Duke Neurology Research Round Up, April 2021
Members of the Duke Neurology Department contributed to 21 new studies in peer-reviewed journals this March, advancing our ability to understand, treat, and prevent diseases and conditions. Members of our stroke and vascular neurology helped answer questions about the best way to treat patients who have a stroke in their sleep. Two collaborations with the Duke Department of Ophthalmology identified Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease based on retinal images. Wolfgang Lietdke, MD, PhD, meanwhile, was the senior author of a new study that identifies how the processes leading to arthritis begin in arthritis. Read more.

This Week at Duke: Brain plasticity, LGBT+ language in geriatrics, journal club and more and more
The faculty meeting for April has been canceled, but a combined palliative care and geriatrics grand rounds will discuss LGBT+ terminology in geriatrics on Monday. Suraj Upadhya will lead a journal club discussion before the TBS faculty meeting on Tuesday. Johns Hopkins' John Krakauer, MD, MA, will lead our grand rounds with a discussion of brain plasticity and stroke on Wednesday. See the "Calendar of Events" section below for more details.