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BREAKING NEWS! An anonymous donor will be matching every gift the American Brain Foundation receives, dollar-for-dollar, until December 31, 2026, up to an incredible $500,000.

"I am offering this $500,000 matching challenge because I believe deeply in the American Brain Foundation’s ability to accelerate discoveries that can change lives," said our matching donor. "By matching every contribution, I hope to inspire others to join me and make their support go twice as far."

This generous match offers the perfect opportunity to make twice the impact in the fight against brain diseases. Your matched gift will bring science closer to cures. Tap the link in our bio to double the value of your donation. 🔗
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#NeuroScience #ResearchFunding #FundResearch #Philanthropy #BrainHealth #BrainDisease #BrainResearch #BrainScience #Neurology #NeuroResearch #AmericanBrainFoundation #ABFBrain Your gift. Doubled. Every gift to the American Brain Foundation will be matched 1:1 through December 31st. by @americanbrainfoundation

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Get to know the 6 incredible research teams who were awarded American Brain Foundation Cure One, Cure Many Awards in 2026 and learn more about their groundbreaking work. 🧠🔬

Tap the link in our bio to learn more about these incredible researchers. 🔗

We’re grateful to our partner organizations who have helped us fund these grants. Cure One, Cure Many Awards in Neuroinflammation have been funded in collaboration with @mssociety, Gates Ventures, @nflpa, @genentech, and @woodnext Foundation. Cure One, Cure Many Awards in Lewy body dementia have been funded in collaboration with @alzassociation and @michaeljfoxorg.
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#Neuroinflammation #LewyBodyDementia #LBD #BrainHealth #BrainDisease #BrainResearch #BrainScience #Neurology #NeuroResearch #AmericanBrainFoundation #ABFBrain #CureOneCureMany Introducing the 2026 Cure One, Cure Many Award Recipients! These researchers and their teams will conduct groundbreaking investigations hoping to find connections that will lead to cures. by @americanbrainfoundation

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6 months ago

Get to know the brilliant researchers who were awarded American Brain Foundation Next Generation Research Grants in 2026 and learn more about their groundbreaking work! 🧠🔬

Tap the link in our bio to learn more about these incredible researchers. 🔗

We’re grateful for our partner organizations who have helped fund this research: @parkinsondotorg, @myastheniaorg, @epilepsyfdn, @epilepsysociety, the McKnight Brain Research Foundation, @foundationperipheralneuropathy, @als, @theaftd, @american_heart, @alzassociation, and the Herbert R. Mayer and Jeanne C. Mayer Foundation.
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#nextgenerationresearch #brainhealth #neuroscience #americanbrainfoundation #cureonecuremany by @americanbrainfoundation

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7 months ago

What if the children being born today were the first generation to grow up free from the burden of brain conditions? 💙

It's an ambitious vision, but research can help make it possible. In a message, Executive Director Michelle Heritage shares why our $500,000 matching challenge is such an important opportunity to accelerate research and move closer to a future free from the burden of brain disease.

Read Michelle's message at the link in our bio! 🔗
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#ResearchFunding #FundResearch #Alz #ALS #MS #Epilepsy #FTD #Dementia #Aging #PeripheralNeuropathy #MuscularDystrophy #Stroke #BrainHealth #BrainDisease #BrainResearch #BrainScience #Neurology #NeuroResearch #AmericanBrainFoundation #ABFBrain A photograph of Michelle Heritage, American Brain Foundation Executive Director, with a blue background. by @americanbrainfoundation

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Brain research is an investment that benefits everyone, and researchers need support. Fortunately, a generous anonymous donor is currently matching every gift the American Brain Foundation receives through December 31, up to half a million dollars! Your donation, in any amount, will make twice the impact on the search for better treatments, preventions, and cures for brain diseases, disorders, and injuries.

💓 Please tap the link in our bio to donate today, and make your contribution go twice as far. 💫
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#NeurologyResearch #ResearchFunding #FundResearch #BrainHealth #BrainDisease #BrainResearch #BrainScience #Neurology #NeuroResearch #AmericanBrainFoundation #ABFBrain by @americanbrainfoundation

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DAF Day 2026 is here. Today is a nationwide celebration of generosity through donor-advised funds, the fastest-growing form of philanthropy in the country. When you make a DAF gift to the American Brain Foundation today, you help fund groundbreaking research to cure brain diseases.

DAFs make giving easier, more strategic, and more impactful:
✅ Flexibility – give when inspiration strikes, or after thoughtful evaluation.
✅ Simplicity – manage all your giving from one account.
✅ Power – grow your giving potential with invested funds and tax perks.

🧡 DAF Day is the perfect time to use your DAF to support brain research and be part of a nationwide wave of giving. And remember, we currently have an active match campaign. That means all donations—including gifts from a DAF—will be matched, making twice the impact to fund research!

👉 Tap the link in our bio to make a DAF gift.
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#DD3 #DAFday #myDAFwill #BrainHealth #BrainDisease #BrainResearch #BrainScience #Neurology #NeuroResearch #AmericanBrainFoundation #ABFBrain October 8th is DAF day! With a Donor Advised Fund (DAF), you can give money—and accept a tax benefit—whenever you want. And when you are ready, you can direct a gift from your fund to the cause or organization of your choice. by @americanbrainfoundation

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What brings you to the American Brain Foundation? 💙

With more than 600 brain diseases, disorders, and injuries, there are countless ways that brain disease can touch our lives. Some of us are patients. Some are caregivers, advocates, researchers, providers, or simply curious people who want to learn more. And many of us may be more than one of those things.

We’d love to know more about your connection. Take a look at our poll and comment your answer below! ⬇️

Then share this post with someone who might have a different perspective. It takes a community with many experiences and perspectives coming together to advance research and find cures.
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#BrainHealth #BrainDisease #BrainResearch #BrainScience #Neurology #NeuroResearch #AmericanBrainFoundation #ABFBrain A poll that asks What's your connection to the fight against brain disease? A. Patient. B. Caregiver or loved one. C. Medical provider. D. Other, tell us below. Share your answer in the comments. by @americanbrainfoundation

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Chemotherapy can save lives, but for some people it can also leave lasting damage to the nerves. Dr. Tiffany Li, our 2025 Next Generation Research Grant recipient in Peripheral Neuropathy, is looking into which patients may be most vulnerable, potentially giving clinicians an opportunity to monitor them more closely and intervene earlier. She is the lead author in a new study published in Neurology, which evaluated 901 individuals who had received chemotherapy treatments in Australia. Dr. Li and her colleagues found that patients are more at risk for developing chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN) if they are older, are female, have diabetes, have higher BMI, or have previously had neurotoxic chemo.
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#Chemotherapy #PeripheralNeuropathy #CIPN #PeripheralNeuropathyResearch #BrainHealth #BrainDisease #BrainResearch #BrainScience #Neurology #NeuroResearch #AmericanBrainFoundation #ABFBrain Peripheral neuropathy research: A new study has helped identify risk factors that make certain chemotherapy patients more vulnerable to peripheral neuropathy, a type of nerve damage. by @americanbrainfoundation

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Congratulations to Drs. Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann, and Georg Nagel, who were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine today for their neuroscience discoveries. The three scientists’ research established the field of optogenetics, which involves using pulses of light to activate or turn off discrete groups of neurons in the brain. Optogenetics has become a foundational tool for exploring neural circuitry involved in memory, parenting behavior, psychiatric diseases, and countless neurological disorders. It’s helping researchers to understand and potentially treat blindness, depression, addiction, and dementia.

“Before, we had an anatomical map of the brain,” said Anna Wedell, a professor of clinical genetics at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, who was part of the Nobel awarding committee. “Now we can generate functional maps, and we can also understand how different cells speak to each other across the brain.”

📰 Tap the link in our bio to read more about the award and the impact of optogenetics in the New York Times. 🔗
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#NobelPrize #Optogenetics #Neuroscience #BrainResearch #BrainHealth #BrainDisease #BrainResearch #BrainScience #Neurology #NeuroResearch by @americanbrainfoundation

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October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Millions of women experience traumatic brain injuries (TBI) due to domestic violence every year. Director Sydney Scotia’s 2023 documentary This Hits Home, which explores the long-term effects of domestic violence, is now available to watch for free on streaming platform Tubi (no subscription required).

This Hits Home shines an unflinching light on the experiences of survivors and discusses how TBI can lead life-long changes in memory, mood, and other cognitive functions, and the degenerative brain disease chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). For many survivors of domestic violence, the impact of TBI on thinking and memory lasts long after the abuse ends.

The Domestic Violence Hotline offers free and confidential 24/7 support at 1-800-799-SAFE (7233), or text “START” to 88788.

🎞️ Tap the link in our bio to stream the film on Tubi. 🔗
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#ThisHitsHome #DomesticViolenceAwareness #TraumaticBrainInjury #SurvivorSupport #EndDomesticViolence #TBIRecovery #BrainHealth #BrainDisease #BrainResearch #BrainScience #Neurology #NeuroResearch #AmericanBrainFoundation #ABFBrain The film poster for This Hits Home, a documentary about the links between domestic violence and traumatic brain injury. by @americanbrainfoundation

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Researcher Spotlight: Meet Lenora Higginbotham, MD, a recipient of one of our 2026 Cure One, Cure Many Awards in Lewy Body Dementia (LBD). This is the second most common form of dementia after Alzheimer’s, but research is needed to find a way to diagnose it in living patients. Working at @emoryuniversity in Atlanta, Dr. Higginbotham and her team will study LBD plasma samples and run large-scale analysis of all proteins in the cells using machine-learning approaches. This will help scientists identify the key biological signatures of LBD at a molecular level and understand how patterns may differ between patients.

Dr. Higginbotham was also a recipient of an American Brain Foundation Next Generation Research Grant for LBD in 2020. This $1 million award is funded in collaboration with the Alzheimer’s Association and the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research.

October is Lewy Body Dementia Awareness Month. Tap the link in our bio for more about Dr. Higginbotham’s work. 🔗
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#LewyBodyDementia #LBD #LBDAwareness #LBDResearch #BrainHealth #BrainDisease #BrainResearch #BrainScience #Neurology #NeuroResearch #AmericanBrainFoundation #ABFBrain Researcher spotlight: Lenora Higginbotham, MD, 2026 Cure One, Cure Many Lewy Body Dementia Award. by @americanbrainfoundation

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9 days ago

On Saturday, October 10, award-winning poet Terri Kirby Erickson will be celebrating the launch of her new poetry collection, The Light That Follows Us Home, with a book signing and fundraiser at Mary Allen Wallace Community Center in Lewisville, North Carolina. A portion of the proceeds from book sales will benefit American Brain Foundation research grants. Terri will also read from her book, and there will be live music by composer, string arranger, and producer Susan Terry.

Tap the link in our bio to learn more about this event and read her poem “Magician, with Parkinson's,”. 🔗
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#LewisvilleNC #NorthCarolinaAuthors #NCBookEvents #PoetryLovers #BrainHealth #BrainDisease #BrainResearch #AmericanBrainFoundation #ABFBrain taken in Lewisville, North Carolina by @americanbrainfoundation

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