Department of Medicine
University of Wisconsin
SANJAY ASTHANA
Contact Information
SUITE 106
MADISON, WI 53705
Mail Code: 9095
Biography
Current AppointmentsDuncan G. and Lottie H. Ballantine Chair in Geriatrics
Head, Section of Geriatrics and Gerontology
Department of Medicine
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine
Madison, WI 53705 U.S.A.
Director
Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center (GRECC)
William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital
Madison, WI 53705 U.S.A.
Director
Memory Research Program
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital
Madison, WI 53705 U.S.A
Associate Director
Wisconsin Alzheimer's Institute
University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health
Madison, WI 53705 U.S.A.
Education
GRADUATE
| July 1973 - March 1978 | University College of Medical Sciences |
| University of Delhi, New Delhi, India | |
| April 1980 | MB; BS |
RESIDENCY
| July 1987 - June 1988 | Third year Senior Resident, Department of Medicine |
| University of Saskatchewan School of Medicine | |
| Saskatoon, Canada S7N-OXO. | |
| July 1988 - June 1989 | Chief Resident (4th year) |
| Department of Internal Medicine | |
| University of Saskatchewan School of Medicine | |
| Saskatoon, Canada S7N-OXO. |
FELLOWSHIPS
| August 1989 - June 1992 | Clinical Research Fellow |
| Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology | |
| The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine | |
| Baltimore, MD 21224, U.S.A. | |
| February 1990 - Sep. 1990 | Guest Researcher |
| Laboratory of Neurosciences | |
| National Institute on Aging | |
| National Institutes of Health (NIH) | |
| Bethesda, MD 20892, U.S.A. | |
| October 1990 - Sep. 1992 | Fogarty Staff Fellow |
| Laboratory of Neurosciences | |
| National Institute on Aging, NIH | |
| Bethesda, MD 20892, U.S.A. | |
| September 1992 - July 1993 | Senior Staff Fellow |
| Laboratory of Neurosciences | |
| National Institute on Aging, NIH | |
| Bethesda, MD 20892, U.S.A. |
Research Interests
Clinical psychopharmacology and neuroendocrinology of gonadal steroids and cholinergic drugs in Alzheimer's disease and healthy aging
- Cognitive and neuroendocrine effects of estrogen and testosterone administration in Alzheimer's disease and healthy aging.
- Potential beneficial effects of estrogen and testosterone treatment on performance-based measures of independent living skills for healthy older adults as well as those with Alzheimer's disease.
- Identification of biological markers for therapeutic responsivity to estrogen for women with Alzheimer's disease.
- Evaluation of therapeutic efficacy of raloxifene, a selective estrogen receptor modulator (SERM), in subjects with Alzheimer's disease.
- Cholinergic drugs: Clinical psychopharmacology studies in Alzheimer's disease.
- Clinical pharmacokinetics and neuroendocrinology of cholinergic drugs in
subjects with AD.
Search for Sanjay Asthana's literature abstracts on PubMed
Asthana S, Craft S, Baker LD, Raskind MA, Avery E, Lofgreen C, Veith RC, Plymate SR: Cognitive and neuroendocrine response to transdermal estrogen in women with Alzheimer's disease: results of a randomized, placebo-controlled pilot study. Psychoneuroendocrinology, vol 24(6), pp 657-678, 1999.
Craft S, Asthana S, Schellenberg G, Cherrier M, Baker LD, Newcomer J, Plymate SR, Latendresse S, Petrova A, Raskind MA, Peshkind E: Insulin metabolism in Alzheimer's disease differs according to apolipoprotein E genotype. Neuroendocrinology, vol 295, pp 2750-2757, 1999.
Craft S, Asthana S, Newcomer JW, Wilkinson CW, Baker LD, Cherrier M, Tio-Mattis, I, Lofgreen C, Latendresse S, Petrova A, Plymate SR, Raskind MA, Grimwood K, Vieth RC: Enhancement of memory in Alzheimer's disease with insulin and somatostatin, but not glucose, Arch Gen Psychiatry, vol 56, pp 1135-1140, 1999.
Craft S, Asthana S, Schellenberg G, Baker LD, Cherrier M, Boyt AA, Martins RN, Raskind MA, Peshkind E, Plymate S: Insulin effects on glucose metabolism, memory, and plasma amyloid precursor protein in Alzheimer's disease differ according to apolipoprotein-E genotype. Annals N Y Acad Sci, vol 903, pp 222-228, 2000.
Asthana S, Baker LD, Craft S, Stanczyk FZ, Veith RC, Raskind MA, Plymate SR: High-dose estradiol improves cognition for women with Alzheimer's disease: Results of a randomized study. Neurology, vol 57, pp 605-612, 2001.
Cherrier M, Craft S, Asthana S, Plymate S, Baker LD, Matsumoto AM, Peskind E, Raskind MA, Brodkin K, Bremner WM, Petrova A, LaTendresse S: Effects of exogenous testosterone administration on spatial and verbal memory in healthy older men: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study. Neurology, vol 57, pp 80-88, 2001.