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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Neuropsychiatry: Advancing Individual and Global Impacts
Massachusetts General Hospital's neuropsychiatry services include clinical programs for complex patients, such as those with early onset dementia, as well as global psychiatry.
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Tumor Suppressor Gene PBRM1 Frequently Inactivated in Papillary Meningioma
The discovery of a frequent PBRM1 mutation in papillary meningioma suggests a potential new approach to developing therapies for this malignant, aggressive tumor.
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Psychosocial Intervention Promising for Caregivers of Patients Undergoing Stem Cell Transplantation
In a randomized, controlled trial conducted by the Mass General Cancer Center, a psychosocial intervention for caregivers of patients scheduled to undergo hematopoietic stem cell transplantation was feasible and showed promise for improving caregiving burden, quality of life, mood, self-efficacy and coping skills.
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Black People Have Faster Cognitive Decline Than Whites Irrespective of Socioeconomic Status, Vascular Risk and Brain Pathology
Meaningful progress toward early detection, diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer's disease must include better understanding of race-based differences in cognitive decline.
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Gene Fusions Detected in Plasma of Glioblastoma Patients, Suggesting New Approach to Liquid Biopsy
A liquid biopsy based on RNA sequencing was feasible for profiling transcriptome-level gene fusions in extracellular vesicles derived from the plasma of patients with glioblastoma.
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
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
Amygdala Dysregulation Is a Marker of Low Resilience and Risk of Depression in Young Adults
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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
High-Dose Tamoxifen "Wins" Selection Trial in 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
Sex Differences in Microvascular Integrity Tied to Different Outcomes After Ischemic 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, 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
Neuroscience Care at Mass General
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