Department of Neurology
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July 20, 2023
Rare case: brain injury stirs creativity, synesthesia
Vanderbilt researchers report on a musician who acquired synesthesia — a merging of sensations — and improved creativity following a traumatic brain injury. -
July 17, 2023
Academy for Excellence in Education elects 13 new members
Vanderbilt University Medical Center's Academy for Excellence in Education has elected 13 new members for 2023. -
July 17, 2023
Alzheimer’s genetic risk tracked across sex, race
A Vanderbilt study of genetic risks for cognitive impairment later in life uses data from 32,426 research participants ages 60 and older to elaborate these risks across sex and across the intersection of sex and race. -
June 22, 2023
Neurocritical care team helps boy survive severe brain injury
Vanderbilt's pediatric neurocritical care team combines experts from different areas of pediatric medicine to care for each child according to individual needs to maximize that child’s quality recovery. -
June 12, 2023
Images predict functional decline
MRI brain scans at baseline for study participants 60 and older — who were free of clinical dementia at study entry — predicted a decline in independent function five years later. -
May 22, 2023
Neurofluid flow and Alzheimer’s disease
Vanderbilt researchers used novel MRI methods to noninvasively quantify measures of neurofluid circulation and found that hypertrophy of a site of cerebrospinal fluid egress may be related to amyloid-beta retention in Alzheimer’s disease. -
April 5, 2023
Stroke symposium set for May 12
The 25th Annual Vanderbilt Neurology Stroke and Neuroscience Symposium will be held May 12 as a hybrid event, in person at the Hilton Garden Inn Nashville Vanderbilt and online.