Can exercise slow the progression of neurodegeneration in Parkinson’s disease? Sheila Fleming, Ph.D., associate professor of pharmaceutical sciences, wants to find out. Dr. Fleming, who is also director of the […]
Sheila Fleming, Ph.D., has been appointed as the director of NEOMED’s Neurodegenerative Diseases and Aging Research Focus Area, effective July 1, 2021. Dr. Fleming, who was recently promoted with tenure […]
The sixth leading cause of death in the United States, Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the only one in the top ten that cannot be prevented, slowed, or cured. Many scientists […]
A mammal’s neuromotor system is optimized to transition to eating solid foods. That might come as comforting news to mothers everywhere who wonder if their babies will ever make the […]
The potential of a hormone released during exercise to help manage neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s will be studied further, thanks to the support of donors Alan and Janice Woll. […]
With millions of people worldwide diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, others can’t help but wonder: Could that be me? And do my genes put me at risk — or is environment […]
As a fourth-year student in the Kent State University Biomedical Sciences graduate program working in the lab of Christine Denlger-Crish, Ph.D., in NEOMED’s Neurodegenerative Disease and Aging research group, Gabrielle […]
The timing couldn’t have been better for Katie Bretland to have been awarded the Alan and Janice Woll Graduate Assistant Fellowship, a one-year paid graduate fellowship to further her Alzheimer’s […]
Understanding how infants coordinate sucking and swallowing – and how those processes are coordinated with breathing – is animal model research being done at Northeast Ohio Medical University that has […]
Can music help older people with their memories? Northeast Ohio Medical University students have been able to make their own observations by visiting and interacting with patients at a long-term […]
