Markku Kurkinen
Wayne State University, USA
Biography
Markku Kurkinen completed his PhD in 1979 at University of Helsinki, Finland and; Post-doctoral studies from 1980-1983 at Imperial Cancer Research Fund, Mill Hill, London, UK. He was an Assistant Professor from 1984-1986, at Rutgers Medical School, Piscataway, New Jersey, USA; Associate Professor 1986-1992, and Division Chief, Connective Tissue Research, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, New Jersey, USA. He is Professor at Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, USA. He has published more than 100 papers, reviews and book chapters.
Abstract
Abstract : Alzheimer’s drug discovery: Targeting astrocyte synaptic glutamate uptake