Specialty Neuroscience
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New Targeted Glioma Therapy Could Suppress Tumor Growth
Mass General has developed a genotype-targeted therapy for glioma, designed to be given at the tumor site during surgery, and an accompanying rapid diagnostic.
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Neural Mechanism Identified for Anxiety Reduction with Mindfulness Training
Psychiatrists have obtained functional MRI evidence that brain restructuring, leading to improvements in extinction of fearful associations, explains why mindfulness training can reduce stress and anxiety.
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Lesion Locations Causing Cervical Dystonia Are Part of a Common Brain Network
A single functionally connected brain network, identified based on brain lesions, is also abnormal in patients with idiopathic cervical dystonia, and it aligns with sites that respond to deep brain stimulation.
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Novel Polygenic Method Developed to Predict Genetic Liability of Traits and Disorders
In simulated and real-data analyses, a novel Bayesian method of polygenic prediction consistently outperformed existing methods across a wide range of genetic architectures.
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Review: Technology Is Improving Prehospital Triage of Endovascular Stroke
Technological innovations can educate the public about endovascular stroke, help emergency responders evaluate stroke severity and improve triage to comprehensive stroke centers, according to a review by Mass General neurologists.
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MRI of Deep Brain Stimulation Devices May Be Scalable to 3T
This feasibility study is the first to show that patients with deep brain stimulation devices—even those with bilateral leads or a fully implanted system—might safely undergo MRI at 3T. It also demonstrates in one patient that better surgical management of the extracranial portions of bilateral leads mitigates risk.
Neuroscience contributors
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Aman B. Patel, MD
Director of Cerebrovascular and Endovascular Neurosurgery, Co-Director of the Neuroendovascular Program
Recent Article
Vagus Nerve Stimulation Inhibits Intracranial Aneurysm Rupture in Mouse Model
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Bob S. Carter, MD, PhD
Chief, Neurosurgery Service
Recent Article
Third-Generation CAR T-cell Therapy for Glioblastoma Is Effective in Animal Model
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Ghazaleh Sadri-Vakili, MS, PhD
Assistant in Neuroscience, Massachusetts General Hospital, Assistant Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
Lunasin Does Not Slow ALS Progression
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Jodi Gilman, PhD
Director of Neuroscience, Center for Addiction Medicine
Recent Article
Portable Imaging Test Shows Promise for Detection of Cannabis Intoxication
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Jonathan Rosand, MD
Co-Director, Henry and Allison McCance Center for Brain Health, Chief, Division of Neurocritical Care and Emergency Neurology, Medical Director, Neuroscience Intensive Care Unit
Recent Article
The Impact of Trauma on Caregivers of ICU Patients
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Jordan W. Smoller, MD
Associate Chief for research in the Department of Psychiatry, Director of the 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
Novel Polygenic Method Developed to Predict Genetic Liability of Traits and Disorders
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Maurizio Fava, MD
Director, Division of Clinical Research of the MGH Research Institute, Executive Vice Chair, Department of Psychiatry, Executive Director, MGH Clinical Trials Network & Institute (CTNI), Associate Dean for Clinical & Translational Research, Slater Family Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
Clinical Trial Suggests New Combination Drug Targeting Opioid System May Relieve Major Depression Symptoms
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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 Center Speeds ALS Research for Patient Therapies
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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, Director, Genetics and Aging Research Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital
Recent Article
Unconventionality in Alzheimer's Research and the Pursuit of Validation
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Timothy Wilens, MD
Chief, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Co-director, Center for Addiction Medicine, Director, Substance Abuse Services in Pediatric Psychopharmacology
Recent Article
Practice Changes to Reduce Misuse of Prescription Medications
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William T. Curry, MD
Co-Director, Mass General Neuroscience , Director of Neurosurgical Oncology
Recent Article
Using Immunotherapy to Treat Brain Tumors
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Ziv Williams, MD
Associate Professor in Neurosurgery
Recent Article
Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex Has Important Role in Subjective Decision-making
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