[NSF-02] Intra- & into-the- brain propagation of α-synuclein: significance for the pathogenesis, progression and therapeutic target of Lewy body diseases

[NSF-02-3] Pathogenic mechanism on propagation of alpha- synuclein, a pathological point of view

^○Yuko Saito (Department of Laboratory Medicine, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Japan)

Academic background
1992: Graduated from Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
2001: Completed the Graduate School of Medicine (Department of neurology, Division of Neuroscience), University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
Professional career
1992: Trainee doctor of internal medicine at Mito National Hospital.
1994: Department of Neurology, University of Tokyo.
2000: Visiting research fellow at Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC, USA
2001: Department of Neuropathology, Tokyo Metropolitan institute of Gerontology
2005: Department of Pathology, Tokyo Metropolitan Hospital of Gerontology
2009: present position