 Its researchers have been published in such academic journals as the "New England Journal of Medicine" and "Cardiovascular Research".The Division of Neurodegenerative Disorders (DND) was established in 1999.The DND is a neurodegenerative research team working to identify causes and treatments for disorders like Alzheimer’s, strokes, traumatic brain injury, and central nervous system degeneration, to study the effect of diabetes on neurodegeneration, and to conduct sleep studies.