Displaying items by tag: department of neurology

The UAB team identified how the poorly understood BIN1 gene might be player in Alzheimer’s disease.
This was the first study to evaluate the impact of exercise on objective sleep outcomes in persons with Parkinson’s disease.
A grant to the UAB stroke center will help maximize a state health department effort to better manage strokes in Alabama.
This novel finding will enable experimental studies to determine whether and how these microbes play a role in triggering the disease.
While demand for medical cannabis products grows in the United States, a UAB study suggests health care providers are ill-equipped to provide guidance.
Dual antiplatelet therapy after percutaneous coronary intervention uses aspirin and one other drug, among several choices. But which drug is best to use?
UAB researchers say lack of financial resources and health insurance, as well as living in the South, are keys to disparities in epilepsy care.
One woman’s mysterious illness left her searching for answers, and all it took was having someone listen.
Two UAB neuroscientists have been included in a listing of 100 of the most inspiring black scientists in the nation.
Standaert directs the Morris K. Udall Center of Excellence in Parkinson’s Disease Research, one of eight such centers funded by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke.

Adam Gerstenecker has been honored by two organizations with early career awards in neuropsychology.

UAB is named one of 44 centers of excellence worldwide for Guillain-Barré Syndrome.

Genome sequencing leads to new understanding of genetic risk factors that might play a role in the risk of dementia.
UAB Parkinson’s disease expert David Standaert and an Italian colleague have received the fifth annual Bachmann-Strauss Prize for Excellence in Dystonia Research.
A UAB researcher’s promising data shows improvement of Duchenne muscular dystrophy symptoms in mice and zebrafish using an experimental drug.
The nation faces a dire need for movement disorder specialists as the incidence of diseases such as Parkinson’s continues to increase.
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