Congratulations Drs.Okun and Vaillancourt on the publication of “Multimodal Neuroimaging and Behavioral Assessment of SNCA Polymorphism rs356219 in Older Adults,” in the February 10th issue of Neurobiology of Aging. Abstract The single nucleotide polymorphism rs356219 in the α-synuclein (SNCA) gene has been shown to significantly contribute to an earlier age…
Central Retinal Artery Occlusion By Teddy Youn, et al Central retinal artery occlusion (CRAO) is a devastating disease that commonly leads to blindness. Only 17% of patients with CRAO have a spontaneous meaningful recovery. Multiple causes can induce CRAO: carotid artery disease, cardiac valvular disease, atrial…
Congratulations Dr. John Williamson on the publication of “Depressive symptom dimensions and their association with hippocampal and entorhinal cortex volumes in community dwelling older adults.” This article was accepted in Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience and will be published soon. Abstract Objective: Research has shown that depression is a risk…
The Aspen movement disorders course started in 1991 at Columbia University through the efforts of some of the movement disorders “founding fathers”: Drs. Hallett, Jankovic, and Fahn. It is a great yearly review of movement disorders held in beautiful Aspen, CO. Since 2016, the movement disorders society (MDS)…
Congratulations Dr. Okun on the publication of “Mass Spectrometric Methodologies for Investigating the Metabolic Signatures of Parkinson’s disease: Current Progress and Future Perspectives,” in the Analytical Chemistry’s January 31st issue. Abstract Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder resulting from the loss of dopaminergic neurons of the substantia nigra…
Congratulations to Dr. Giridhar Kalamangalam on the acceptance of “Brain connectivity related to sleep-wake state: An intracranial EEG study.” The abstract was accepted as a poster presentation at the 31st International Congress of Clinical Neurophysiology (ICCN 2018), which will be held May 1 – 6, 2018, at the Washington Marriott…
Congratulations to Dr. Janis Daly on the Recommendation of her article “Comparison of robotics, functional electrical stimulation, and motor learning methods for treatment of persistent upper extremity dysfunction after stroke: a randomized controlled trial.” This article was originally published in June 2015’s Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and was recommended by…
Dr Giridhar Kalamangalam and Dr Jean Cibula were recently voted to the Fellowship of the American Epilepsy Society. The FAES credential is peer recognition that demonstrates professional accomplishment and dedication in epilepsy. It acknowledges contributions in the field through research, clinical or…
Becky has joined the department as a Research Coordinator. Please give her a warm welcome if you see her around!…
Congratulations to Dr. Wicklund on the appointment to the AAN Work Group for MCI Quality Measures.
