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February 14, 2019
Modulating stress circuits
Danny Winder and colleagues demonstrate an interaction between two signaling pathways — and its impact on the activity of neurons that respond to stress. -
January 10, 2019
Duff’s traumatic brain injury research honored by NIDILRR
In support of her research to understand and improve long-term outcomes of individuals with traumatic brain injury, Melissa Duff, PhD, associate professor of Hearing and Speech Sciences, was recently named a 2018 Distinguished Switzer Research Fellow by the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR). -
December 14, 2018
Using a mapping technique to reassess prior Alzheimer’s studies finds ‘powerful,’ improved reproducibility
A neurologist is using a mapping analysis in a new study to rethink where symptoms or cognitive processes should show up in the brain. The results are ‘powerful.’ -
December 6, 2018
Team seeks to create gene expression map of worm’s nervous system
How do you build a brain? What “rules” govern where neurons end up, how they connect to each other, and which functions they perform? -
December 6, 2018
Neuromodulation Society honors Hacker’s Parkinson’s research
Mallory Hacker, PhD, research assistant professor of Neurology, is the 2019 recipient of the Kumar New Investigator Award from the North American Neuromodulation Society. -
November 8, 2018
Vitamin C protects brain from seizures
Brain ascorbate — vitamin C — is important for protecting the brain against seizures and cognitive decline in Alzheimer’s disease. -
October 25, 2018
Probing the pathology of impaired cognition
Detecting the neuropathology underlying cognitive impairment by lead to new targeted therapies.