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Hui Zhang, MD, first knew that she wanted to specialize in movement disorders during residency after she saw the dramatic improvement deep brain stimulation provided to a patient with dystonia.

This week’s Spotlight interview shines on Daphne Slaughter, the Neurology Department’s newest grants and contracts manager.

A novel application of zoledronic acid, a bisphosphonate typically prescribed to prevent or treat osteoporosis, is being assessed in a large-scale trial for its potential to prevent fractures in se

Meet Greg Monroe! Greg is living well with Young Onset Parkinson’s Disease (YOPD) and receives care at the Duke Movement Disorders Center. Tell us a little about yourself.

Treatment for movement disorders goes beyond providing medical care.

Members of the Duke Neurology Department advanced the fields of clinical, translational, and basic neuroscience this April with 14 new peer-reviewed studies.

Daniel Gingerich joined the laboratory of Ornit Chiba-Falek, PhD, last year, exactly two days before the COVID-19 pandemic forced a campus-wide shut down, forcing him to learn a new set of tech

An unfortunate biological “feed-forward” loop drives cartilage cells in an arthritic joint to actually contribute to progression of the disease, say researchers at Duke University and Washington Un

Abbie Suttle, MSc, wants to improve our understanding of pain.

A recent study led by Duke vascular neurologist Brian Mac Grory, MB, BCh, BAO, examined treatment for central retinal artery occlusion (CRAO or “eye stroke”)—a rare type of stroke charact