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How do we seamlessly transition between reading a novel and reminiscing our last vacation before the pandemic?

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a disease that attacks the nerves in the brain, making it difficult for the brain to send signals to the rest of the body. MS symptoms are extremely variable, and can include difficulty walking, fatigue, pain, and cognitive issues such as problems with concentration, memory and word-finding.

The human brain is made up of neural circuits that are thought to underlie all brain function.

Need for project: Treatment of brain metastases (BrM) includes a combination of surgery and radiation therapy (RT).

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is characterized by difficulties with communication, social deficits as well as repetitive behaviors and interests.

The primary motor cortex in the brain is responsible for voluntary movement. It has also been proposed to be one of the sites for motor memory formation and storage.

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) is very much a disease of losses and adjustments.

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a late-onset neurodegenerative disease with distinct genetic contributions.

Recently, Dr. Honglin Luo, in collaboration with Dr. Neil Cashman, discovered that mutations in the ALS-linked SOD1 gene result in activation of a specific neuroinflammatory pathway called cGAS-STING.

Need for project: Choroidal tumors present clinicians with many challenges. The overlap between clinical and imaging findings combined with the difficulty of performing choroidal biopsies can create diagnostic dilemmas.