eadz2016.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The North American Prodromal Synucleinopathy study: protocol for a multi-site, longitudinal, observational study of idiopathic/isolated rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder
NAPS Consortium for RBD, 2026, In: SLEEP Advances. 7, 1, zpag007.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Alpha-synuclein fibril structures cluster into distinct classes
Milchberg, M. H., Warmuth, O. A., Borcik, C. G., Dhavale, D. D., Wright, E. R., Kotzbauer, P. T. & Rienstra, C. M., Aug 19 2025, In: Biophysical Journal. 124, 16, p. 2571-2582 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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A novel lncRNA FAM151B-DT regulates degradation of aggregation prone proteins
Renganathan, A., Minaya, M. A., Broder, M., Alfradique-Dunham, I., Miller, R. L., Dhavale, D. D., Moritz, M., Bhagat, R., Marsh, J., Verbeck, A., Galasso, G., Starr, E., Agard, D. A., Kotzbauer, P. T., Cruchaga, C. & Karch, C. M., Dec 2025, In: Molecular Psychiatry. 30, 12, p. 5637-5651 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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