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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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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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Constraint-Induced Therapy, developed as a rehabilitation technique following stroke, appears beneficial for patients with multiple sclerosis, according to new findings from UAB.
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UAB, home of one of four McKnight Brain Institutes, hosted the group’s annual inter-institutional meeting in April.
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An estimated 2,138 students are scheduled to graduate from UAB this spring, in three ceremonies.
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Senior Mugdha Mokashi found her passion for public service while earning two degrees and preparing for medical school.
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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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