For decades, the field of Alzheimer’s disease research was plagued by a dilemma: Scientists and clinicians knew that accumulation of tau protein – tangles of jumbled protein fibers… Read more
Category: neurology
Pitt Neuroscientists Will Lead a Multicenter Study to Discover and Treat ALS
University of Pittsburgh neurobiologists received a National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director’s Transformative Research Award to lead an ambitious $9 million, five-year multicenter effort to identify the molecular and… Read more
UPMC and Pitt Researchers Participate in Clinical Trial to Test First-of-its-kind Brain-Computer Interface
UPMC and Pitt will participate in a clinical trial to study the safety and effectiveness of a new brain-computer interface (BCI) to help people with… Read more
New Technology Promises to Restore Movement in Paralyzed Arms
In a paper published today in Nature Communications, Dr. Marco Capogrosso, assistant professor in the Department of Neurological Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh School… Read more
Before non-invasive brain stimulation becomes widespread, rigorous experiments are needed, researchers say
Despite what enthusiasts might say, we can’t rush into using new brain stimulation technologies to cure diseases and treat pain until we fully understand how… Read more