Tag: Department of Neurology
Online AI-based test for Parkinson’s disease severity shows promising results
Researchers from the Hajim School and the Medical Center have developed a test for Parkinson’s disease severity that relies on 10 taps of the finger, with results available in minutes.
What is the best way to group students?
Rochester researchers have developed a new approach that uses math to determine the best ways to group individuals to maximize learning.
At age 80, John Thomas writes new chapter in an illustrious career
The Rochester professor emeritus and new American Astronomical Society fellow now explores the brain’s waste disposal system.
A look back—and ahead—at an interdisciplinary hub for vision research
For nearly 60 years, the University’s Center for Visual Science has been transforming our understanding of vision and how we treat vision disorders.
Five appointed to named professorships
Several members of the University faculty were recently appointed to named or endowed professorships.
Three appointed to named professorships
Thu Le, professor of medicine; Paula Vertino, professor of biomedical genetics; and David Herrmann, professor of neurology; have each been recently appointed to named professorships.
Grant marks two decades of NIH support for muscular dystrophy research
The $8 million to the University of Rochester Medical Center’s Paul D. Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Cooperative Research Center will fund ongoing work that has led scientists to the threshold of potential new therapies.
It takes a team of neurons to grab your cup of coffee
A new Medical Center study rethinks how the brain completes the complex task of reaching and grasping for objects, with implications for the development of prosthetics.
Drug shows promise in slowing multiple sclerosis
The results of a clinical trial led by Rochester neurologists show that a new drug therapy for multiple sclerosis slowed the brain shrinkage associated with progressive forms of MS.