Kenneth “Ken” Fallon, M.D., Associate Professor, will retire from his position in the Division of Neuropathology at the same institution where he did his fellowship in this unique specialty, effective ...

Alzheimer’s disease (AD), the most common form of dementia worldwide, is a mixed proteinopathy (amyloid and tau). Originally defined as a clinicopathological entity, it is a heterogenous, ...

Rati Chkheidze, M.D., an assistant professor in the Division of Neuropathology, has been appointed section head of neuropathology, effective July 1. Chkheidze joined the UAB Department of Pathology in ...

New research from the Florida State University College of Medicine found that changes in the brain associated with Alzheimer's disease are often visible early on in individuals with personality traits ...

A team of investigators recently conducted a retrospective study of neuropathology data based on post-mortem brain tissue analyses. The researchers found that severity of AD and related dementias ...

Intellectual enrichment throughout the lifespan tied to higher cognitive function ...

Based on: Forensic Neuropathology and Neurology, By Manfred Oehmichen, Roland N. Auer, and Hans Günter König. 660 pp., illustrated. Berlin, Springer-Verlag, 2006 ...

This is a rigorous two-year program that prepares our trainees to be competent in both diagnostic and investigational neuropathology. The program is an alliance of remarkable affiliated institutions ...

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Machine generated contents note: 1. General neuropathology -- 1.1. Principles of neuroanatomy for diagnostic neuropathologists -- 1.1.1. Anatomical orientation by using the ventricular system -- 1.1.2 ...