Innovative Technologies

Neurosurgeon Dr. Brad Lega treats seizures in a minimally invasive fashion with the assistance of a Robotized Stereotactic Assistant (ROSA).

Leading-Edge Research

The Whole Brain Microscopy Facility provides researchers with high throughput microscopy tools to study brain disorders or injury in high resolution and in three dimensions.

Breakthrough Discoveries

Dr. Madhukar Trivedi and Michael Emslie, Research Tech, demonstrated that measuring a depressed patient's C-reactive protein level can help doctors prescribe an antidepressant that is more likely to work.

Peter O’Donnell Jr. Brain Institute

One of the greatest challenges of our time is brain disease and injury and UT Southwestern is meeting that challenge head on with the Peter O'Donnell Jr. Brain Institute. The Institute is a comprehensive center dedicated to better understanding the basic molecular workings of the brain and applying those discoveries to prevention and treatment of brain, spine, nerve and muscle disorders.

Our Bold Mission

Develop new therapies to restore and improve brain function
Utilize new imaging technologies to directly visualize disruption of brain function and structure
Become a national center for excellence in the precise diagnosis and treatment of brain disorders
Understand how the nervous system generates integrative behavior and cognition

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