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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Retinal Imaging Detects Biomarkers of Familial Alzheimer's Disease Years Before Symptoms
Mass General researchers were part of the first study to demonstrate the ability of optical coherence tomography to detect retinal biomarkers in carriers of the most common gene causing familial Alzheimer's disease.
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Neurobiologically Resilient Individuals Have Reduced Risk of Cardiovascular Disease
Massachusetts General Hospital researchers are using a new neurobiological definition of resilience to stress—lower amygdalar activity—and have linked it to decreased risk of cardiovascular events.
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Neuroimaging Should Be Considered for Severe COVID-19 Patients with Neurologic Symptoms
Mass General researchers have demonstrated significant associations between the severity of COVID-19 and acute abnormalities on neuroimaging studies.
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Histone Deacetylases Appear to Have Pathophysiologic Role in Bipolar Disorder
Massachusetts General Hospital researchers have reported the first in vivo human evidence of a role for histone deacetylases in the pathophysiology of bipolar disorder as well as in two of its hallmark clinical features, emotional dysregulation and attention deficits.
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Location of Deep Brain Stimulation in Parkinson's Disease Patients Affects Postoperative Voice Quality
In patients with Parkinson's disease who underwent deep brain stimulation, improvements in perceptual, acoustic and aerodynamic voice measures were likely if electrodes were placed in the anterior sensorimotor region of the left subthalamic nucleus.
Neuroscience contributors
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Aman B. Patel, MD
Director of Cerebrovascular and Endovascular Neurosurgery, Co-Director of the Neuroendovascular Program
Recent Article
Stroke-Risk, COVID-19 and When to Seek Emergency Care
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Bob S. Carter, MD, PhD
Chief, Neurosurgery Service
Recent Article
Gene Fusions Detected in Plasma of Glioblastoma Patients, Suggesting New Approach to Liquid Biopsy
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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
Multiple Common Genetic Loci Underlie Eight Psychiatric Disorders
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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
Sodium Phenylbutyrate–Taurursodiol Slows Functional Decline in Patients with 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
MGH Research Scholars Respond to COVID-19
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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
Endonasal Surgery Using High-Speed Drill Puts Health Care Team at Risk of COVID-19
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Ziv Williams, MD
Associate Professor in Neurosurgery
Recent Article
Spine Surgeon Specialty Does Not Influence Short-term Outcomes of Percutaneous Kyphoplasty
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