Rudnicki, Dobrila, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Main Office Address

CMSC 8-121
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
600 North Wolfe St.
Baltimore, MD 21287

Phone: 410-502-4654
Fax: 410-614-0013

E-mail: drudnic1@jhmi.edu

Administrative Assistant

Eileen Kasda
E-mail : ekasda1@gw.johnshopkins.edu

Education

Professional Interests

Cellular and molecular pathogenesis of neuropsychiatric disorders, in particular Huntington’s disease-like 2 (HDL2), Huntington’s disease (HD) and schizophrenia.

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Selected Publications

Rudnicki, D.D., Pletnikova, O., Vonsattel, J.P., Ross, C.A., Margolis, R.L. A Comparison of Huntington Disease and Huntington Disease-Like 2 Neuropathology. (2008) J Neuropathol Exp Neurol. 67, 366-374.

Rudnicki, D.D., Holmes, S.E., Lin, M.W., Thornton, C.A., Ross, C.A. and Margolis, R.L. (2007) Huntington's disease-like 2 is associated with CUG repeat-containing RNA foci. Ann Neurol, 23; 272-282.

Margolis, R.L, Holmes, S.E., Rudnicki, D.D., O’Hearn E., Ross, C.A., Pletnikova, O., and Troncoso, J.C. Huntington’s disease-like 2. In: "Genetic Instabilities and Hereditary Neurological Diseases”, 2nd edition, Editors:  Tobert Wells, T. Ashizawa, Publisher: Elsevier-Academic Press, 2006

Margolis, R.L. and Rudnicki, D.D. Huntington's disease-like 2 In:  Neuroacanthocytosis II.  Edited:  Walker R, Danek A, Soohee L.  Springer-Verlag, In Press.

Walker, R.H., Rasmussen, A., Rudnicki, D., Holmes, S.E., Alonso, E., Matsuura, T., Ashizawa, T., Davidoff-Feldman, B. and Margolis, R.L. (2003) Huntington's disease--like 2 can present as chorea-acanthocytosis. Neurology, 61, 1002-1004.

Rudnicki, D.D., and R.L. Margolis. (2003) Repeat expansion and autosomal dominant neurodegenerative disorders: consensus and controversy. Expert Rev Mol Med. 2003:1-24.