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September 20, 2024

Paper Alert! Dr. Khan’s research uncovers a key to understanding Parkinson’s Disease

A new commentary article by Santiago Uribe-Cano, PhD candidate, and Andreas H. Kottmann, PhD, Medical Associate Professor at CUNY School of Medicine, describe how recent findings by Dr. Khan and colleagues provide key insights into Parkinson’s Disease (PD) pathogenesis. “The primary cilium of cholinergic  neurons may be a linchpin in the progression of Parkinson’s Disease“(1) …

Andrea Bozoki, MD

September 17, 2024

Paper Alert: Association of CSF alpha-synuclein-SAA seed amplification results with clinical features of possible and probable dementia with Lewy bodies

Paper Alert: Association of CSF alpha-synuclein-SAA seed amplification results with clinical features of possible and probable dementia with Lewy bodies Dr. Andrea Bozoki, Neurology Division Chief, contributed to a recent paper accepted for publication in Neurology. The clinical diagnosis of dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) is based on the presence of significant cognitive decline with …

August 9, 2024

New Research Published on Improving Clinical Diagnosis for Individuals with Potential Dementia with Lewy Bodies

New research published in the Journal of Neurology address the Association of CSF alpha-synuclein-SAA seed amplification results with clinical features of possible and probable dementia with Lewy bodies. Dr. Andrea Bozoki, UNC Neurology Division Chief for Memory and Cognitive Division was a member of the main research team behind this work. The clinical diagnosis of dementia …

July 22, 2024

UNC Neurology Meadowmont Clinic receives 100% in Patient Safety Survey in relationship between Staff & Physicians

UNC Neurology Meadowmont clinic just received it’s Patient Safety Survey results from the past year. In the question about good relationships between staff and physicians, Neurology scored 100%! Dr. Almodovar, Associate Professor of Neurology and Medical director of the Neurology Meadowmont Clinic, stated his appreciation for all the hard work each staff member and physician …

April 18, 2024

Collaboration Between the Shih Lab and Stanford University Sheds Light on the Function of Retrosplenial Cortex in Spatial Exploration

In a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2315167121), Dr. Harry Chao from the Shih Lab and researchers in Stanford University have provided new insights into the brain’s default mode network (DMN), particularly focusing on the retrosplenial cortex’s role in spatial exploration. Traditionally, the DMN has been studied under behaviorally …

Epilepsy monitoring

March 26, 2024

UNC Epilepsy Center Accredited as Level IV Epilepsy Center

The UNC Epilepsy Center has received reaccreditation as a Level IV Epilepsy Center from the National Association of Epilepsy Centers (NAEC). This accreditation level indicates that the center offers advanced neurodiagnostic monitoring and comprehensive medical, neuropsychological, and psychosocial treatment. Level 4 centers also offer a complete evaluation for epilepsy surgery, including intracranial electrodes and a …

Rebecca Traub, MD

February 20, 2024

Dr. Rebecca Traub Elected as Fellow of the American Academy of Neuology

Congratulations! Dr. Rebecca Traub has been elected as a Fellow of the American Academy of Neurology (FAAN). Fellow status recognizes outstanding work and accomplishments in neurosciences, clinical neurology, academic/administrative neurology, within the AAN, and the community. Traub specializes in neuromuscular diseases, as well as inflammatory and hereditary nerve and muscle conditions. She serves as the …

August 18, 2023

Dr. Miriam Sklerov won K23 for “Investigation of non-invasive brain stimulation for the treatment of apathy”

Dr. Miriam Sklerov, of the Neurology Movement Disorders Center at UNC recently won a K23 through the NIMH, for her project, “Investigation of non-invasive brain stimulation for the treatment of apathy”. They will be recruiting people with Parkinson’s disease to investigate the effects of non-invasive brain stimulation on apathy using a behavioral task and EEG. …

June 29, 2023

Dr. Weiting Zhang received a new NIH R21 award and promoted to the rank of Assistant Professor within the Department of Neurology

Dr. Weiting Zhang, a staff scientist in Ian Shih’s lab, has received a new NIH R21 award from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. The award provides two years of research funding and aims to dissect the neural origins of interhemispheric resting-state functional connectivity in the striatum using fMRI, chemogenetics, and spectral fiber …

Todd Cohen, PhD

April 27, 2023

UNC Office of Technology Commercialization Awarded the Cohen lab to Advance Gene Therapies for ALS Patients

The UNC Office of Technology Commercialization (OTC) works in partnership with investigators to effectively manage the identification, evaluation, protection, translation and commercialization of impactful inventions and technologies. On April 25, 2023, OTC awarded Dr. Todd Cohen’s lab a Technology Commercialization Grant. Cohen explains, “We will be using this support from the Office of Technology Commercialization …

April 11, 2023

Shih lab members published on Nature Communications, Science Advances, and Nature Neuroscience

Researchers in the Shih lab published novel findings on causal control of the anterior insular cortex on the default mode network of the brain using selective neural stimulation (Nature Communications, featured as an Editor’s highlight article), and multi-channel optical recording of neural activity changes during fMRI (Science Advances, see also Press release, Video News Coverage, and the interview …

February 27, 2023

Dr. Shahzad Khan announced as an Assistant Professor of Cell Biology & Physiology, and the Department of Neurology

The UNC departments of Neurology and Cell Biology & Physiology look forward to welcoming Dr. Shahzad Khan as an Assistant Professor of Cell Biology & Physiology, with a secondary appointment in the Department of Neurology.    Dr. Khan obtained his Ph.D. in Neuroscience at the University of Virginia, under the mentorship of George Bloom, Ph.D. In Dr. Bloom’s …

 

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