Vanderbilt Brain Institute Archive — Page 3 of 5

False-color axial brain scan showing red, yellow, green, and blue regions against a black background.
June 16, 2015

A view of brain function in disease

Vanderbilt investigators report the first use of a specialized type of MRI to study the hippocampus in patients with schizophrenia.

A smiling young boy wearing blue gloves holds a human brain specimen at a neuroscience education event, with adults and activity materials visible in the background.
March 12, 2015

Photo: Having a blast

“Brain Blast” is sponsored annually by the Vanderbilt Brain Institute to raise awareness about the brain in health and disease.

Two young children wearing blue gloves examine a large brain specimen at a hands-on educational event; the older child wears an orange shirt and the younger child wears a red dress.
February 26, 2015

Free event set to reveal wonders, mysteries of the human brain

“Brain Blast,” a half day of free, hands-on activities for children and adults, will be held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday, March 7, at Vanderbilt Health One Hundred Oaks, 719 Thompson Lane.

February 5, 2015

Copper toxicity and Parkinson’s

A genetic predisposition to Parkinson’s disease makes neurons more vulnerable to the toxicity of heavy metals such as copper.

January 23, 2015

New view of dopamine heteromers

Although heteromeric dopamine receptors composed of both D1 and D2 subunits have been proposed to play a role in depression and schizophrenia, recent studies suggest these heteromers do not exist.

November 26, 2014

New tools to probe manganese biology

Vanderbilt researchers have developed tools to probe the role of the essential metal manganese in neurons, and which offer a started point for developing therapeutic agents for manganese-related neurological disorders.