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Your Progress Is Our Progress: The Wallocks and Cedars-Sinai

For nearly a century, Dana and Sarah Wallock’s family has been intertwined with the evolution of Cedars-Sinai and the city of Los Angeles.

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Cedars-Sinai Designated a Center of Excellence in Rare Neuroimmune Disorders

Cedars-Sinai has been named a Center of Excellence in Rare Neuroimmune Disorders, one of only 21 worldwide and two in California recognized for advancing research in immune-driven disorders of the central nervous system and providing the ...

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A New Brain ‘Traffic Map’

Bringing together structural and functional brain imaging data, Cedars-Sinai investigators have created a “traffic map” to illustrate which pathways are most frequently used for interactions between different regions of the brain and enable ...

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Brain Cells in Social Situations

Cedars-Sinai investigators have identified the brain cells responsible for navigating everyday social situations, such as understanding which topics are best avoided in a conversation or gauging the emotions or motives of someone we are talking to.

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Study: Immune Cells Protect Brain Against Delirium

Cedars-Sinai investigators have published a study in the peer-reviewed Journal of Neuroinflammation that found that immune cells in the brain can protect against delirium and could lead to new drug therapies to manage the condition.

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Preventing Sudden Death From Uncontrolled Seizures

Many think of epilepsy, a neurological disorder affecting 3.4 million Americans, as a chronic condition marked by occasional seizures. But the disease can be deadly, so it is essential for patients to get their seizures under control with ...

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Cedars-Sinai Experts Available to Discuss Healthy Aging During GSA 2024

Experts on healthy aging from Cedars-Sinai’s growing Center for Translational Geroscience and Geriatrics Program will present their latest research and clinical advances at The Gerontological Society of America’s (GSA) 2024 Annual Scientific ...

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Alzheimer’s Risk in Middle Age

Higher-than-average levels of two Alzheimer’s-associated proteins—amyloid beta and tau—in the brain are linked with poorer cognition in middle-aged adults, according to a study led by Cedars-Sinai investigators and published in Alzheimer’s ...

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Cedars-Sinai Advances Research That Could Aid Early Alzheimer’s Diagnosis

Three recently published studies from Cedars-Sinai investigators have deepened knowledge of how changes in the eye are linked to indicators of Alzheimer’s disease in the brain.