Alzheimer

Research Lab

Faculty

UCLA Dept Medicine

Dr. Teng joined our team with a strong background in clinical neurology as well as behavioral science. He received his BS in Chemistry at Stanford University in 1993. He received a MS at UCSD in 1998 and also a PhD in 2000 working with reknowned cognitive scientists Larry Squire and Stuart Zola. After completing his MD in 2000, he entered the internship program at UCLA in the Dept of Medicine. He completed a residency in 2005 in Neurology and a fellowship in the Dementia and Behavioral Neuroscience Research Program in 2007 with world renowned Alzheimer's expert J. Cummings. He is now a Special Fellow in Geriatric Neurology in Clinical Neurology and attending physician. He has received two Alzheimer's research awards (UCLA Alzheimer Disease Research Award) and a French Foundation award to pursue research in Alzheimer's disease. In addition to running research on cognitive impact of Alzheimer's mutation in rodent models and impact of dietary interventions, he is also leading the analysis of biomarkers for the clinical trial using curcumin.

Publications:

• Teng E, Ringman JM, Ross LK, Mulnard RA, Dick MB, Bartzokis G, Davies HD, Galasko D, Hewett L, Mungas D, Reed BR, Schneider LS, Segal-Gidan F, Yaffe K, Cummings JL (in press): Diagnosing depression in Alzheimer’s disease with the NIMH provisional criteria. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry.

  Teng E, Lu PH, Cummings JL (2007): Neuropsychiatric symptoms are associated with progression from mild cognitive impairment to Alzheimer’s disease. Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders, 24:253-259.

  Teng E, Lu PH, Cummings JL (2007): Deficits in facial emotion processing in mild cognitive impairment. Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders, 23:271-279.

  Teng E, Stefanacci L, Squire LR, Zola SM (2000): Contrasting effects on discrimination learning following hippocampal lesions and conjoint hippocampal-caudate lesions in monkeys. Journal of Neuroscience, 20:3853-3863.

  Zola SM, Squire LR, Teng E, Stefanacci L, Clark RE (2000): Impaired recognition memory in monkeys after damage limited to the hippocampal region. Journal of Neuroscience, 20:451-463.

  Buffalo EA, Ramus SJ, Clark RE, Teng E, Squire LR, Zola SM (1999): Dissociation between the effects of damage to the perirhinal cortex and area TE.  Learning and Memory, 6:572-599.

  Teng E, Squire LR (1999): Memory for places learned long ago is intact after hippocampal damage.  Nature, 400:675-677.

  Labadie SS, Teng E (1994): Indol-2yltributylstannes: A versatile reagent for 2-substituted indoles.  Journal of Organic Chemistry, 59:4250-4254.

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  Abstracts

  Teng E, Becker BW, Woo E, Yau AJ, Cummings JL, Mendez MF, Lu PH (2008): Instrumental activities of daily living in subtypes of mild cognitive impairment. Accepted for presentation at the 36th Annual Meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society, February 6-9, 2008, Waikoloa, HI.

  Teng E, Becker BW, Woo E, Knopman DS, Cummings JL, Mendez MF, Lu PH (2008): Utility of the Functional Activities Questionnaire for distinguishing mild cognitive impairment from mild Alzheimer’s disease. Accepted for presentation at the 36th Annual Meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society, February 6-9, 2008, Waikoloa, HI.

  Teng E, Ringman JM, Ross LK, Mulnard RA, Dick MB, Davies HD, Yaffe K, Galasko D, Bartzokis G, Schneider LS, Cummings JL (2007): Prospective validation of the NIMH provisional criteria for depression in Alzheimer’s disease. Neurology, 68(Suppl 1):A353.

  Ringman JM, Teng, E, Schneider LS, Galasko D, Yaffe K, Mulnard RA, Dick MB, Davies HD, Ross LK, Cummings JL (2007): Major depression is independently associated with poorer activities of daily living in persons with Alzheimer disease. Neurology, 68(Suppl 1):A15-A16.

  Teng E, Tingus KD, Lu PH, Cummings JL (2007): Sensitivity and stability of specific memory tests in amnestic mild cognitive impairment. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 13(Suppl S1):90-91.

  Teng E, Tingus KD, Lu PH, Cummings JL (2007):Sensitivity and stability of neuropsychological tests for the diagnosis of non-amnestic mild cognitive impairment. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 13(Suppl S1):91.

  Teng E, Lu PH, Cummings JL (2006): Instrumental activities of daily living in mild cognitive impairment and mild Alzheimer’s disease.  Annals of Neurology, 60(Suppl S10):S7.

  Teng E, Lu PH, Cummings JL (2006): Neuropsychiatric symptoms in subtypes of mild cognitive impairment.  Neurology, 66(Suppl 2):A117.

  Teng E, Lu PH, Cummings JL (2006): Facial affect processing deficits in mild cognitive impairment.  Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 12(Suppl S1):48.

  Teng E, Mishra SK (2005): Neurology in Southern California: a historical perspective.  Presented at the history exhibit of 130th Annual Meeting of the American Neurological Association.  Available online at http://www.aneuroa.org/clientuploads/pdfs/historybooklet.pdf.

  Zola SM, Teng E, Clark RE, Stefanacci L, Squire LR (1999): Hippocampal lesions impair recognition memory in monkeys, even at short delays.  Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 25:788.

  Teng E, Squire LR, Zola SM (1998): Effects of removal from the testing apparatus on delayed nonmatching to sample performance in monkeys with lesions of the hippocampal region.  Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 24:17.

  Buffalo EA, Ramus SJ, Clark RE, Teng E, Squire LR, Zola SM (1998): Distinguishing the functions of perirhinal cortex and visual area TE.  Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 24:17.

  Zola SM, Teng E, Clark RE, Stefanacci L, Buffalo EA, Squire LR (1998): Impaired recognition memory and simple discrimination learning in monkeys following lesions limited to the hippocampal region made by radio frequency, ischemia, or ibotenic acid.  Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 24:17.

  Teng E, Squire LR, Zola S (1997): Different roles for the parahippocampal and perirhinal cortices in spatial reversal.  Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 23:12.

  Clark RE, Teng E, Squire LR, Zola S (1997): Perirhinal damage impairs memory on the visual paired-comparison task. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 23:12.

  Clark RE, Teng E, Squire LR, Zola S (1996): The visual paired-comparison task and the medial temporal lobe memory system.  Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 22:281.

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  Book Chapters

  Teng E, Marshall GA, Cummings JL (in press): Neuropsychiatric features of dementia.  In: The Behavioral Neurology of Dementia. BL Miller and BF Boeve (eds).  Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

  Teng E, Cummings JL (2006): Behavior.  In: Clinical Diagnosis and Management of Alzheimer’s Disease, 3rd Edition.  S Gauthier (ed).  London: Informa Healthcare, pp. 189-201.