LSUHSC Neuroscience Center of Excellence

Therapeutic Approaches: Small Molecules, Neuroprotectives

Therapeutic Areas of Expertise: Neurological Disorders, Opthalmology

Center/Program Highlights:The Neuroscience Center has established, through the faculty associated with the Center, research and clinical programs directed toward Alzheimer?s disease, pain, Parkinson?s disease, stroke, brain and spinal cord injury, epilepsy, depression, blinding eye diseases, schizophrenia, and developmental and hearing disorders. Cutting-edge research programs on the molecular and cellular bases of neural diseases are the heart of the Center?s innovative educational programs.

Sources of Funding: Federal/State, Philanthropy, Disease Foundations, University

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Institutional Affiliation(s): Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans School of Medicine

Address:
2020 Gravier Street
Lions Bld., 8th Floor
New Orleans
Louisiana, 70112
United States

Center/Program Start Date: 1989

Number of Employees: 90