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Center for Neurological Restoration Overview
Cleveland Clinic’s Center for Neurological Restoration is among the first in the world to bring together an interdisciplinary team of renowned neurologists, neurosurgeons, psychiatrists, neuropsychiatrists, researchers and other specialists who offer the latest medical and surgical treatments for patients with neurological and psychiatric disorders.
The center — focused on a single goal of advancing treatment through ongoing basic and clinical research — is nationally recognized for expertise in medical management and innovations in the surgical treatment of movement disorders (Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, Essential tremor, Dystonia, Tourette's syndrome, Ataxia, Restless legs syndrome, Gait Disorders, Myoclonus and Chorea) as well as psychiatric disorders such as obsessive-compulsive disorder and depression.
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News from the Center for Neurological Restoration
- »What Parkinson’s Teaches Us About the Brain
Scientific discoveries can be serendipitous, and so it was when Jay L. Alberts, then a Parkinson’s disease researcher at Emory University in Atlanta, mounted a tandem bike with Cathy Frazier, a Parkinson’s patient. The two were riding the 2003 RAGBRAI bicycle tour across Iowa, hoping to raise awareness of the neurodegenerative disease and “show people with Parkinson’s that you don’t have to sit back and let the disease take over your life,” Dr. Alberts said.
But something unexpected happened after the first day’s riding. One of Ms. Frazier’s symptoms was micrographia, a condition in which her handwriting, legible at first, would quickly become smaller, more spidery and unreadable as she continued to write. After a day of pedaling, though, she signed a birthday card with no difficulty, her signature “beautifully written,” Dr. Alberts said. She also told him that she felt as if she didn’t have Parkinson’s.
- »Parkinson's disease researchers in Cleveland play important role in hunt for cure
- »Cleveland Clinic Center for Neurological Restoration Moves to New Location
Effective Monday, January 17, 2011, providers in the Medical Movement Disorders Section of the Center for Neurological Restoration began seeing patients at a different site on our main campus: the third floor of the Mellen Center, 1950 E. 89th St., just north of Euclid Avenue.
View the full Center for Neurological Restoration Relocation Letter
- »Clinical studies can lead to cures; volunteer to fight Parkinson's: Michael J. Fox
Years ago, diseases like cancer and HIV/AIDS presented patients with an imminent death sentence. While there's no doubt that receiving a diagnosis of serious illness remains a life-changer, today many patients with conditions like these can look forward to a much brighter prognosis, thanks to new and better therapies and the researchers who have dedicated their lives to developing them.
- »Valet Parking Available at Mellen Center
Valet service will be available to visitors coming to the Mellen Center starting Monday, June 27th. The valet will be available from 7:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
If you have any questions, you can contact the parking services office at 216.444.2255.
- »Bicycling to Treat Parkinson's Disease
Biomedical engineer Jay Alberts, PhD, Assistant Professor at Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute, is featured in NBC's Kevin Tibbles' report, elaborating on the implications of his study of Parkinson's disease and forced exercise.
Bicycling and other exercise may help people with Parkinson’s curb their symptoms.
- »Power Pedaling: New Hope for Parkinson's Patients
Biomedical engineer Jay Alberts, PhD, Assistant Professor at Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute, is featured on ABC's “Good Morning America,” speaking on how forced exercise improved motor function in bicyclists with Parkinson's disease.
