Dr. Douglas Rosene is a professor in the Dept. of Anatomy and Neurobiology at Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA.
Dr. Rosene is currently Program Director for Program Project P01-AG00001-33, entitled “Neural Substrates of Cognitive Decline in Aging Monkeys” and Co-PI on a Multidisciplinary Research Project R01-AG021133-04 entitled “Quantitative Analysis of Cerebral Cortex in Aging Monkeys”. His research interests focus on identifying the neurobiological basis of learning and memory and related higher cognitive functions in the normal brain and the basis of disruption of these processes in normal aging and various types of neurological damage. To accomplish this, his laboratory employs multidisciplinary methods to investigate these issues in the rhesus monkey, including behavioral, neurohistochemical, neuroanatomical and neurophysiological methods. Past histochemical investigations have focused on the effects of fixation on enzyme histochemistry and on immunohistochemistry as well as methods for cyroprotection in frozen sectioning. Additional studies have utilized modern magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to quantify cerebral structure and most recently have utilized Diffusion MRI to assess the integrity of white matter pathways in the aged rhesus monkey brain.
Education and Positions Held: AB, Psychology, Stanford University, 1968; PhD Psychology and Neurobiology, University of Rochester, 1974; Postdoctoral – Neuroanatomy, Neurological Unit, Harvard Medical School, 1974 – 1978. Assistant Professor, Dept of Anatomy, Boston University School of Medicine 1978; Associate Professor, Boston University School of Medicine, 1985; Collaborative Scientist, Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University, 1983.
Honors: Thomas Robitscher Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching, Boston University School of Medicine, 1988; Dr. Stanley L. Robbins Award for Excellence in Teaching, Boston University School of Medicine, 1993.
Scientific Societies: American Aging Association; American Association of Anatomists; Cajal Club; Histochemical Society; Society for Neuroscience; Spring Brain Conference; Editorial Board Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry. Governing Council, The Histochemical Society.
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