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  • Caregiver turned “CEO for a Day” goes behind the scenes at Alzheimer’s Institute
    May 21, 2012, 6:48 PM
    Francine Shebell, a retired attorney from St. Petersburg, recently got a glimpse of the inner workings of the USF Health Byrd Alzheimer’s Institute, one of the world’s largest [...]
  • USF Health part of national resveratrol study for Alzheimer’s disease
    May 18, 2012, 3:20 PM
    Can a component found in red wine help change the course of Alzheimer’s disease? The USF Health Byrd Alzheimer’s Institute has been selected as one of the sites [...]
  • Is there a Parkinson’s personality?
    May 03, 2012, 9:26 AM
    A new study by researchers at USF Health adds to a growing body of research suggesting that the risk for Parkinson’s disease may be higher among people with [...]
  • USF researchers find that Alzheimer’s precursor protein controls its own fate
    Apr 09, 2012, 5:33 PM
    Tampa, Fla. (April 10,  2012) – A research team led by the University of South Florida’s Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Neurosciences has found that a fragment of [...]
  • USF study finds immediate skull reconstruction after traumatic brain injury worsens brain damage
    Mar 21, 2012, 6:43 PM
    Delaying surgical repair reduced secondary brain swelling, damage in TBI animal model Tampa, FL (March 22, 2012) – Immediate skull reconstruction following trauma that penetrates or creates an [...]
  • USF study: Smoking cessation drug improves walking function in patients with spinocerebellar ataxia
    Feb 21, 2012, 10:13 AM
    A nicotinic drug approved for smoking cessation significantly improved the walking ability of patients suffering from an inherited form of ataxia, reports a new clinical study led by University of South Florida researchers. The randomized controlled clinical trial investigated the effectiveness of varenicline (Chantix®) in treating spinocerebellar ataxia type 3, or SCA3. The findings were [...]
  • USF and Saneron find additional benefits of cord blood cells in mice modeling ALS
    Feb 06, 2012, 9:26 AM
    Repeated injections of human umbilical cord blood cells improved motor neuron survival, delayed disease progression, and increased lifespan Tampa, FL (Feb. 3 , 2012) – Repeated, low-dose injections of mononuclear cells derived from human umbilical cord blood (MNC hUCB, tradename: U-CORD-CELL™) have been found effective in protecting motor neuron cells, delaying disease progression and increasing [...]
  • USF awarded $1.57 M to study TBI, other battlefield-related conditions
    Jan 31, 2012, 9:19 AM
    The Department of Defense grant may lead to better treatments, readjustment skills for veterans Tampa, FL (Jan. 31, 2012) – The University of South Florida has received a $1.57 million U.S. Department of Defense grant to conduct translational research on traumatic brain injury and other battlefield related injuries and diseases. The studies, many in collaboration [...]
  • Therapy offers hope for patients with treatment-resistant depression
    Jan 27, 2012, 5:11 PM
    For years, Sarah Maloney’s definition of “planning ahead” meant figuring out how to get through another day. From the time she was 13, Maloney, now 22, struggled with depression – cycling in and out of therapy and trying just about every anti-depressant on the market. Unable to cope or hold a job, she made several [...]
  • USF study links autism to abnormal immune system characteristics, novel protein fragment
    Jan 03, 2012, 1:24 PM
    Tampa, FL (Jan 3, 2012) – Immune system abnormalities that mimic those seen with autism spectrum disorders have been linked to the amyloid precursor protein (APP), reports a research team from the University of South Florida’s Department of Psychiatry and the Silver Child Development Center. The study, conducted with mouse models of autism, suggests that [...]
  • USF neurologist reviews future treatments for Parkinson’s disease
    Dec 02, 2011, 9:40 AM
    A review of emerging treatments for Parkinson’s disease by a University of South Florida neurologist highlights advances that may lead to more effective drugs and other therapies for the movement disorder marked by tremor, rigidity, slowness of movement, and impaired balance. Dr. Robert Hauser, professor of neurology, molecular pharmacology and physiology, and director of the [...]
  • Beaming purple, USF Health Byrd Institute celebrates new memory care center
    Nov 18, 2011, 5:10 PM
    The USF Health Byrd Alzheimer’s Institute was illuminated Thursday evening in shades of purple – the signature color of Alzheimer’s disease — as faculty, staff, caregivers and university, community and governmental leaders gathered to celebrate the opening of its one-stop memory care center. The new Center for Memory C.A.R.E. reaches a whole new level in [...]
  • USF opens one-stop memory care center designed for comfort of patients and caregivers
    Nov 17, 2011, 12:30 PM
    Mini-apartment to test ability of patients to live on their own helps set new center apart Tampa, FL (Nov. 17, 2011) – The  University of South Florida today opens a distinctive center offering people with memory disorders and their families a full range of individualized, multispecialty services in one welcoming place. The Center for Memory [...]
  • USF neurologist lead author on updated AAN guideline for treating essential tremor
    Oct 19, 2011, 4:35 PM
    ST. PAUL, Minn. – The American Academy of Neurology has released an updated guideline on how to best treat essential tremor, which is the most common type of tremor disorder and is often confused with other movement disorders such as Parkinson’s disease. The guideline is published in the October 19, 2011, online issue of Neurology®, [...]
  • Lack of protein FKBP51 improves resilience to depressive behavior
    Sep 15, 2011, 6:45 PM
    Mouse-model study led by University of South Florida suggests potential new treatment target Tampa, FL (Sept. 15, 2011) – Decreasing expression of a protein associated with susceptibility to depression made old mice resistant to depressive-like behavior while improving their hormonal response to stress, a study led by researchers at the University of South Florida found. [...]
  • In Memoriam: Dr. Michael Sloan
    Sep 14, 2011, 5:45 PM
    Michael Sloan, MD, professor of neurology at USF Health who directed the Comprehensive Stroke Center at Tampa General Hospital, died Sept. 9, 2011. He was 57. Dr. Sloan was a major authority in stroke who made substantial contributions to the advances in the field over the past 20 years. The stroke program he led as [...]
  • Drug first to demonstrate neurological improvement in patients with Friedreich’s ataxia
    Aug 31, 2011, 12:02 PM
    Preliminary trial findings shared with FARA-USF research symposium participants For the first time, an investigative drug has significantly improved the neurological function of patients with Friedreich’s ataxia. The promising findings of a preliminary clinical trial testing the drug candidate known as EPI-A0001 was greeted with applause and cheers August 25 at the third annual scientific [...]
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