The Center for Neurodegenerative and Vascular Brain Disorders
Mission
The Center for Neurodegenerative and Vascular Brain Disorders focuses on studies of neuronal and vascular mechanisms in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and other chronic neurodegenerative disorders such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), multiple sclerosis (MS), Parkinson’s disease (PD), Huntington’s Disease (HD) and others, as well as on brain ischemia and neuroprotection mechanisms in stroke. A key Center priority is the development of new pre-clinical therapeutic approaches and the identification of novel targets for intervention in AD as well as in ALS, MS, PD, HD and stroke. The Center supports innovative research directions in the cellular, molecular and translational neuroscience and cerebrovascular biology with a penchant for working beyond the mainstream. An overarching goal is to promote the development of novel concepts in disease mechanisms in AD, ALS, MS, PD, HD and stroke which will have a valuable clinical translational potential and identifiable approaches and targets to contribute to “first in man” therapeutic discoveries. The Center interacts closely with Neurosurgery, Neurology, Neurobiology and Anatomy, Medicine, Biomedical Imaging and Brain and Cognitive Sciences programs at the University.
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