Neurology Research
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Explore & Expand the Science of Neurology

Delve deeper into disorders of the nervous system with world-renowned research programs changing what we know about these diseases and the lives of those affected.
Where Research Changes Lives

The U-M Medical School Department of Neurology research programs span the spectrum of neurosciences. Explore basic studies in the pathogenesis of disease, the identification of conditions, patient-oriented disease phenotype studies, the response to novel treatments, epidemiology and health services research related to neurologic disease.
Research Strengths

Learn more about our research strengths across all our divisions of Neurology science.
  • Ataxia Program
  • Comprehensive Epilepsy Program
  • Health Services Research Program
  • Movement Disorders Program
  • Multiple Sclerosis & Clinical Neuroimmunology Research Program
  • NeCTO Program
  • Neuromuscular Diseases & ALS Program
  • Neuro-Oncology Program
  • NeuroSport
  • Sleep Medicine Program
  • Stroke Program
    • Michigan Alzheimer’s Disease Center

    We are home to a multi-disciplinary campus-wide effort working toward a better understanding of, and an intervention for, Alzheimer's disease and related dementias.

    Learn More About Our Alzheimer’s Disease Center
    Neurology Research By the Numbers
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    200+
    Annual Articles in Peer-Reviewed Journals
    9th
    Nationally in Receiving NIH Funding
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    Six receive Graduate Medical Education Awards for 2024
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    Addressing fall risks in people with multiple sclerosis
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    Research needed on support for nontraditional caregivers providing care for people with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias
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    Father’s cancerous brain tumor found weeks after the birth of his daughter
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