Specialty Neuroscience
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Featured
Closing the Health Equity Gap in Neurosurgical Care
Neurosurgeon Theresa Williamson, MD, a Massachusetts General Hospital physician-scientist and medical ethicist, studies decision-making and health care disparities in neurosurgery.
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Featured
Mass General Renews Focus on Pediatric Epilepsy
A new team approach at Mass General is applying advances in adult epileptics, such as epilepsy surgery and responsive neurostimulation, to children.
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MRI-defined Acute Ischemic Brain Lesions Can Predict Long-term Outcome After Endovascular Thrombectomy for LVO Stroke
Robert Regenhardt, MD, PhD, and Natalia S. Rost, MD, MPH, of the Department of Neurology, and colleagues found that among patients with large vessel occlusion stroke, ischemic lesions identified by MRI after endovascular thrombectomy were associated with both acute stroke severity and 90-day functional outcome.
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Midlife Antibiotic Use Linked to Subsequent Cognitive Decline in Women
Francine Grodstein, ScD, Andrew T. Chan, MD, MPH, Raaj S. Mehta, MD, and colleagues found that chronic antibiotic use by women during the sixth decade of life was associated with minor decreases in cognitive scores assessed an average of seven years later.
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Treatment of Congenital Hydrocephalus Should Optimize Brain Development
Kristopher T. Kahle, MD, PhD, and colleagues are shifting the understanding of how congenital hydrocephalus might best be treated, demonstrating it's a genetic defect in which neural stem cells fail to develop properly, not a simple issue of cerebrospinal fluid overaccumulation.
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Potential Neural Targets Identified for Treatment of Trichotillomania and Skin-picking Disorder
Darin D. Dougherty, MD, MMSc, Amy T. Peters, PhD, and colleagues detected reduced frontal-subcortical activation during an associative learning task in patients with trichotillomania and/or skin-picking disorder, suggesting potential neural targets for psychotropic treatment.
Neuroscience Contributors
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Aman B. Patel, MD
Director of Cerebrovascular and Endovascular Neurosurgery, Co-Director of the Neuroendovascular Program
Recent Article
No Sex Differences in Outcomes After Endovascular Thrombectomy for LVO Stroke
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Bob S. Carter, MD, PhD
Chief, Neurosurgery Service
Recent Article
The Future of Neurosurgery and Neuroscience at Mass General: Q&A With Bob S. Carter, MD, PhD
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Ghazaleh Sadri-Vakili, MS, PhD
Assistant in Neuroscience, Massachusetts General Hospital, Assistant Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
Novel Target Identified for Treatment of ALS
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Jill M. Goldstein, PhD
Founder & Executive Director, Innovation Center on Sex Differences in Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Helen T. Moerschner Endowed MGH Research Institute Chair in Women’s Health, Professor of Psychiatry & Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
Novel Form of Vagus Nerve Stimulation Promising for Treatment of Major Depressive Disorder
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Jordan W. Smoller, MD, ScD
Associate Chief for Research, Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Director, Psychiatric and Neurodevelopmental Genetics Unit, Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and Professor in the Department of Epidemiology at the Harvard School of Public Health
Recent Article
Developing a Clinical Tool to Predict Suicide Risk
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Maurizio Fava, MD
Psychiatrist-In-Chief; Director, Division of Clinical Research of the MGH Research Institute, Executive Director, Clinical Trials Network and Institute (CTNI), Massachusetts General Hospital, Associate Dean for Clinical & Translational Research, Slater Family Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
Esmethadone Safe and Tolerable in Phase 2a Trial in Major Depressive Disorder
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Merit Ester Cudkowicz, MD, MSc
Chief, Neurology Service, Director of the Sean M. Healey & AMG Center for ALS at Mass General, Director of Neurological Clinical Research Institute and the Jilieane Dorn Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
Healey Platform ALS Trial Expected to Expedite U.S. Approval of New Treatments
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Natalia S. Rost, MD, MPH, FAAN
Chief of Stroke Division, Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
MRI-defined Acute Ischemic Brain Lesions Can Predict Long-term Outcome After Endovascular Thrombectomy for LVO Stroke
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Rudolph E. Tanzi, PhD
Joseph P. and Rose F. Kennedy Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Vice-Chair, Massachusetts General Hospital Neurology Department, Co-Director of the McCance Center for Brain Health, Massachusetts General Hospital
Recent Article
How Amyloid-beta Forms Suggests New Strategies for Preventing, Treating Alzheimer's Disease
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Timothy Wilens, MD
Chief, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Co-director, Center for Addiction Medicine, Director, Substance Abuse Services in Pediatric Psychopharmacology
Recent Article
Treatment for Substance Use Disorder Reduces Risk of Overdose in Young Adults
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William T. Curry, MD
Co-Director, Mass General Neuroscience , Director of Neurosurgical Oncology
Recent Article
Review: Implications of IDH Mutations for Success of Glioma Immunotherapy
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Ziv Williams, MD
Neurosurgeon, Department of Neurosurgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Associate Professor in Neurosurgery, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
Aura Type Is Useful When Evaluating Candidates for Anterior Temporal Lobectomy
Neuroscience Care at Mass General
Through a combination of unmatched expertise, creativity and compassion, Mass General Neuroscience relentlessly advances the fields of Neurosurgery, Neurology and Psychiatry to unleash our patients’ potential.