Department News

  • Multiple Sclerosis and CCSVI Share Risk Factors, UB Researchers Find
    12/9/11
    In the first study of its kind, UB researchers have found that the vascular condition CCSVI and multiple sclerosis share several risk factors.
  • UB Opens Western New York’s First Memory Disorders Center
    11/3/11

    Kinga Szigeti, MD, PhD, a subspecialist in genetics and cognitive diseases, heads UB’s Alzheimer’s Disease and Memory Disorders Center.

  • UB Experts on Parkinson’s Draw Capacity Crowd Before Fox’s Talk
    10/26/11

    Jian Feng, PhD, and Thomas J. Guttuso, MD, lectured on their research prior to a talk delivered by actor Michael J. Fox as part of the UB Distinguished Speakers Series.

  • Expert on Neuromuscular Disorders Named Neurology Chair
    10/24/11

    Gil I. Wolfe, MD, a leading authority on neuromuscular disorders, has been named the Irvin and Rosemary Smith Professor and Chair of the Department of Neurology.

  • NIH Funds Neuroscience and Pediatric Vision Collaborations
    10/19/11

    The UB School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences is a key collaborator on $4.3 million in grants from the National Institutes of Health to support neuroscience and pediatric vision research.

  • Covey Receives Summer Research Fellowship from Lupus Foundation
    8/1/11
    Thomas J. Covey, a third-year graduate student in the Neuroscience Program, has received a highly competitive Gina M. Finzi Memorial Student Summer Fellowship from the Lupus Foundation of America (LFA).
  • Brain Inflammation May Cause Bone Loss in Multiple Sclerosis
    6/29/11

    Decreased mobility and steroid use may not be the only causes of osteoporosis in people with MS, a new UB study finds.

     

  • Children with Multiple Sclerosis Face Higher Risk of Obesity
    6/29/11

    Boys with a demyelinating disorder are twice as likely as girls to have a body mass index in the 95th percentile or greater.

  • Pregnancy in Women with MS May Mitigate MS Progression
    5/11/11

    Pregnancy appears to have a positive effect on long-term disability in women with two types of multiple sclerosis, UB neurology researchers have found.