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Center for Alzheimer's and Neurodegenerative Diseases
The goal of the Center for Alzheimer's and Neurodegenerative Diseases is to come up with effective therapy and diagnosis for Alzheimer's and related disorders. We are studying neurodegeneration from the standpoint of prion biology and protein aggregation.
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45th Annual Carrell Krusen Neuromuscular Symposium
The 2023 conference will take place on the UT Southwestern Medical Center Campus.
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New Technique Improves High-intensity Focused Ultrasound Treatment for Brain Disorders
UT Southwestern physicians have developed an improved targeting method, four-tract tractography, to personalize MRI-guided, high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) used at UTSW to treat medication refractory tremor in essential tremor and tremor-dominant Parkinson’s disease.
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Riding the Wave to Memory-forming Genetics
UT Southwestern scientists have identified key genes involved in brain waves that are pivotal for encoding memories. The findings, published online this week in Nature Neuroscience, could eventually be used to develop novel therapies for people with memory loss disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia.
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Laser Procedure Offers Advantages For Rare Pediatric Epilepsy Surgery
Using a laser for a rare brain surgery to treat drop seizures, which cause a child with epilepsy to suddenly fall, holds some advantages over a traditional open craniotomy, including shorter hospital stays for patients, a study led by UT Southwestern researchers indicates.
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Flexible Assemblies of Nerve Cells Key to Episodic Memory
For the first time, scientists have recorded human nerve cells firing together in flexible assemblies, a process that appears necessary to successfully encode long-term memories, a study led by UT Southwestern researchers reports.
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UT Southwestern Ataxia Clinic Is a Destination Clinic to Address This Complex Disorder
UT Southwestern Medical Center has opened a multidisciplinary clinic for the treatment and research of cerebellar ataxia, a group of disabling neurological disorders centered in the cerebellum. The disorders, which affect up to 150,000 people in the U.S., result in uncoordinated limb and trunk movements and falls, frequently leading to wheelchair confinement.
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Brain Wave Readings May Be Key to Detecting Concussions
Measuring levels of a specific brain wave could lead to more objective, definitive methods of diagnosing concussions and determining when young athletes can safely return to play, according to a UT Southwestern study.
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UTSW Scientists Identify Brain Circuit That Triggers Rare, Blood Sugar-dependent Epilepsy
A small group of brain cells linked in a circuit is responsible for setting off whole-brain seizures in a rare form of epilepsy affected by blood sugar levels, a study led by UT Southwestern researchers suggests. The finding, published in Science Translational Medicine, could lead to new treatments for other metabolic disorders in the brain, the authors said.
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Deep Brain Stimulation for Depression Informed by Intracranial Recordings
The success of deep brain stimulation (DBS) for treating Parkinson’s disease has led to its application to several other disorders, including treatment-resistant depression.
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Untangling Alzheimer’s
Researchers at UT Southwestern, led by Dr. Marc Diamond and Dr. Lorena Saelices Gomez, are zeroing in on the root cause of the progression of Alzheimer’s disease.
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Brain Power | What to Know | WTK
Dr. William Dauer, Director of the Institute, and Dr. Nader Pouratian, Chair of Neurological Surgery, discuss how their teams are unlocking the mysteries of brain diseases, from epilepsy to Alzheimer’s.