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Cheong RY, Gabery S and Petersén Å.Journal of Huntington's disease 2019 Sep 26. doi: 10.3233/JHD-190372. [Epub ahead of print]AbstractHuntington's disease (HD) is a fatal genetic neurodegenerative disorder. It has mainly been considered a movement disorder with cognitive symptoms and these features have been associated with pathology of the striatum and cerebral cortex. Importantly, individuals wi

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/role-hypothalamic-pathology-non-motor-features-huntingtons-disease - 2025-10-01

The latest issue of the Swedish magazine Vetenskap & Hälsa (Science & Health) includes an article on HD, about depression and apathy, which is frequent with HD patients. Irritability, depression, anxiety and deteriorated understanding for other people's expressions of emotions. The hereditary Huntington's disease entails psychiatric symptoms, often manifest long before other apparent signs of the

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/article-hd-magazine-vetenskap-halsa - 2025-10-01

Åsa Petersén is appointed Wallenberg Clinical Scholar and receives a research grant of 15 million SEK over five years. Read more on The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences’ webpage:https://www.kva.se/en/pressrum/pressmeddelanden/wallenberg-clinical-scholars-60-miljoner-kronor-i-anslag-till-forskande-lakare

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/asa-petersen-appointed-wallenberg-clinical-scholar - 2025-10-01

A grant from The Swedish Brain Foundation (Hjärnfonden) of 600 000 SEK for 2020-2021 was awarded to Åsa and Sanaz as main and co-applicants for the project "The role of hypothalamic changes in ALS".  See also: The Brain Foundation webpage

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/new-grant-swedish-brain-foundation - 2025-10-01

Members in the research group TNU had a joint Kick-off meeting with the collaborating research group BRAINS (i.e. TRAINS) at the Old Bishop’s House, September 15, 2020. Research updates were mixed with discussions on new and emerging techniques. A great day!

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/kick-tnu-old-bishops-house-september-15-2020 - 2025-10-01

Read about Åsa Petersén and her research at the website "Vetenskap & Hälsa" (”Science and Health”). Link to article (in Swedish only):https://www.vetenskaphalsa.se/huntingtons-sjukdom-en-fascinerande-gata/The website "Vetenskap & Hälsa" is a cooperation between Lund University, Malmö University and the healthcare organization Region Skåne, to spread information about research about medicine and he

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/portrait-asa-petersen-vetenskap-halsa - 2025-10-01

On September 24, the Swedish National Huntington Meeting took place, hosted by the patients' organization RHS. The physical meeting that orginally was planned to be in Gothenburg, had to be transformed into an online event, as many other meetings this year, characterized by the COVID-19 pandemic.Active clinicians and researchers at the Huntington Disease Center in Lund gave talks at the National M

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/talks-and-virtual-lab-tour-swedish-national-hd-meeting - 2025-10-01

Åsa Petersén will give several talks on HD and genetic testing at HD Education Day on November 26. The Education Day is an online event, sponsored by the National Board of Health and Welfare in Sweden. This day will be followed by a session two weeks later, where Åsa Petersén, Håkan Widner, Carina Hvalstedt and Katarina Holmsten will be online, live, to answer questions. Both Petersén and Widner a

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/petersen-gives-several-talks-hd - 2025-10-01

Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation appointed Åsa Petersén Wallenberg Clinical Scholar in 2020. An article on Åsa's research is now published on the foundation's website. The Wallenberg Clinical Scholar is aimed for researchers combining their research with clinical work and is a grant for five years. The article on Petersén's research is presenting the psychiatric symptoms and hypothalamic chang

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/research-early-hd-symptoms-can-lead-new-treatment-strategies - 2025-10-01

TNU:s study on ALS together with Australian collaborators on Lund university's top news today. Åsa Petersén, Sanaz Gabery and collaborators in Australia have, for the first time, shown changes in hypothalamic neurons regulating metabolism, sleep and emotions in ALS patients. Since long, researchers have assumed that changes in metabolism are affecting the progress of the disease. Identification of

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/new-publication-als-tnu-and-australian-collaborators - 2025-10-01

TNU published a new paper on early changes in the limbic system in Huntington disease together with international collaborators in Acta Neuropathologica, August 26, 2021. Link to article (opens in a new window): Early white matter pathology in the fornix of the limbic system in Huntington disease Link to Lund University webpage for news article on the the results (in Swedish): Känslohjärnan – en n

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/important-paper-huntington-disease-gabery-et-al-acta-neuropathologica-2021 - 2025-10-01

Petersén and Gabery give talks about research at the National Huntington Meeting October 13, 2021. It is a digital meeting where you can see the talks at the home page of the Swedish patient organisation RHS:  https://huntington.se/13-oktober-valkomna-pa-nationellt-mote-kring-huntingtons-sjukdom/ (Opens a new window)  

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/petersen-and-gabery-give-talks-about-research-national-huntington-meeting-october-13-202 - 2025-10-01

Petersén gives talks about research and clinical care for Huntington disease to young adults in HD families at a conference in Gothenburg October 21-24, 2021. See homepage of the patient organization Swedish Huntington Association (Riksförbundet för Huntingtons sjukdom) for more information:  Link to Swedish Huntington Association's webpage (opens in a new window)

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/petersen-gives-talks-conference-young-people-hd - 2025-10-01

On 11-12 November 2021 the SWEMODIS annual meeting on Parkinson’s disease and other Movement Disorders took place in Stockholm, where Åsa Petersén gave a talk on Huntington's disease. SWEMODIS webpage (opens in a new window)

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/petersen-gave-talk-annual-swemodis-meeting - 2025-10-01

Huntington disease is the topic of today’s episode of the radio program Kropp & Själ, Body & Mind, on the Swedish public service radio. The dilemma of genetic testing is one of the aspects of the disease discussed in the program, where Åsa Petersén is a guest. You can access today’s episode on Sveriges Radio’s website: https://sverigesradio.se/avsnitt/huntingtons-sjukdom-den-felande-genen (in Swed

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/about-huntington-disease-swedish-radio - 2025-10-01

Petersén (PI) and Gabery (co-PI) received a research grant of 1.2 MSEK from the Swedish Brain Foundation (Hjärnfonden) for a project on novel mechanisms of disease and a potential future therapy for HD. Link to the Swedish Brain Foundation's webpage  

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/research-grant-swedish-brain-foundation - 2025-10-01

Petersén (PI) received a research grant of 6 MSEK from the Swedish Research Council (Vetenskapsrådet) for 2023-2026 for a project on novel cellular and molecular mechanisms in the limbic system for psychiatric symptoms in Huntington disease. 

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/research-grant-swedish-research-council - 2025-10-01

Åsa Petersén has been elected member of the executive committee for the European Huntington Disease Network (EHDN). The EHDN is a nonprofit research network committed to advancing research, facilitating the conduct of clinical trials, and improving clinical care in HD. Through the EHDN a platform has been created such that basic scientists, clinicians, patients and families can collaborate on acad

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/asa-petersen-elected-member-executive-committee-european-huntington-disease-network-ehdn - 2025-10-01

With the objective of digitising Swedish printed material from the 1400s to modern times, a collaboration has been established between the National Library of Sweden and the five university libraries in Lund, Gothenburg, Stockholm, Uppsala, and Umeå. The undertaking lays the basis of a long-term digitisation undertaking. The material included in the digitisation comprises books, newspapers, magazi

https://www.ub.lu.se/en/article/national-library-collaboration-will-digitise-swedish-printed-material - 2025-10-01

UNESCO has added the unique archive of 500 in-depth interviews with Holocaust survivors to the Memory of the World Register. It recognises the Ravensbrück Archive as an example of a cultural heritage of great value to humanity. The University Library manages this documentary heritage and keeps the archive protected and digitally accessible to all. On 10 April, UNESCO decided to add the Ravensbrück

https://www.ub.lu.se/en/article/ravensbruck-archive-receives-memory-world-status - 2025-10-01