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Leslie M. Thompson, UC Irvine Donald Bren Professor of psychiatry and human behavior as well as neurobiology and behavior.

UC Irvine receives $12 million to test novel stem cell therapy for Huntington's disease

CIRM award will support first-of-its-kind clinical trial in humans

Ann Quilter (lower left) joined here by family members (from left) Chris, Charles, Patrick, Patty and Matt Quilter.

$80 million in donations propels UCI MIND toward world-class center focused on dementia

Lead gift from Quilter family anchors campaign for new home for research and treatment

UC Irvine researchers find new Alzheimer's mechanism linked to brain inflammation

Discovery reveals long-studied receptor is built differently than previously understood

UC Irvine Professor and Chair of Psychiatry and Human Behavior Cameron Carter.

UC Irvine's Cameron Carter is elected to National Academy of Medicine

Distinguished Professor is recognized for advances in cognitive neuroscience, psychiatry

Microglia, brain cells

Harnessing the brain's repair crew

With NIH support, UC Irvine scientists are using the brain’s immune cells to reimagine Alzheimer’s treatments

Leslie M. Thompson, Donald Bren Professor of Psychiatry & Human Behavior and Neurobiology & Behavior at UC Irvine.

CIRM awards UC Irvine neuroscientist another $2 million for Huntington's disease research

Goal is to determine why the fatal condition destroys some brain cells but spares others

S. Ahmad Sajjadi, MD, PhD, associate professor of neurology in the UC Irvine School of Medicine.

UC Irvine awarded $18 million grant to lead landmark dementia study

UCI MIND secures National Institute on Aging funding to study an important new degenerative brain disease

Elizabeth Head, M.A., Ph.D. Professor, Vice Chair for Research Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Elizabeth Andrews, grad student

Women with Down syndrome may develop Alzheimer's disease more rapidly than men

UC Irvine study finds sex differences may impact treatment approaches

UC Irvine researchers find combination of natural compounds for brain cleaning

Treatment removes harmful protein buildup associated with Alzheimer’s disease

UC Irvine expands national leadership in Alzheimer's research with $21 million grant

UCI MIND secures National Institute on Aging funding for 5 more years to further discovery