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Thomas A. Ala Department: Neurology Office Telephone Number: (217) 545-7881 Fax: (217) 545-1903 Email Address: tala@siumed.edu |
Educational Background: 1985-1987: Research Fellow, Alzheimer's Treatment and Research Center, Regions Hospital, St. Paul, MN. 1982-1985: Neurology residency, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN. 1981-1982: Flexible internship, Hennepin County Medical Center ,Minneapolis MN . 1978-1981: MD degree, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN. 1966-1970: BS degree in Chemical Engineering, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI. Current project: Clinical and neuropathological research in Alzheimer's disease, dementia with Lewy bodies, vascular dementia, and other dementing illnesses. Clinical evaluation of new drugs to treat Alzheimer's disease. Recent Publications : Ala TA, Hughes LF, Kyrouac GA, Ghobrial MW, Elble RJ. The Mini-Mental State exam may help in the differentiation of dementia with Lewy bodies and Alzheimer's disease. Int J Ger Psychiatry. 2002;17:503-509. Ala TA, Hughes LF, Kyrouac GA, Ghobrial MW, Elble RJ. Pentagon copying is more impaired in dementia with Lewy bodies than in Alzheimer's disease. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2001;70:483-488. Ala TA, Yang K-H, Sung JH, Frey WH II. Inconsistency between severe substantia nigra degeneration with Lewy bodies and clinical parkinsonism in dementia patients. Acta Neuropathol (Berl). 2000;99:511-516. |
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