Specialty Neuroscience
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Understanding COVID-19's Neurological Effects
Massachusetts General Hospital investigators are using unprecedented collaboration and frontline experience to better understand the neurological effects of SARS-CoV-2 infection.
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Editorial: Bringing Connection and Empathy to the Socially Distant Family Meeting
Massachusetts General Hospital clinicians share their strategies for supporting patients and families during inpatient goals of care discussions during the COVID-19 pandemic, when the number of visitors is limited and "low-touch" precautions are required.
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Psychological Health Varies Among Subgroups of Gender Minority Individuals
Amelia M. Stanton and Conall O'Cleirigh, PhD, of the Department of Psychiatry, and colleagues present evidence that depression, anxiety, substance use and engagement with mental health care vary among subgroups of transgender and nonbinary patients, and clinicians should stay alert to different needs.
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Microscale Cortical Activity Recorded for the First Time
Using novel ultra-high-density microelectrodes, Angelique C. Paulk, PhD, and Sydney S. Cash, MD, PhD, Department of Neurology, and colleagues have recorded for the first time a set of neural events on the surface of the human cortex that are intermediate between single-neuron activity and slower oscillatory events.
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Functional Connectivity on Magnetoencephalography May Be a Biomarker of Autism Spectrum Disorder
Using magnetoencephalography, Fahimeh Mamashli, PhD, and Tal Kenet, PhD, of the Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, and colleagues determined that children with autism spectrum disorder show altered functional connectivity in response to inverted faces.
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Artificial Intelligence Identifies Candidates for Drug Repurposing in Alzheimer's Disease
Drug repurposing in Alzheimer's disease (DRIAD), a machine learning framework developed at Massachusetts General Hospital, screens currently available drugs that might serve as treatments for Alzheimer's disease—and examines unexplored targets for therapy.
Neuroscience contributors
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Aman B. Patel, MD
Director of Cerebrovascular and Endovascular Neurosurgery, Co-Director of the Neuroendovascular Program
Recent Article
Certain CSF Metabolites May Aid Prognostication After Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
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Bob S. Carter, MD, PhD
Chief, Neurosurgery Service
Recent Article
Genotyping Assay Accelerates Diagnosis of Primary CNS Lymphoma, Detects Other Hematologic Malignancies
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Ghazaleh Sadri-Vakili, MS, PhD
Assistant in Neuroscience, Massachusetts General Hospital, Assistant Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
Cromolyn Sodium Provides Neuroprotection in Animal Model of ALS
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Jodi Gilman, PhD
Director of Neuroscience, Center for Addiction Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital
Recent Article
Portable Imaging Test Shows Promise for Detection of Cannabis Intoxication
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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
Suicide Risk Prediction Models Should Be Cost-Effective in U.S. Primary Care
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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
Improvement Needed in Genetic Test–Guided Treatment of 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
Accelerating Diagnoses to Identify Treatments for ALS
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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
Post-Thrombectomy White Matter Infarct Volume a Strong Determinant of Disability After Large-Vessel Occlusion 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
The Innate Immune Protection Hypothesis of 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
Immunotherapies to Treat Glioblastoma
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Ziv Williams, MD
Associate Professor in Neurosurgery
Recent Article
Single Neurons Identified That Support Social Reasoning
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