Alzheimer’s Finding May Hold Key to Disease Resistance...

Published 4 months ago by Paul Goldsmith in Diversity, Medical Research, Neurology

Mass General brain imaging researcher Yakeel T. Quiroz, PhD, identified a rare gene that may provide protection from Alzheimer’s disease.

Neuroscientist Brian Edlow, MD, is part of a Mass General team that has used powerful MRI technology to generate the most detailed three-dimensional images of the human brain ever produced.

New MRI Brain Scans Provide Unprecedented Detail...

Published 6 months ago by Paul Goldsmith in Medical Research, Neurology

New MRI images developed by scientists at Mass General are helping us see the structure of the human brain in extraordinary, three-dimensional detail.

Mass General brain disease researchers (from the left) Stephen Haggarty, PhD, Roy Perlis, MD, and Rakesh Karmacharya, MD, PhD, confer about a cell model.

Brain Disease: Taking a Model Approach...

Published 7 months ago by Paul Goldsmith in Mass General Magazine, Medical Research, Neurology

Mass General researchers are using models created from human cells to make bold breakthroughs in the understanding and treatment of brain disease.

Merit Cudkowicz, MD, MSc, director of the Sean M. Healey & AMG Center at Mass General, and donor Sean M. Healey, for whom the center is named.

Healey Center’s Bold Trial Accelerates ALS Research...

Published 8 months ago by Terry Byrne in Donor Recognition, Medical Research, Neurology

The Sean M. Healey & AMG Center is launching an innovative ALS research effort that will involve testing several promising therapies at once.

A Mass General researcher says people who maintain even modest levels of physical activity can reduce their rike of developing Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia.

Physical Activity May Help Prevent Dementia, Study Says...

Published 10 months ago by Ellen Barlow in Health & Wellness, Medical Research, Neurology

A Mass General memory disorders expert explains how physical activity can increase our chances of aging without dementia and Alzheimer’s disease.

Ben Reigle says he is “eternally grateful” to the Mass General stroke care team for saving his life.

Stroke Care Team Inked in Patient’s Heart...

Published 11 months ago by Terri Ogan Janos in Neurology, Patient Care, Stroke

After a Massachusetts tattoo artist suffered two strokes in quick succession, a Mass General stroke care team stepped in to save his life.

A new treatment approach being explored by researchers at Mass General and Dana-Farber could have broad implications for the treatment of various forms of dementia.

Researchers Target a Protein that Causes Dementia...

Published 11 months ago by Paul Goldsmith in Medical Research, Neurology

A new technology developed by Mass General and Dana-Farber shows potential for treating Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia.

At a reception, Peter L. Slavin, MD, (left), Mass General' s president, personally thanked philanthropists James S. and Carol J. Herscot for a half century of generous support, including a new $50 million gift. (Photo by Alethia Williams)

Herscots Make $50 Million Gift to Mass General...

Published 1 year ago by Michael Morrison in Donor Recognition, Neurology, Patient Care

The gift from philanthropists James S. and Carol J. Herscot — one of the largest in Mass General’s history — will further support The Herscot Center for Tuberous Sclerosis Complex, capital projects and hospital initiatives.

Targeting ALS: Pictured, from left, are Peter L. Slavin, MD, Mass General president; Merit Cudkowicz, MD, chief of Neurology and director of the Sean M. Healey and AMG Center for ALS, and Sean Healey, executive chairman of Affiliated Managers Group, Inc.

ALS: New Center Aims to Change the Field...

Published 2 years ago by Terri Ogan Janos in Donor Recognition, Giving News, Neurology

Thanks to a transformative, $40 million gift, Mass General has opened a new center that will pursue a revolutionary approach to research and care for ALS.

Pictured, from the left, are Aman Patel, MD; Brian Snell and James Rabinov, MD. Drs. Patel and Rabinov treated Mr. Snell at Mass General after he suffered a brain aneurysm.

Brain Aneurysm Patient Grateful for Recovery...

Published 2 years ago by Terri Ogan Janos in Neurology, Patient Care, Surgery

After his successful treatment for a brain aneurysm at Mass General, Brian Snell is supporting other patients recovering from the potentially life-threatening condition.

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