Atsushi Iwata

This study identifies the Aβ-HMGB1 complex as a pathogenic factor in advanced Alzheimer's disease, showing it causes neuronal damage and that targeting HMGB1 improves symptoms in mouse models.

This study identifies a new susceptibility locus, PLA2G4C, for Multiple System Atrophy through a genome-wide association study and functional analysis of a risk variant.

This paper develops a deep learning-based method to quantify gait features and estimate cadence from home-recorded videos of normal and parkinsonian gait.