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Published 7 May 2019 Team "Huntington Disease Center" made its first Lundaloppet-run!! The supporting family members ran the kids-run! Great day and well done everyone! Happy team members before the start The juniors contributed to the great performance
https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/hd-team-lundaloppet - 2025-03-27
By Jenny [dot] Mansson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Jenny Månsson) - published 15 May 2019 In the latest edition of Neurologi i Sverige (Neurology in Sweden), Åsa Petersén has contributed with an article on her research group's findings on the effect on hypothalamus in Huntington's disease. These results might lead to future therapeutic strategies. This article is only available in Swedish. "Det är
https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/article-hd-petersen-neurologi-i-sverige - 2025-03-27
Published 3 June 2019 On May 28 the Huntingtoncentre in Lund hosted an information evening on Huntington's disease at the Biomedical Centre in Lund. 70 guests came to listen to Åsa Petersén, professor and senior consultant in psychiatry, and Håkan Widner, professor and senior consultant in neurology, who talked about the latest research in the HD field and different symptoms and treatment possibil
https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/information-evening-hd - 2025-03-27
By Jenny [dot] Mansson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Jenny Månsson) - published 27 June 2019 On November 5 and 6 2019 the annual event "Forskningens Dag" (Research Day) will take place in Malmö and Lund. Forskningens Dag is popular-scientific event with a specific theme each year, where the participating researchers present the current research in their field. The event is organized by the Faculty o
https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/research-day - 2025-03-27
By Jenny [dot] Mansson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Jenny Månsson) - published 19 November 2019 The 2nd Nordic HD Research Meeting will take place on Tuesday November 26, 2019 in the Belfrage hall at D15 of the Biomedical Center (BMC), Klinikgatan 32, in Lund, Sweden. It is organized by the Huntington Center and is open to HD researchers and clinicians in the Nordic countries. There will be a large
By Jenny [dot] Mansson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Jenny Månsson) - published 1 October 2019 The Huntington Center in Lund is arranging an information evening about Huntington's disease on December 11, 2019. Time: 18.00 - 20.30 Venue: The Belfrage lecture hall, BMC D15, Klinikgatan 32, Lund. In the evening you can hear about the latest research on HD, the Huntington team from the Neurology clinic
https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/welcome-information-evening-huntingtons-disease - 2025-03-27
By Jenny [dot] Mansson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Jenny Månsson) - published 16 October 2019 Cheong RY, Gabery S and Petersén Å.Journal of Huntington's disease 2019 Sep 26. doi: 10.3233/JHD-190372. [Epub ahead of print]AbstractHuntington's disease (HD) is a fatal genetic neurodegenerative disorder. It has mainly been considered a movement disorder with cognitive symptoms and these features have b
https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/role-hypothalamic-pathology-non-motor-features-huntingtons-disease - 2025-03-27
By Jenny [dot] Mansson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Jenny Månsson) - published 8 November 2019 The latest issue of the Swedish magazine Vetenskap & Hälsa (Science & Health) includes an article on HD, about depression and apathy, which is frequent with HD patients. Irritability, depression, anxiety and deteriorated understanding for other people's expressions of emotions. The hereditary Huntington's
https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/article-hd-magazine-vetenskap-halsa - 2025-03-27
By Jenny [dot] Mansson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Jenny Månsson) - published 23 March 2020 Åsa Petersén is appointed Wallenberg Clinical Scholar and receives a research grant of 15 million SEK over five years. Read more on The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences’ webpage:https://www.kva.se/en/pressrum/pressmeddelanden/wallenberg-clinical-scholars-60-miljoner-kronor-i-anslag-till-forskande-lakare
https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/asa-petersen-appointed-wallenberg-clinical-scholar - 2025-03-27
By Jenny [dot] Mansson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Jenny Månsson) - published 16 June 2020 A grant from The Swedish Brain Foundation (Hjärnfonden) of 600 000 SEK for 2020-2021 was awarded to Åsa and Sanaz as main and co-applicants for the project "The role of hypothalamic changes in ALS". See also: The Brain Foundation webpage
https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/new-grant-swedish-brain-foundation - 2025-03-27
By Jenny [dot] Mansson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Jenny Månsson) - published 21 September 2020 Members in the research group TNU had a joint Kick-off meeting with the collaborating research group BRAINS (i.e. TRAINS) at the Old Bishop’s House, September 15, 2020. Research updates were mixed with discussions on new and emerging techniques. A great day! Sanaz Gabery Rachel Cheong
https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/kick-tnu-old-bishops-house-september-15-2020 - 2025-03-27
By Jenny [dot] Mansson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Jenny Månsson) - published 4 November 2020 Read about Åsa Petersén and her research at the website "Vetenskap & Hälsa" (”Science and Health”). Link to article (in Swedish only):https://www.vetenskaphalsa.se/huntingtons-sjukdom-en-fascinerande-gata/The website "Vetenskap & Hälsa" is a cooperation between Lund University, Malmö University and the he
https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/portrait-asa-petersen-vetenskap-halsa - 2025-03-27
By Jenny [dot] Mansson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Jenny Månsson) - published 30 September 2020 On September 24, the Swedish National Huntington Meeting took place, hosted by the patients' organization RHS. The physical meeting that orginally was planned to be in Gothenburg, had to be transformed into an online event, as many other meetings this year, characterized by the COVID-19 pandemic.Active
https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/talks-and-virtual-lab-tour-swedish-national-hd-meeting - 2025-03-27
Published 5 November 2020 Åsa Petersén will give several talks on HD and genetic testing at HD Education Day on November 26. The Education Day is an online event, sponsored by the National Board of Health and Welfare in Sweden. This day will be followed by a session two weeks later, where Åsa Petersén, Håkan Widner, Carina Hvalstedt and Katarina Holmsten will be online, live, to answer questions.
https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/petersen-gives-several-talks-hd - 2025-03-27
Published 8 January 2021 Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation appointed Åsa Petersén Wallenberg Clinical Scholar in 2020. An article on Åsa's research is now published on the foundation's website. The Wallenberg Clinical Scholar is aimed for researchers combining their research with clinical work and is a grant for five years. The article on Petersén's research is presenting the psychiatric sympto
https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/research-early-hd-symptoms-can-lead-new-treatment-strategies - 2025-03-27
By Jenny [dot] Mansson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Jenny Månsson) - published 15 April 2021 TNU:s study on ALS together with Australian collaborators on Lund university's top news today. Åsa Petersén, Sanaz Gabery and collaborators in Australia have, for the first time, shown changes in hypothalamic neurons regulating metabolism, sleep and emotions in ALS patients. Since long, researchers have ass
https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/new-publication-als-tnu-and-australian-collaborators - 2025-03-27
By Jenny [dot] Mansson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Jenny Månsson) - published 30 August 2021 TNU published a new paper on early changes in the limbic system in Huntington disease together with international collaborators in Acta Neuropathologica, August 26, 2021. Link to article (opens in a new window): Early white matter pathology in the fornix of the limbic system in Huntington disease Link to L
Published 13 October 2021 Petersén and Gabery give talks about research at the National Huntington Meeting October 13, 2021. It is a digital meeting where you can see the talks at the home page of the Swedish patient organisation RHS: https://huntington.se/13-oktober-valkomna-pa-nationellt-mote-kring-huntingtons-sjukdom/ (Opens a new window)
Published 21 October 2021 Petersén gives talks about research and clinical care for Huntington disease to young adults in HD families at a conference in Gothenburg October 21-24, 2021. See homepage of the patient organization Swedish Huntington Association (Riksförbundet för Huntingtons sjukdom) for more information: Link to Swedish Huntington Association's webpage (opens in a new window)
https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/petersen-gives-talks-conference-young-people-hd - 2025-03-27
Published 15 November 2021 On 11-12 November 2021 the SWEMODIS annual meeting on Parkinson’s disease and other Movement Disorders took place in Stockholm, where Åsa Petersén gave a talk on Huntington's disease. SWEMODIS webpage (opens in a new window)
https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/petersen-gave-talk-annual-swemodis-meeting - 2025-03-27
