Displaying items by tag: department of neurology
The goal is an early warning system to block incipient seizures for patients where medications have failed.
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UAB research suggests protein misfolding, perhaps caused by a reduction in a regulatory protein, could be associated with Parkinson’s disease.
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UAB's study of CBD oil for intractable epilepsy, funded by the State of Alabama under Carly's Law, shows that CBD oil reduces seizure frequency and severity in patients with treatment-resistant epilepsy.
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UAB is renewed for another five years in NeuroNEXT, a national clinical research program in brain disorders.
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UAB’s PREP Scholars proves successful by furthering student dreams as it receives a grant to continue preparing minority baccalaureate students for graduate programs.
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The body’s autonomic nervous system affects involuntary actions, such as heart beat and breathing, and UAB opens a new tool to help diagnose autonomic-related conditions.
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A neuron model of Parkinson’s disease and Lewy body dementias shows defects that could suggest treatments to halt or reverse cognitive impairments before the neurons die.
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Sidhanth Chandra and Gunnar Eastep honored by Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation.
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UAB investigators look at a gene therapy technique that helps cells take out the trash.
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Researchers have detailed, for the first time, the normal human transcriptome of the blood-nerve barrier.
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UAB's cyclotron provides glimpses into a new future of medicine.
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This combination therapy, tested preclinically, could potentially improve patient outcomes.
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Physicians at UAB share tips on men’s health and how it affects heart health, sexual function and memory and decreases cancer risk.
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New guidelines suggest exercise and cognitive training can help lower the risk of dementia for those with mild cognitive impairment.
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UAB will participate in the National Institutes of Health SIREN Network, a series of clinical trials for out-of-hospital medical emergencies.
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Such basic research supports the goal of using stem cells in therapy, where an important hurdle is efficient differentiation.
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Multi-site study will examine cognitive behavior therapy for traumatic brain injury-induced seizures
UAB will examine cognitive behavior therapy, a form of psychotherapy, that may help reduce the severity of non-epileptic seizures induced by traumatic brain injury.
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New research from UAB shows that maintaining healthy dendritic spines — a component of neurons — may be protective against Alzheimer’s disease.
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These results, seen in animal models, represent a potentially novel therapeutic target for the treatment of seizure disorders.
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A UAB researcher’s work on gender and quality of life in myasthenia gravis has been named the top abstract at a major neuromuscular disease professional meeting.