Physician-Investigator Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital

Physician Investigator (Cl) Neurology, Mass General Research Institute

Neurologist Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital

Professor of Neurology Harvard Medical School

M.D.; Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine 1994

corticospinal motor axons; movement disorders; neuromuscular disorders; spastic paraplegia hereditary Dr. Blackstone's research group investigates cellular mechanisms underlying inherited neurological disorders, with an emphasis on neuromuscular and movement disorders. In particular, the pathogenesis of hereditary spastic paraplegias, which affect corticospinal motor axons in a length-dependent manner, is an area of very active interest.