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Alexander W. Dromerick

Associate Professor of Neurology and Occupational Therapy

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Dromerick

Dromerick is known for his clinical and laboratory research on rehabilitation methods for stroke patients, including a new technique called constraint-induced movement therapy.


Expertise: stroke, neurology, brain injury, occupational therapy, rehabilitation, constraint-induced movement therapy, brain imaging, …

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Dorothy Edwards

Associate Professor of Occupational Therapy and Neurology

Edwards' research focuses on quality of life issues for individuals who have survived serious brain injury. Her research also is directed toward understanding the mechanisms which support independence and quality of life in the community of older adults, specifically minorities.


Expertise: Alzheimer's disease, African Americans, stroke, quality of life, disability, brain injury

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David Gutmann, M.D., Ph.D.

Donald O. Schnuck Family Professor of Neurology

Gutmann is the founder and director of the Neurofibromatosis Clinical Program, which is dedicated to treating the common inherited tumor predisposition syndrome, neurofibromatosis (NF). Individuals with NF have an increased risk of developing brain tumors and other cancers. As national leader in the ...


Expertise: Brain tumors, cancer genetics, neurofibromatosis, molecular genetics, neurosciences, neurology

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David M. Holtzman

Head of the Department of Neurology

Holtzman
Holtzman

Holtzman is known as one of the leading experts in researching the underlying mechanisms that lead to Alzheimer's disease in an effort to improve diagnosis and treatment. In addition to seeing patients at the Alzheimer's Disease Research Center and the Memory Diagnostic Center, Holtzman leads a research ...


Expertise: Alzheimer's disease, dementia, neurology, molecular biology, monoclonal antibodies, amyloid plaques, perinatal stroke

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John Morris

Director and Principal Investigator, Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Department of Neurology

John C. Morris, M.D., is the Harvey A. and Dorismae Hacker Friedman Distinguished Professor of Neurology, Professor of Pathology and Immunology and of Physical Therapy, and the Director of the Alzheimer Disease Research Center, Center for Aging, the Memory and Aging Project, and the Memory Diagnostic ...


Expertise: Alzheimer's disease, dementia, memory, aging, mild cognitive impairment

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Joel S. Perlmutter

Professor of Neurology and Radiology

Perlmutter works with patients who have movement disorders including Parkinson's disease, a progressive, degenerative movement disorder; dystonia, a state of abnormal tension in the body's tissues; Huntington's disease, an inherited adult-onset disease of the central nervous system; and essential tremor, ...


Expertise: neuroimaging, neuropharmacology, Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, dystonia, essential tremor, dopaminergic pathways, …

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Steven Petersen

James S. McDonnell Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience in Neurology

Petersen is chief of the Neuropsychology Division and a pioneer in using brain imaging to identify brain regions that contribute to attention, learning, memory and language. He also investigates the effects of disease and brain damage on these cognitive processes, bridging a range of psychological ...


Expertise: Neuroscience, cognitive neuroscience, neuropyschology, brain imaging, functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), positron emission tomography (PET), attention, …

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