Index of Features | Department of Neurology | School of Medicine

Child neurologist Tallie Z. Baram awarded $15 million Conte Center grant

Joe Smeeding, front right, at the 2017 NCAA men's basketball Final Four Tournament in Phoenix with his mother, father, brother and aunt.

Doctoral student's fight with glioma leaves a legacy

A family’s full-court press to defeat brain tumor scored extra time for Joe Smeeding.

UC Irvine neurobiologist Leslie M. Thompson, PhD

'Leaky' brain blood vessels link to Huntington's disease is identified

UC Irvine neurobiologists and colleagues, using stem cells, identified why Huntington’s disease patients have defects in the blood-brain barrier that contribute to the fatal disorder. It is the first time induced pluripotent stem cells have been used for a neurodegenerative disease.

Alicia and Matthew Bates embrace at their wedding.

Learning to walk, then dance

Thanks to UC Irvine stroke neurologists, ultrasound technician Alicia Bates, given low odds for survival even with surgery, fought back from a string of debilitating strokes with one goal in mind: to dance at her wedding.

UC Irvine neurologist and multiple sclerosis expert Dr. Michael Demetriou

UC Irvine researchers identify key immune system process

UC Irvine researchers identify a key process in immune system development, shedding light on how the body’s ability to fight infection develops.

Brain imaging can detect biomarkers for epileptic seizures.

Predicting epileptic seizures

Researchers led by a UC Irvine epilepsy specialist find biomarker to help identify which children may develop temporal lobe epilepsy.

Getting inside the child mind

With a major neurology award and $10 million in funding, Dr. Tallie Z. Barba strives to understand early-life brain development.

New front in fight against brain cancer

Experimental vaccine trains immune system to target remaining tumor cells after surgery, chemo

UC Irvine multiple sclerosis patient Shirley Cero

A legacy of multiple sclerosis research

UC Irvine's new Multiple Sclerosis Research Center extends the university's history of distinction in advancing research into the chronic neurologic disease.