Neurology

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• Molecular, cellular, and network mechanisms of cerebral recovery after severe injury

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• Genetic underpinning of movement disorders

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• Employing genetically engineered hiSPCs and mice to develop preclinical models of low grade nervous system tumors

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• Alzheimer's disease
• HIV

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• Dystonia
• Cerebral palsy
• Neonatal brain injury
• Movement characterization

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• Alzheimer's Disease
• Dementia
• Biomarkers

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• Alzheimer's disease biomarkers
• Driving, depression and health disparities in older adults

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• Health disparities
• Health equity
• Community engagement

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• Pathophysiology
• Biomarkers
• Predictive diagnostics
• Treatments in Alzheimer’s Disease

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• Genetics of Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders

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• Neuroimaging biomarkers of MS

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• Neuromuscular disorders
• Acquired immune mediated/ inflammatory myopathies
• Dementias
• Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

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• Cognitive and behavioral sequelae associated with movement disorders

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• Clinical research in cerebrovascular disease

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• Exploring novel outcome measures and biomarkers for Multiple Sclerosis and other demyelinating diseases

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• Multimodality neuroimage analysis
• Statistical inference and large data analysis
• Biomedical computing

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• Sleep apnea
• Effectiveness of CPAP therapy on cardiovascular system
• CPAP adherence trials

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• Alzheimer's disease
• Synaptic regulation
• Signaling pathways

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• HIV-associated dementia
• Painful peripheral neuropathies in HIV
• Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy
• Cryptococcal meningitis
• Toxoplasma encephalitis
• Primary CNS lymphoma
• Cytomegalovirus encephalitis/radiculomyelitis
• HIV myelopathy

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• Inflammation and demyelination in the central nervous system
• Multiple Sclerosis (MS)

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• Functional heterogeneity of microglia and macrophages in pediatric brain tumors

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• Molecular and cellular mechanisms of protein aggregation and neurodegeneration in Parkinson Disease

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• Identifying diagnostic measures to aid in the early and accurate diagnosis of patients with rapidly progressive dementias
• Characterizing the spectrum of sleep disorders

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• Neurocritical care
• Cerebral ischemia
• Cerebral edema

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• Impact of therapeutic regimes on cerebrovascular hemodynamics and metabolism

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• Brain development
• Neuroplasticity
• Pediatric stroke

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• Evaluation and treatment of adults with epilepsy including diagnosis, pharmacological treatment and intensive evaluation for surgical treatment including video/EEG monitoring

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• Translating pathomechanism into therapeutic strategies for hereditary and age associated muscle disorders

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• Cerebral ischemia
• Neurological complications of Sickle Cell disease
• Carotid atherosclerosis

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• Treatment of refractory epilepsies using neurostimulation methods, including deep brain and responsive neural stimulation devices

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• Aphasia
• Brain injury/concussion

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• Understanding the neurobiological mechanisms that regulate neuronal survival and death in the injured neonatal brain

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• Mechanisms of neurodegeneration for potential therapeutic intervention

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• Molecular mechanisms of axonal degeneration
• Regeneration in neuropathies

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• Mechanisms underlying neurodegenerative disorders
• Tau protein in Alzheimer’s disease
• Progranulin protein in frontotemporal dementia

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• Epilepsy
• Concussion
• Refractory seizures

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• Pediatric stroke
• Sickle cell disease
• Vasculopathy

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• Genetic basis of musculoskeletal diseases affecting children
• Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis
• Clubfoot
• Arthrogryposis

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• Brain tumors
• Brain development
• Stem cells

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• Structural and functional neuroimaging
• Neuropsychological Assessment
• Forensic Neuropsychological Assessment

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• Epileptic seizures
• Clinical semiology
• Neuro-imaging

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• Novel methods of hyperacute stroke care

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• Cellular / Molecular / Biomarker studies of Alzheimer’s disease and neonatal brain injury

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• Post stroke and brain injury rehabilitation
• Musculoskeletal disorders with functional deficits
• Multiple Sclerosis rehab care

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• Ionic mechanisms of excitotoxic neuronal cell death

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• EEG as a tool to develop biomarkers predicting neurological injury and brain health in the high risk neonatal population

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• REM sleep behavior disorder
• Relationship of sleep and risk of Alzheimer’s disease

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• Critical care and emergency neurology
• Neurologic manifestations of critical illness
• Advanced multimodal neuroimaging methods
• Cerebral small vessel disease
• Cerebrovascular physiology and metabolism
• Vascular contributions to cognitive impairment and dementia

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• Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD)
• Congenital neuromuscular disorders
• Health equity

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• Parkinson’s disease and a group of related neurodegenerative disorders caused by PLA2G6 gene mutation