Focus Areas

The Department of Neuroscience at Mayo Clinic's campus in Florida is committed to research in the areas of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias and cerebrovascular diseases, as well as movement disorders such as Parkinson's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and ataxias. Through basic, translational and clinical research, investigators focus on determining the molecular causes of these diseases and uncovering innovative and improved ways to better predict, prevent, diagnose and optimally treat these neurological disorders.

Neuroscience researchers at Mayo Clinic are exploring various focus areas:

Aging

• Sandro Da Mesquita, Ph.D.
• Dennis W. Dickson, M.D.
• Nilufer Ertekin-Taner, M.D., Ph.D.
• John D. Fryer, Ph.D.
• Seiko Ikezu, M.D.
• Tsuneya Ikezu, M.D., Ph.D.
• Takahisa Kanekiyo, M.D., Ph.D.
• Melissa E. Murray, Ph.D.
• Mercedes Prudencio, Ph.D.
• Owen A. Ross, Ph.D.
• Wolfdieter Springer, Ph.D.
• Na Zhao, M.D., Ph.D.

Alzheimer's disease

• Minerva M. Carrasquillo, Ph.D.
• Casey N. Cook, Ph.D.
• Sandro Da Mesquita, Ph.D.
• Dennis W. Dickson, M.D.
• Nilufer Ertekin-Taner, M.D. Ph.D.
• Fabienne C. Fiesel, Ph.D.
• John D. Fryer, Ph.D.
• Seiko Ikezu, M.D.
• Tsuneya Ikezu, M.D., Ph.D.
• Takahisa Kanekiyo, M.D., Ph.D.
• Melissa E. Murray, Ph.D.
• Leonard Petrucelli, M.D., Ph.D.
• Mercedes Prudencio, Ph.D.
• Terrone L. Rosenberry, Ph.D.
• Wilfried O. Rossoll, Ph.D.
• Wolfdieter Springer, Ph.D.
• Steven G. Younkin, M.D., Ph.D.
• Na Zhao, M.D., Ph.D.

Cerebellar ataxias

• Dennis W. Dickson, M.D.
• John D. Fryer, Ph.D.
• Tania Gendron, Ph.D.
• Leonard Petrucelli, M.D., Ph.D.
• Mercedes Prudencio, Ph.D.
• Wilfried O. Rossoll, Ph.D.

Cerebrovascular diseases

• Sandro Da Mesquita, Ph.D.
• Dennis W. Dickson, M.D.
• John D. Fryer, Ph.D.
• Tania Gendron, Ph.D.
• Takahisa Kanekiyo, M.D., Ph.D.
• Leonard Petrucelli, M.D., Ph.D.
• Owen A. Ross, Ph.D.

Frontotemporal dementia & amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

• Veronique Belzil, Ph.D., M.S.
• Casey N. Cook, Ph.D.
• Dennis W. Dickson, M.D.
• John D. Fryer, Ph.D.
• Tania Gendron, Ph.D.
• Leonard Petrucelli, M.D., Ph.D.
• Mercedes Prudencio, Ph.D.
• Wilfried O. Rossoll, Ph.D.
• Yongjie Zhang, Ph.D.

Neurotherapeutics

• Sandro Da Mesquita, Ph.D.
• Nilufer Ertekin-Taner, M.D. Ph.D.
• Tania Gendron, Ph.D.
• Seiko Ikezu, M.D.
• Tsuneya Ikezu, M.D., Ph.D.
• Takahisa Kanekiyo, M.D., Ph.D.
• Suelen Lucio Boschen De Souza, Ph.D.
• Melissa E. Murray, Ph.D.
• Wilfried O. Rossoll, Ph.D.
• Wolfdieter Springer, Ph.D.
• Yongjie Zhang, Ph.D.

Parkinson's disease and Lewy body dementia

• Dennis W. Dickson, M.D.
• Fabienne C. Fiesel, Ph.D.
• Suelen Lucio Boschen De Souza, Ph.D.
• Pam J. McLean, Ph.D.
• Owen A. Ross, Ph.D.
• Wolfdieter Springer, Ph.D.
• Na Zhao, M.D., Ph.D.

Tauopathies

• Casey N. Cook, Ph.D.
• Sandro Da Mesquita, Ph.D.
• Dennis W. Dickson, M.D.
• Nilufer Ertekin-Taner, M.D. Ph.D.
• John D. Fryer, Ph.D.
• Tania Gendron, Ph.D.
• Seiko Ikezu, M.D.
• Tsuneya Ikezu, M.D., Ph.D.
• Takahisa Kanekiyo, M.D., Ph.D.
• Pam J. McLean, Ph.D.
• Melissa E. Murray, Ph.D.
• Leonard Petrucelli, M.D., Ph.D.
• Owen A. Ross, Ph.D.
• Wilfried O. Rossoll, Ph.D.
• Wolfdieter Springer, Ph.D.
• Na Zhao, M.D., Ph.D.