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Pioneering neuroscientist who founded UF’s McKnight Brain Institute passes away

Mar 26th, 2012 • Category: Faculty in the News

Founding executive director of the Evelyn F. and William L. McKnight Brain Institute of the University of Florida, died on Saturday, March 24, 2012, at Shands at UF medical center.

‘Think tank’ on rare Parkinson-like disease Friday at MBI

Feb 16th, 2012 • Category: Event, Miscellaneous

The UF Center for Movement Disorders & Neurorestoration will host the first annual Symposium/ThinkTank on Parkinsonism and Progressive Supranuclear Palsy, Friday, Feb. 17.

Parkinson treatment shows positive results in clinical testing

Jan 17th, 2012 • Category: From the Lab

Deep Brain Stimulation is reaching the next stage in its evolution as a treatment for Parkinson’s.

Noted clinical scientist to lead UF College of Medicine-Jacksonville

Sep 27th, 2011 • Category: New Hires/Appointments

Daniel R. Wilson, M.D., Ph.D., has been named vice president of the University of Florida Health Science Center-Jacksonville and dean of the UF College of Medicine-Jacksonville.

Sea smarts: Scientists studying mollusks discover there is more than one way to make a brain

Sep 16th, 2011 • Category: From the Lab, Neuroscience

Whitney Laboratory scientists have reconstructed the evolutionary history of the huge group of animals we know as mollusks, finding that they do their thinking for themselves.

Abundant food choices may overwhelm brain, reinforce overeating, UF researchers say

Jul 21st, 2011 • Category: Miscellaneous

Variety is the spice of life, but too much variety of the menu may be making us fat.

UF scientists devise way to sort brain cells for potential transplants

Jul 12th, 2011 • Category: From the Lab

As brain stem cell therapies come closer to the clinic, doctors will need a way to know that the brain cells they are providing really are what they think they are.

Parkinson’s advocate Rasheda Ali says care needs to be more patient-focused

May 24th, 2011 • Category: Awards, Event, Faculty Recognition, Neurology, Neuroscience, Neurosurgery

Rasheda Ali, daughter of the world-renowned Muhammad Ali, visits UF’s Center for Movement Disorders and Neurorestoration.

UF receives Gates Foundation grant to pursue global health research

Apr 29th, 2011 • Category: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty Recognition

Gates Foundation recognizes chair of biochemistry and molecular biology’s research proposal with $100,000 grant.

Former Attorney General Reno helps open UF Center for Movement Disorders and Neurorestoration

Apr 19th, 2011 • Category: Lead Story, Neurology, Neuroscience, Neurosurgery

Former U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno was the first to receive a “patient-centric” tour of the University of Florida’s Center for Movement Disorders and Neurorestoration.