Although restricting calorie intake in mice may prevent some age-related changes in the brain, says Laura L. Dugan, M.D., associate professor of neurology, of medicine and of anatomy and neurobiology, it cannot prevent all age-related cognitive deficits. Read More >

Chris Hobler has a plan to find cures for neurological diseases fast. Read More >

A team led by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, in collaboration with researchers at Eli Lilly and Co. in Indianapolis, have developed a new technique that, for the first time, provides a way to dynamically study proteins known to be related to Alzheimer’s disease in the fluid between brain cells, called interstitial fluid. Read More >

Most models of epilepsy focus on neurons, which are the brain cells directly responsible for seizures. But targeting neurons with drugs is often ineffective. Read More >

Investigators led by Hope Center researcher Jeffrey Milbrandt, M.D., finds that a protein can slow degeneration of nerve cell branches. Read More >

Hope Center member Barbara Joy Snider, M.D. is awarded the Alene and Meyer Kopolow Award for Excellence in Geriatrics, Psychiatry, or Neurology for 2004. Read More >

The Hope Center's Annaliese Schaefer has won a one-year grant for basic research in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Read More >

Five Center investigators received grants from Washington University's McDonnell Center for Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology. Read More >

David M. Holtzman, M.D., has been named one of two winners of the 2003 Potamkin Prize for Research in Picks, Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders. Read More >

A 2003 directory of "America's top doctors" includes four Hope Center members among 88 Washington University physicians. Read More >