Department of Neurology
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October 5, 2021
Breaking bad with Huntington’s disease
Illegal activities are a significant clinical problem in individuals with Huntington’s disease, highlighting the need for improved screening measures and protocols to guide patient management. -
October 1, 2021
VUMC awarded $31.7 million to harmonize Alzheimer’s research data
Vanderbilt University Medical Center has received a $31.7 million federal grant to harmonize research data gathered on human subjects in scores of disparate studies of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. -
September 23, 2021
Local family shines in campaign to establish ALS research program
Evan Campa and her family are at the forefront of a campaign to establish an ALS basic science research program at Vanderbilt. -
September 9, 2021
Froehler elected a second time to surgery society board
For a second consecutive year, Vanderbilt's Michael Froehler, MD, PhD, has been elected a member of the board of directors of the Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery (SNIS). -
August 11, 2021
VUMC Neurology pioneer Anthony Kilroy mourned
Anthony W. Kilroy, MD, adjunct associate professor of Pediatrics, died July 25. He was 86. -
August 9, 2021
Sudden death from deep in the brain?
Vanderbilt neurologists found altered excitability in deep brain structures that they note may drive respiratory dysfunction and sudden death in a rare form of epilepsy. -
July 30, 2021
Kennedy Center efforts enhance inclusivity in clinical trials
Following the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center’s (VKC) renewal as a national Eunice Kennedy Shriver Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center in 2020, the center underwent a shuffling of their four scientific cores that support basic and applied research on intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD).