Frank LaFerla

Institute for Brain Aging and Dementia gets new chief

Neurobiologist Frank LaFerla is taking the reins of the UC Irvine Institute for Brain Aging & Dementia, hoping to boost clinical offerings and move forward with a new building dedicated to Alzheimer’s disease research.

Cotman to receive lifetime achievement award for Alzheimer's research

Carl Cotman, director of the Institute for Brain Aging and Dementia at UC Irvine, will receive a lifetime achievement award…

Extreme aging

Dr. Claudia Kawas studies the oldest of the old in Laguna Woods

Lithium chloride slows onset of skeletal muscle disorder

A new UC Irvine study finds that lithium chloride, a drug used to treat bipolar disorder, can slow the development…

Studies find cell defects related to multiple sclerosis

In immunology studies related to multiple sclerosis, Dr. Michael Demetriou and his UC Irvine research colleagues found that defects on…

Mozaffar elected to American Neurological Association

Dr. Tahseen Mozaffar, an associate professor of clinical medicine at UC Irvine, has been elected to the American Neurological Association…

Glucosamine-like supplement inhibits multiple sclerosis, type 1 diabetes

A glucosamine-like dietary supplement has been found to suppress the damaging autoimmune response seen in multiple sclerosis and type 1 diabetes…

Understanding autism

Research by Pauline Filipek shows early diagnosis can lead to profoundly improved lives

Fulbright scholar

Summa cum laude graduate Nima Fayazmanesh is well on his way – wherever he wants to go