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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Childbirth Often Traumatic for Women with COVID-19
Massachusetts General Hospital researchers found that 49% of women with COVID-19 endorsed an acute traumatic stress response to childbirth, and compared to women without COVID-19, they reported higher levels of pain during delivery and double the odds of delivering an infant who required neonatal ICU admission.
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Treatment of Spine Compression Fractures
Joshua A. Hirsch, MD, vice-chair and service line chief of Neurointerventional Radiology and chief of the Neurosurgical Spine Service, discusses treating compression fractures with vertebral augmentation at Massachusetts General Hospital.
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Prenatal Exposure to Proinflammatory Cytokines May Increase Risk of Psychiatric Disorders by Sex 45 years later in Adulthood
Jill M. Goldstein, PhD, of the Department of Psychiatry, and colleagues determined that middle-aged individuals exposed in utero to pro-inflammatory cytokines exhibit dysregulation of stress response brain circuitry, which has been implicated in psychiatric disorders and many other chronic disorders.
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Group Report: Psychological Aspects of Palliative Care
Leah B. Rosenberg, MD, and Vicki A. Jackson, MD, MPH, of the Division of Palliative Care, and a multidisciplinary panel of colleagues have developed a conceptual model of the psychological aspects of palliative care that support patients' adaptive coping.
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Restless Legs Syndrome Often Treated with Excessively High Doses of Dopamine Agonists
John W. Winkelman, MD, PhD, chief of the Sleep Disorders Clinical Research Program, found that like "putting out a fire with gasoline," it is common for U.S. prescribers to treat worsening symptoms of restless legs syndrome with higher doses of dopamine agonists, which often exacerbate the syndrome.
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
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
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
Exploring Interactions Between Genotype and Sex on the Risk of 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
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
Acute Ischemic Stroke Outcomes Linked to Sex-Specific Lesion Patterns
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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
Immunotherapies to Treat Glioblastoma
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Ziv Williams, MD
Associate Professor in Neurosurgery
Recent Article
Manipulation of Gene Linked to Autism Spectrum Disorder Restores Neuronal Processing of Social Behavior in Mice
Neuroscience Care at Mass General
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