By: Mallory Bachmann The Norman Fixel Institute for Neurological Diseases at UF Health is welcoming five first-year movement disorders fellows for the 2026-27 academic year, marking the largest fellowship class in the program’s history. The incoming class surpasses the program’s typical class size of three fellows and…
By: Todd Taylor It has long been known that the brain’s ability to metabolize a simple form of sugar called glucose gradually decreases as we age, and there is increasing evidence that this is more pronounced in the brains of patients with Alzheimer’s disease. Now, a new University of Florida…
By: Carly Gruneberg Nutrition Guidance Provided By: Kaylyn Koons, MS, RD, LDN Carbohydrates: The misunderstood macronutrient Throughout history, carbohydrates have been villainized in the public eye. Claims of carbohydrates causing weight gain and chronic disease have convinced many people to eliminate them almost entirely from their diets. In reality, our…
By: Grace Huff At the Norman Fixel Institute for Neurological Diseases, research fellow A. Enrique Martinez-Nunez, M.D., Movement Disorders neurologist and ALS research fellow, is working to answer one of the most urgent questions in neurodegenerative disease: why does ALS progress differently from one patient to another?…
Promoting Awareness Marketing Toolkit The Parkinson’s Foundation is working hard to spread awareness about Parkinson’s disease throughout Parkinson’s Awareness…
By: Carly Gruneberg Nutrition Guidance Provided by: Kaylyn Koons, MS, RD, LD/N Nutrition as we Age When it comes to brain health, your nutritional and lifestyle choices are among the most powerful tools you have to slow cognitive decline as you age. Nutrient-deficient diets may impair cognitive clarity and energy…
By: Mallory Bachmann Neurosurgery and neuroscience/neurology research at the University of Florida were each ranked No. 2 nationally in National Institutes of Health funding for 2025, according to newly released rankings from the Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research. The Norman Fixel Institute for Neurological Diseases brings together members from…
A new Neurology study co-led by Dr. Breton Asken, Fixel Institute member and researcher, found that higher levels of inflammation in former college and professional football players were linked to changes in brain white matter in regions involved in memory and emotion.
