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Apr 2, 2014

Northwestern Study to Test Parkinson’s Drug

Tanya Simuni, MD, was awarded a grant from the National Institutes of Health to conduct a $16 million phase III study of the safety and efficacy of the drug isradipine as a potential neuroprotective agent in Parkinson’s disease.

Disease Discoveries
Mar 26, 2014

Mesulam Awarded Potamkin Prize

M. Marsel Mesulam, MD, director of the Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer’s Disease Center, will travel to Philadelphia at the end of April to be honored at the annual American Academy of Neurology meeting.

Clinical Breakthroughs
Mar 21, 2014

Nerve Transfers Limit Pain for Amputees

Developed by Gregory Dumanian, MD, and Todd A Kuiken, MD, PhD, targeted muscle reinnervation enables an amputee to control motorized prosthetic devices and regain sensory feedback. New research also shows that it reduces neuroma pain from cut nerve endings.

Scientific Advances
Feb 10, 2014

Scientists Reveal Brain Region Vital for Long-term Memory

The Disterhoft lab has illustrated how neuronal activity varies in the pre-frontal cortex as the brain shifts from attention to recollection of long-term memory.

Scientific Advances
Feb 5, 2014

How Memory Rewrites the Past

According to a new study, memory rewrites the past with current information, updating your recollections with new experiences.

Clinical Breakthroughs
Feb 1, 2014

No Patient Left Behind

Dimitri Krainc and Andrew Parsa had only heard of each other before they came to Northwestern Medicine. Now they share a vision as new leaders for the academic and clinical missions in neurology and neurosurgery.

Campus News
Jan 31, 2014

Parkinson’s Research Center Funding Renewed

With its recent renewal, Feinberg’s Udall Center of Excellence for Parkinson’s Disease Research is one of 10 such centers funded by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke.

Disease Discoveries
Jan 10, 2014

Scientist Uncovers Selective Cell Death in Ataxia

Published in the Journal of Neuroscience, a discovery by Marco Martina, MD, PhD, associate professor in Physiology, sheds new light on the selective vulnerability of cell types in preclinical models of ataxia.

Campus News
Oct 30, 2013

Feinberg ALS Efforts Get Funding Boost

P. Hande Ozdinler, PhD, has been awarded three grants totaling more than $2.5 million. The funds will be used to increase her research efforts into the mechanisms behind amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

Disease Discoveries
Jul 22, 2013

Study Finds Oxytocin Strengthens Memories of Both Bad and Good Events

While it’s long been known that oxytocin promotes feelings of love, social bonding, and wellbeing, only recently have scientists discovered it’s link to anxiety-producing bad memories.

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