UI Health Epilepsy Program: PAUSE and the EMU

The Epilepsy Monitoring Unit (EMU) Epilepsy is the fourth most common neurological disease. It affects as many as one in 26 people in their lifetime and 50 million people worldwide. The hallmark of this chronic disorder is recurrent, unprovoked seizures that may involve part (partial) or the entire body (generalized) and are sometimes [...]

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It’s All in the Data: Advancing Data Analytics and COVID-19 Informatics

Dr. Jorge Rodriquez-Fernandez MD My name is Jorge Rodriguez-Fernandez M.D. Prior to graduating from the Neurology residency at the University of Illinois at Chicago, I went to medical school at Universidad Javeriana in Bogotá, Colombia, and worked around five years in understanding brain function at Yale University and Columbia University. After graduating from [...]

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Neuroimmunology & Equity: Multiple Sclerosis and COVID-19

Dr. Michael Carrithers, MD, Ph.D Through collaborations with the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and the Jesse Brown VA Hospital, new clinical and research programs in the Section of Neuroimmunology aim to discover the causes of inflammatory diseases of the brain and spinal cord and identify new treatments. These diseases include multiple sclerosis (MS) [...]

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Diagnosed with Epilepsy: What’s Next?

The Epilepsy Support Group The University of Illinois Department of Neurology and Rehabilitation and UI Health has started a support group for individuals living with a diagnosis of seizures and epilepsy. The group discussions include patients, caregivers, and care team members. Living an independent, productive and active life with epilepsy free of stigma [...]

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“Gold Plus” Advances in Stroke Care at the University of Illinois at Chicago

UIC’s Department of Neurology Stroke Section Stroke is one of the leading causes of disability and mortality worldwide. It has been estimated that approximately 800,000 cases of stroke occur in the United States every year; almost 80 percent of these are first-ever strokes and the rest are recurrent. Large epidemiologic studies have shown [...]

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A Grateful Tribute to the Garvin Family

Eleanor Louise Garvin Skinner Dr. John Garvin, the late professor, founding head of the UIC Neurology Department, and one of the most gifted neurological clinicians in America, left his legacy of neurological education, research, and clinical care that lives on through the Neurology Department. His sister, Eleanor Louise Garvin Skinner, died June 19, [...]

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UIC Dept of Neurology Newsletter -March 2022

Message from the Head Jeffrey A. Loeb, M.D. Ph.D Welcome to the Department of Neurology and Rehabilitation in 2022! I am so excited about the progress we have made in growing a top-notch Neurology and Rehabilitation department. Clinically, we have outstanding neurology sub-specialty programs in all areas of neurological disease. In This Issue: A Grateful [...]

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UIC Researchers Find Some Brain Cells Increase Activity After Death

CHICAGO (CBS) — It’s not exactly a scene from The Walking Dead, but researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago have found that, in the hours after death, some brain cells not only remain active, but actually increase activity. In a new study published in Scientific Reports, the researchers found the so-called “zombie genes” even “grow to gargantuan [...]

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‘Zombie’ genes? Research shows some genes come to life in the brain after death

In the hours after we die, certain cells in the human brain are still active. Some cells even increase their activity and grow to gargantuan proportions, according to new research from the University of Illinois Chicago. In a newly published study in the journal Scientific Reports, the UIC researchers analyzed gene expression in fresh brain tissue—which was [...]

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