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Tag: Neurobiology Department
Barrow Receives $16.7M NIH Award to Help Coordinate New National ALS Research Consortium
Barrow Neurological Institute has received a large award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to help create and lead a groundbreaking and transformative national amyotrophic lateral sclerosis...
NIH Funds Study of Brain Cell Dysfunction in Down Syndrome, Alzheimer’s
Barrow Neurological Institute has received a $2.4 million, five-year R01 grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study specific brain cells that are vulnerable to dysfunction...
Barrow Study Suggests Important Drug Target for Glioblastoma
A new study led by Shwetal Mehta, PhD, at Barrow Neurological Institute found that a particular enzyme, known as HDAC1, may play a larger role in glioblastoma than...
R01 Grant Supports Further Study of Role of Immune Cells in ALS, FTD
The National Institutes of Health has awarded an R01 grant to Rita Sattler, PhD, and her team of investigators to fund their research on the role of microglia...
Barrow Study Suggests Immune Cells Contribute to Neurodegeneration
A new study suggests that immune cells in the brain and spinal cord might play a role in neurodegenerative diseases when altered by a specific genetic mutation. The...