Research at NNAB

Publications

The following are just a few of the many publications NNAB and the rest of the NNTC collaborated on:

1. Singer EJ. HIV-Brain Disease: the role of drug abuse. Numedx 2000;3: 25-30.
2. Singer EJ, Aronow HA, Lee SY, Hinkin CH, Lazarus T. Stability of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 RNA in cerebrospinal fluid determined with the AMPLICOR HIV-1 MONITOR test, version 1.5(ultrasensitive). J Clin Microbiol. 2002 Oct; 40(10):3863-4.
3. S Morgello, BB Gelman, PB Kozlowski, HV Vinters, E Masliah, M Cornford, W Cavert, C Marra, I Grant, and EJ Singer. The National NeuroAids Tissue Consortium: A New Paradigm in Brain Bank with an Emphasis on Infectious Disease. Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology (2001), 27, 326-335.
4. Suryadevara R, Holter S, Borgmann K, Persidsky R, Labenz-Zink C, Persidsky Y, Gendelman HE, Wu L, Ghorpade A. Regulation of tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase-1 by astrocytes: Links to HIV-1 dementia. Glia 2003, 44: 47-56.
5. Byne, W., Lasco, M.S., Kemether, E., Shinwari, A., Jones, L. Edgar M.A., Morgello S, Jones L, and Tobet, S. (2000) The interstitial nuclei of the human anterior hypothalamus: assessment for sexual variation in volume and neuronal size, density and number. Brain Research, 856, 254-258.
6. Singer, E.J., Aronow, H.A., Hinkin, C., Lee, S-Y., & Lazarus, T. (2002). Stability of HIV-1 RNA in cerebrospinal fluid using the Amplicor HIV-1 Monitor® test, version 1.5 (ultrasensitive). Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 40, 3863-3864.

Studies

We here at NNAB are continuously adding new studies to help further our knowledge of HIV and related diseases. We have actively participated in the following studies:

• NINDS - National Neurological AIDS Bank
• Multi-Centered AIDS Cohort Study (MACS)
• ACTG 5090/5114S
• NARC/Savient Pharmaceuticals
• NAAID - Drug Adherence
• AI 28697
• 2U01A1027660-16
• R01 NS32228
• MRS
• Pregablin (Pfizer)

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