Journal of Neurology and Neurological Disorders

Dr. Walter Royal is the Director of the Maryland Center for Multiple Sclerosis Treatment and Research and a Professor in the Department of Neurology at the University Of Maryland, School Of Medicine. He is also the Research Associate Director for the VA Multiple Sclerosis Center of Excellence-East.

Dr. Walter Royal is an active investigator in the Maryland Center for Multiple Sclerosis (MS) clinical trials program and also has a laboratory which is researching immune markers of MS disease progression and mechanisms by which the activity of nuclear receptors, specifically the vitamin A and vitamin D receptors, modulate proinflammatory immune responses in MS. His research also involves studies of the viral pathogenesis of MS as well as clinical and basic science studies of the epidemiology and pathogenesis of neurocognitive impairment that occurs among individuals with human immunodeficiency virus type-1 (HIV-1) infection.