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Among his many publications is The Molecular and Genetic Basis of Neurological and Psychiatric Disease, the leading textbook in the field, which is now in its fourth edition.

Dr. Rosenberg attended Tufts University and received his bachelor's degree in biochemistry and medical degree with distinction from Northwestern University. He joined the UT Southwestern faculty in 1973, served as chairman of neurology until 1991 and became director of the Alzheimer's Disease Center in 1988.

The center, one of 32 funded by the National Institutes of Health, contains five core groups that conduct clinical research, study the neuropathology of Alzheimer's, provide education and outreach to the community, support data management and provide administrative functions.

Dr. Rosenberg served as president of the American Academy of Neurology from 1991 to 1993. He is editor-in-chief of Archives of Neurology and a member of the editorial board of the Journal of the American Medical Association.

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