To help patients with the persistent and sometimes permanent language problems caused by aphasia, neurologist Argye Hillis leads a study to investigate transcranial direct-current stimulation.
Spinal surgeon and researcher Nicholas Theodore assumes the role of director of Johns Hopkins Neurosurgical Spine Program.
Sparing patients open craniotomies, neurosurgeon Kaisorn Chaichana uses the minimally invasive tubular retractor to reach deep-seated lesions within the brain.
Neurologist Mark Wu and his research team search for sleep-regulating cells in more than 500 Drosophila strains. The goal: to understand how to treat patients with overactive sleep drives.
