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Dr. Rosario Luquin
Specialist in Neurology
Primary focus on the study and treatment of Parkinson’s disease.
Professional career
Degree (1980) and PhD (1987) in Medicine and Surgery, University of Navarra.
She completed her training at the University of Manchester as a Senior Researcher in the Department of Cell and Structural Biology (1988-89).
She has received several awards for her research into Parkinson’s disease, including the American Academy of Neurology’s first prize for Best Young Investigator in 1990, the National Research Prize in Parkinson’s Disease “Ciudad de Zamora” (November 2004), and the 1st and 7th Research Prize in Parkinson’s Disease.
She specialises in the care of patients with Parkinson’s disease and other movement disorders.
RESEARCH AREAS
She conducts her research as Director of the Regenerative Therapy Laboratory at CIMA.
AREAS OF INTEREST
Movement Disorders. Parkinson’s disease. Atypical parkinsonism. Dystonia. Tremor. Myoclonus. Tics. Gait disorders.
Activity
In teaching
She is accredited by ANECA as a Professor of Neurology. She teaches at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Navarra and has been a visiting professor at the University of Michigan (United States).
She has supervised 12 doctoral theses and 6 research dissertations.
In research
She is the author of more than 150 scientific works and editor of 4 books on movement disorders and Parkinson’s disease.
Organismos científicos
- Directora científica de IDISNA.
Latest scientific publications
- JNK3 Overexpression in the Entorhinal Cortex Impacts on the Hippocampus and Induces Cognitive Deficiencies and Tau Misfolding Jun 7, 2023, | Magazine: ACS Chemical Neuroscience
- JNK Activation in Alzheimer's Disease Is Driven by Amyloid β and Is Associated with Tau Pathology Mar 28, 2023 | Magazine: ACS Publications Chemical Neuroscience