Department of Neurology

February 27, 2020

Grant bolsters research on subjective cognitive decline

Katherine Gifford, PsyD, MS, assistant professor of Neurology, has been awarded a five-year, $4.3 million research grant from the National Institute on Aging to study what subjective cognitive decline can reveal about underlying pathology.

By Paul Govern
February 27, 2020

Multiple Sclerosis Society honors Bagnato

By Paul Govern
December 12, 2019

A new anti-seizure target?

Vanderbilt neurologists have identified a protein modification that could be targeted to reduce neuronal excitability in epilepsy.

By Leigh MacMillan
October 31, 2019

Digital study to evaluate how behavior strategies impact sleep in children with autism

VUMC is recruiting nationally for a study on how to improve sleep in children with autism using a behavioral intervention given to parents entirely online, tracked by a digital portal.

By Holly Fletcher
October 17, 2019

Grant bolsters Schrag’s Alzheimer’s disease research

Matthew Schrag, MD, PhD, assistant professor of Neurology, has received a Paul B. Beeson Emerging Leaders Career Development Award in Aging for research into the function of a novel protein linked to Alzheimer’s disease risk.

By Holly Fletcher
October 3, 2019

Team discovers one more piece to the autism puzzle

Vanderbilt investigators have linked genetic mutations in a single receptor to epilepsy, autism and intellectual disability.

By Bill Snyder
September 9, 2019

Astrocytes and epilepsy

A protein with important functions in astrocytes — star-shaped brain support cells — may alter neuronal excitability and contribute to seizure activity, Vanderbilt researchers report.
By Leigh MacMillan
June 13, 2019

Brown named executive medical director of Neurosciences Patient Care Center

Kelly Brown, MD, associate professor of Clinical Neurology, will be assuming the role of executive medical director of the Neurosciences Patient Care Center (PCC) effective July 1.
By VUMC News and Communications
May 29, 2019

Kennedy Center program seeks to help community providers treat adults with autism

Researchers at the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center are on a quest to increase health care capacity for adults with autism by bringing quality care into their communities.
By Kelsey Herbers
March 21, 2019

Small vessel disease MRI marker linked to worse cognitive health in older adults

Enlarged perivascular spaces, which are commonly seen on brain MRIs in older adults, have important associations with worse cognitive performance, particularly information processing speed and executive function, according to a new study that challenges historical consideration that perivascular spaces are a harmless imaging marker.
By Holly Fletcher
December 14, 2018

Using a mapping technique to reassess prior Alzheimer’s studies finds ‘powerful,’ improved reproducibility

A neurologist is using a mapping analysis in a new study to rethink where symptoms or cognitive processes should show up in the brain. The results are ‘powerful.’
By Holly Fletcher
December 6, 2018

Neuromodulation Society honors Hacker’s Parkinson’s research

Mallory Hacker, PhD, research assistant professor of Neurology, is the 2019 recipient of the Kumar New Investigator Award from the North American Neuromodulation Society.
By Tom Wilemon
November 29, 2018

McLaughlin, Casagrande honored by the Society for Neuroscience

Two Vanderbilt University scientists — BethAnn McLaughlin, PhD, and the late Vivien Casagrande, PhD — have been honored by the Society for Neuroscience for making significant contributions to the advancement of women in science.
By Bill Snyder
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