Displaying items by tag: neuroscience
A business officer in the UAB Dept. of Neurosurgery becomes a patient when co-workers diagnose a blood clot in his brain.
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The nonprofit alliance advances public awareness about the progress and promise of brain research.
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This combination therapy, tested preclinically, could potentially improve patient outcomes.
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UAB and Children’s expand non-clinical patient navigation to children with life-threatening illnesses and their families.
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The award honors his distinguished contributions to neuroscience, particularly for discovery of gliotransmission.
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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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UAB is the first in the country to use novel HyperArc High-Definition Radiotherapy on brain cancer patients.
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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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Twenty-seven students will represent UAB at the Clinton Global Initiative University from Oct. 13-15 at Northeastern University.
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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.
Started in 1981, the Mr. and Ms. UAB Scholarship Competition is one of UAB’s longest-standing Homecoming traditions.
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Reintegration into school has been a noticeably neglected area of focus in concussion research, particularly in comparison to research on return-to-play. When and how a student should be fully integrated into the classroom are just two questions UAB and Children’s of Alabama researchers are looking to answer.
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Early exposure to science, technology and medicine is the start of a path to STEM careers.
UAB’s long-running study of cannabidiol reveals potential interactions between CBD and some commonly used anti-epileptic drugs.
Improvements in motor function and memory suggest human neurodevelopmental disorders may be amenable to treatment, even after onset of symptoms. According to a researcher, neurodevelopmental disorders with intellectual disability and autism may not need to last a lifetime.
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This potential chemotherapeutic agent to treat glioblastoma — a primary brain tumor with dismal survival rates — is a novel small molecule inhibitor.
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UAB research suggests EEG headsets, growing in popularity among consumers, need better security.
There will be more than 33,000 brain tumors diagnosed in Americans this year, according to the National Cancer Institute; but a UAB neurosurgeon says advances in treatment paint a brighter outlook than in years past.
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