Research Researchers identify neurons that "learn" to smell a threat By Kelsie Smith Hayduk Jan. 24, 2023 Researchers at the Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience have found new clues to how the olfactory sensory system aids in threat assessment and have found neurons that “learn” if a smell is a threat. ...
Research NINDS Delegation Tours Neurology Research and Education Programs in Zambia By Mark Michaud Jan. 18, 2023 U.S. and Zambian researchers and clinicians have building a decades-long partnership to address he neurological burden of diseases like cerebral malaria, HIV, and stroke in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Research Newly Discovered Anatomy Shields and Monitors Brain By Mark Michaud Jan. 5, 2023 The previously unknown component of brain anatomy, described in the journal Science, acts as both a protective barrier and platform from which immune cells scan the brain for infection and ...
Research Solar Panels for Cells: Light-Activated Proton Pumps Generate Cellular Energy, Extend Life By Mark Michaud Jan. 3, 2023 A team of U.S. and German researchers engineered mitochondria that can covert light energy to chemical energy, power cellular functions, and extend life in the roundworm C. elegans. The findings ...
Research New grant will use virtual reality to understand trauma and the brain By Kelsie Smith Hayduk Dec. 14, 2022 Understanding how experience and exposure to trauma changes the brain could improve diagnosis and targeted care for conditions like anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Benjamin ...
Research Researchers reveal how trauma changes the brain By Kelsie Smith Hayduk Dec. 7, 2022 Researchers have found exposure to traumatic events may physically change the brain, including the mechanism used for learning and survival. These findings could significantly advance future ...
Research What You Need to Know about Lecanemab, the Potential New Alzheimer’s Drug By Mark Michaud Dec. 5, 2022 Anton Porsteinsson, M.D., discusses results from a clinical trial for an experimental drug for Alzheimer’s, who benefits, and how the drug is an advance in care.
Research A serendipitous discovery and the choreographed dance of fragile X research By Kelsie Smith Hayduk Oct. 18, 2022 Fragile X syndrome is the most common known single-gene cause of inherited IDDs, including autism. Scientists know the misstep in this syndrome is in the gene responsible for making a protein ...
Education Student Spotlight: MaKenna Cealie By Kelsie Smith Hayduk Oct. 18, 2022 MaKenna Cealie is a fourth year in the Neuroscience Graduate Program at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry (SMD). The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism ...
People Faculty Q&A: Emily Knight By Kelsie Smith Hayduk Oct. 17, 2022 Emily Knight, M.D., Ph.D., is an assistant professor of Neuroscience and Pediatrics at the University of Rochester Medical Center. Her research aims to understand neural mechanisms of sensory ...
