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Iain Bruce, PhD, wants to get a better look at your brain.

Benjamin Barnes, MD, was first drawn to neurology as a medical student, after he became fascinated by the details of a condition he saw in one of his patients.

Faculty from the Duke Department of Neurology contributed to seven new peer-reviewed journal articles in January 2020.

Faculty from the Duke Department of Neurology contributed to seven new peer-reviewed journal articles in January 2020.

For patients living with memory disorders, life requires “adjusting to the new normal,” sometimes even on a daily basis.

In a continuous effort to evaluate curative therapies for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), Duke will soon be conducting a new pilot study that administers curcumin—an ingredient found in turmer

Tom Dreyer, PA-C, first became interested in neurology as a high school student. This fascination grew after a neurology elective during his training as a physician assistant.

Neurological conditions do not occur in a vacuum. A patient hospitalized for a heart attack may suddenly have a stroke. A patient with a metastatic tumor could suddenly start having a seizure.

Dozens of neurology-related (or neuro-adjacent) events are planned at Duke for the first few months of 2020, within our Department as well as those of our colleagues.

This week’s “Spotlight” interview shines on Alexa Putka, an undergraduate researcher in the lab of Audrey Dickey, PhD.