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The accurate allocation of mitochondria in neurons is particularly critical due to the significance of mitochondria for ATP supply, Ca++ homeostasis and apoptosis and the importance of these functions to the distal extremities of neurons. 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Our overall goal is to understand the role of the basal ganglia electrical activity in the pathogenesis of movement disorders.  We have developed novel computerized technology to measure fine, limb and postural movement.  With these we are measuring local field potentials in basal ganglia nuclei in patients with Parkinson's disease and dystonian and correlating brain signalling with motor behavior."},{"lastName":"Baker","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor Emeritus,Biology (School of Humanities and Sciences)"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor Emeritus,Biology (School of Humanities and Sciences)","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6206&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Bruce Baker","firstName":"Bruce","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Bruce_Baker","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Rothenberg","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Gastroenterology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Clinical Instructor,Medicine - Gastroenterology & Hepatology"},{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"Clinical Instructor,Medicine - Gastroenterology & Hepatology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=10397&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Michael Rothenberg","firstName":"Michael","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Michael_Rothenberg","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Mosca","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Biology (School of Humanities and Sciences)"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Biology (School of Humanities and Sciences)","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=16852&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Timothy Mosca","firstName":"Timothy","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Timothy_Mosca","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Cao","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Developmental Biology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Developmental Biology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=11477&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Jian Cao","firstName":"Jian","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Jian_Cao","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Axelrod","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Pathology"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Pathology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4410&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Jeffrey Axelrod","firstName":"Jeffrey","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Jeffrey_Axelrod","researchInterest":"Genetic and cell biological analyses of signals controlling cell polarity and morphogenesis.  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