Displaying items by tag: neuroscience
The UAB team identified how the poorly understood BIN1 gene might be player in Alzheimer’s disease.
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Matt Alexander, who studies muscular dystrophy, is this year’s recipient of the Chesapeake Civitan McNulty Award.
A study identifying biomarkers for certain neuroendocrine cancers demonstrates a novel approach for identifying and detecting tumor drivers, giving this diagnostic-therapeutic coupled system a broad translational potential.
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This research offers fundamental insights about sensory thalamic subnetworks and will enable powerful new strategies to probe behavioral and perceptual functions of these distinct circuits.
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The study will look at how the variability of different behaviors can affect quality of life.
While demand for medical cannabis products grows in the United States, a UAB study suggests health care providers are ill-equipped to provide guidance.
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UAB researchers say lack of financial resources and health insurance, as well as living in the South, are keys to disparities in epilepsy care.
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UAB is named one of 44 centers of excellence worldwide for Guillain-Barré Syndrome.
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UAB Parkinson’s disease expert David Standaert and an Italian colleague have received the fifth annual Bachmann-Strauss Prize for Excellence in Dystonia Research.
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A new discovery in parts of the nerve called Nodes of Ranvier yielded an answer to rapid sensory and motor reactions in mammals.
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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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Started in 1981, the Mr. and Ms. UAB Scholarship Competition is one of UAB’s longest-standing Homecoming traditions.
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UAB researchers have found a previously unknown gene variant that appears to contribute to movement disorders.
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Researchers at UAB are looking at the health of brain structures called dendritic spines in the battle against Alzheimer’s disease.
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This new, non-invasive way to deliver radiation has helped one Alabama man complete optometry school and launch his new career.
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Scientists at UAB have homed in on a protein structure in the brain that may be a promising target for new therapies to treat Parkinson’s disease.
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Curtis studies cognitive resilience against Alzheimer’s disease.
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No current therapy for multiple sclerosis exists to halt the progression of this autoimmune disease.
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A new screening tool developed at UAB has been shown to be an effective aid in determining the severity of cognitive issues.
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The team competed against 35 other teams at the 23rd National Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl.
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