Editorial for Emeritus Professor Yoshikuni Mizuno

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Emeritus Prof. Yoshikuni Mizuno graduated from the University of Tokyo in 1965. He served as Professor of Neurology at the Juntendo University School of Medicine from 1989 to 2006. Dr. Mizuno has published over 600 original articles on Parkinson’s disease, related disorders, and others. He is particularly interested in the etiology and pathogenesis of Parkinson’s disease. Dr. Mizuno and his collaborators identified the gene parkin for an autosomal recessive form of young onset familial Parkinson’s disease. He received many awards for these activities. Dr. Mizuno is an honorary member of the Japanese Neurological Society, a corresponding fellow of the American Neurological Associations, an active member of the American Academy of Neurology, and an officer of the Movement Disorders Society from 2005 to 2009 and MDS-AOS secretary from 2005 to 2006. He developed leadership qualities in the international society, such as MDS and MDS-AOS. …