Research Highlights

UB Department of Neurology research scientists and physician-scientists have made important and internationally recognized contributions to medical science, including patents, discoveries and treatment advances.

Avonex
2/9/12
The drug most prescribed to people with relapsing multiple sclerosis.

142 Posters Presented at Celebration of Scholarship
6/23/20
Two medical fellows, four medical residents and two medical students earned honors for outstanding poster presentations at the Office of Graduate Medical Education’s second annual Celebration of Scholarship.
Researchers Study Brain Atrophy of Aging MS Patients
4/7/20
Researchers at the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences have published a study detailing patterns of brain atrophy for patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) and other neurological diseases who are now living longer.
UB Biorepository Accentuates Power of Precision Medicine
11/15/19
The University at Buffalo has officially launched the UB Biorepository, a critical new facility in the Clinical and Translational Research Center that will serve as a powerful resource in driving biomedical innovation in academia and industry regionally and throughout the state.
Research Projects Focus on Novel Therapies for Multiple Sclerosis
2/15/18
The National Multiple Sclerosis Society (NMSS) has funded two separate projects led by researchers in the departments of Neurology and Pharmacology and Toxicology.
Trial to Test Promising Drug for Severe Nausea During Pregnancy
5/19/14
Building on a successful pilot study, Thomas J. Guttuso Jr., MD, associate professor of neurology and obstetrics and gynecology, will test the effectiveness of the anticonvulsant drug gabapentin in treating hyperemesis gravidarum, a rare but disabling condition of early pregnancy.
Pilot Study Links Alzheimer’s with Vascular Changes in Neck
12/5/13
Dementia and Alzheimer’s disease may be related to a vascular abnormality in the internal jugular veins, according to a revealing pilot study by an international research team, including University at Buffalo scientists.
UB Studies Link Thalamus Atrophy to MS; Suggest Evaluation Tool
6/10/13
UB researchers and their global collaborators are building a growing body of evidence that links changes in the brain’s thalamus region to MS.
Researchers ID Neuropathy Cause, Restore Myelination
5/22/13
Research at UB’s Hunter James Kelly Research Institute has provided proof of principle for how a genetic mutation leads to some neuropathies.