Dr. Eliezer Masliah previously spent decades as a researcher at the University of California, San Diego. Masliah has long studied damage to synapses — junctions where brain cells communicate — in neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s.

The NIH has found evidence of research misconduct against Eliezer Masliah, M.D., the longtime head of the National Institute on Aging's (NIA) neuroscience division, the NIH said

NIH said it began investigating the allegations last year and notified the Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Research Integrity of the findings on Sept. 15. The s