Media Coverage

Ralph H. Benedict, PhD, professor of neurology, has been selected the 2016 recipient of the Mid-Career Award by the International Neuropsychology Society.

A special report on WKBW-TV about medical marijuana interviews Arie L. Weinstock, MD, professor of neurology, about an international clinical trial he is participating in at Women and Children’s Hospital of Buffalo to find out if medical marijuana can help patients with severe epilepsy.

A two-part news report makes reference to research by Arie Weinstock, MD, clinical professor of neurology, who focuses on how a medical marijuana compound might reduce seizures in patients with severe epilepsy.

Research led by Melissa L. Rayhill, MD, clinical assistant professor of neurology, that found that only a quarter of publications reporting on headache studies were registered in an approved clinical trial registry despite a 2005 decision by major journals that they would only consider results of clinical trials that had been registered.

Melissa Rayhill, MD, clinical assistant professor of neurology, found that only a quarter of headache clinical trials published in the field’s primary journals over nine years were registered in an approved clinical trial registry. Of the registered trials, 38 percent published results that didn’t match what authors initially planned to report.

Scientists at UB's Hunter James Kelly Research Institute have developed a new method to more precisely capture how brain cells interact. M. Laura Feltri, MD, professor of biochemistry and neurology and an HJKRI researcher, was senior author on a research paper published on the topic.

Five new studies have shown mechanical endovascular therapy demonstrates a significant advantage over standard therapy for acute stroke. "Stroke is now a surgical disease. In centers with advanced systems of stroke care, endovascular therapy can significantly improve functional outcomes without compromising safety as compared to standard therapy," said Kenneth V. Snyder, assistant professor of neurology. 

Gil I. Wolfe, MD, Irvin and Rosemary Smith chair of neurology, has been selected to receive the 2015 Doctor of the Year award from the Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of America (MGFA). Wolfe has been on the foundation's medical scientific advisory board since 2001 and serrved as its immediate past president.

Researchers from the University at Buffalo are collaborating with Berkley, California colleagues on multiple sclerosis research with a new $1 million grant. Ralph H. Benedict, PhD, professor of neurology, received the four-year research grant from the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.

Older adults who participate in Erie County’s free University Express program this spring will have opportunities to learn from faculty members in UB’s Department of Neurology.

Lawrence Wrabetz, MD, professor of neurology and biochemistry and director of the Hunter James Kelly Research Institute, has co-authored a paper in the journal Science about a new candidate drug that can markedly improve Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease and familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

Nicholas J. Silvestri, MD, assistant professor of clinical neurology and American history buff, examines how neurological conditions such as stroke, migraines and Alzheimer’s disease have affected several top U.S. leaders.

In a pilot study involving 190 healthy volunteers, Robert Zivadinov, MD, PhD, professor of neurology, and colleagues found that gender-specific factors may interact with dietary influences on brain iron concentrations.

L. Nelson Hopkins, MD, distinguished professor of neurosurgery and radiology, and Bianca Weinstock-Guttman, MD, professor of neurology, discuss the work of Lawrence D. Jacobs — a Buffalo neurologist who first theorized that he could use interferon to treat multiple sclerosis patients.

Michael G. Dwyer III, PhD, assistant professor of neurology, seeks to understand why multiple sclerosis patients experience pseudoatrophy — a rapid, short-term drop in brain volume following anti-inflammatory therapy that may not signify tissue loss.