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Browsing: Neurology and Neuroscience

Disease Discoveries
Sep 18, 2023

Newly Discovered Trigger of Parkinson’s Upends Common Beliefs

A new study suggests that a dysfunction in neurons’ synapses leads to deficits in dopamine and precedes the neurodegeneration previously thought to cause Parkinson’s disease.

Scientific Advances
Sep 14, 2023

Ion Channel Linked to Brain Inflammation Identified

Northwestern Medicine investigators have identified how a calcium channel in the nervous system contributes to brain inflammation, according to a study published in Nature Communications.

Campus News
Aug 22, 2023

Krainc Elected President of American Neurological Association

Dimitri Krainc, MD, the chair and Aaron Montgomery Ward Professor of Neurology and director of the Simpson Querrey Center for Neurogenetics, has been elected president of the American Neurological Association (ANA).

Disease Discoveries
Aug 17, 2023

Understanding How ALS-Linked Gene Disrupts Neurons

Northwestern Medicine investigators have uncovered how the ALS-associated gene NEK1 disrupts neuronal function in a new study published in Science Advances.

Scientific Advances
Aug 3, 2023

Dopamine Controls Movement, Not Just Rewards

A new Northwestern University-led study published in Nature Neuroscience has discovered that dopamine neurons are more diverse than previously thought, opening new research directions for further understanding and potentially even treating Parkinson’s disease.

Disease Discoveries
Jul 27, 2023

Antipsychotic Drugs Work Differently Than Scientists Believed

Scientists have discovered that antipsychotic drugs – which inhibit the overactive dopamine causing the symptoms of schizophrenia – interact with a completely different neuron than originally thought.

Disease Discoveries
Jul 21, 2023

New Therapeutic Target for Parkinson’s Disease Discovered

Northwestern Medicine scientists have uncovered a new mechanism by which mutations in a specific gene contribute to familial forms of Parkinson’s disease, which opens an avenue for new therapeutics.

Scientific Advances
Jul 13, 2023

100-Year-Old Brain Mystery: What Does the Temporal Pole Do?

A recent Northwestern Medicine study has revealed that the brain’s temporal pole has critical functions in word comprehension, face recognition and the regulation of behavior.

Campus News
May 26, 2023

Celebrating Advances in Alzheimer’s Research and Clinical Care

Attendees gathered on May 11 for Alzheimer Day, an annual event hosted by the Mesulam Center for Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer’s Disease to showcase dementia and aging research conducted throughout Northwestern and bring those discoveries to the community.

Disease Discoveries
Mar 6, 2023

Social Deficits and Seizures in Autism Type Tied to Overexcited Brain Circuits

Northwestern Medicine scientists have identified the cause of a genetic subtype of autism and schizophrenia that results in social deficits and seizures in mice and humans.

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