Research Researchers ‘See’ Vulnerability to Gaming Addiction in the Adolescent Brain By Kelsie Smith Hayduk Dec. 9, 2024 Researchers at the Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience at the University of Rochester found that adolescents with more symptoms of gaming addiction showed lower brain activity in the region involved ...
Research Researchers Uncover Possible New Biomarker for Psychosis Diagnosis By Kelsie Smith Hayduk Nov. 25, 2024 The current standard of care for psychosis is a diagnostic interview, but what if it could be diagnosed before the first symptom emerged? Researchers at the Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience at ...
Research Celebrating Gilbert Gottfried: Comedy Stars Unite in NYC to Support Muscular Dystrophy Research By Mark Michaud Nov. 14, 2024 Some of comedy’s biggest names gathered in New York City on Wednesday to honor the life of Gilbert Gottfried and raise funds for muscular dystrophy research at the University of Rochester Medical ...
Research How Carol Kellogg Helped Establish One of the Nation's First Undergraduate Neuroscience Programs By Kelsie Smith Hayduk Nov. 11, 2024 In 1980, Neuroscience became an official major at the University of Rochester. Professor Emeritus Carol Kellogg helped make the major official after noticing the students were making independent ...
People Faculty Q & A: Jamie Capal, MD By Kelsie Smith Hayduk Nov. 11, 2024 Jamie Capal, MD, is the division chief of Child Neurology, Frederick A. Horner, MD, Endowed Distinguished Professorship in Pediatric Neurology and has an appointment in Neurology, Pediatrics, ...
Research Student Spotlight: Evan Newbold By Kelsie Smith Hayduk Nov. 11, 2024 Evan Newbold is a fifth-year neuroscience graduate student at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry. He received his undergraduate degree in neuroscience from Lafayette College ...
Research University of Rochester brain research featured at Society for Neuroscience conference in Chicago By Kelsie Smith Hayduk Oct. 10, 2024 Several dozen Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience at the University of Rochester faculty, researchers, and trainees from programs including Neuroscience, Brain and Cognitive Science, Center for ...
Research A revolutionary map of the fly brain could change how we study our brains By Kelsie Smith Hayduk Oct. 2, 2024 Researchers have developed a groundbreaking new resource—the FlyWire Connectome, described today in the journal Nature—that maps every neuron and synaptic connection in the central brain of ...
People A Gallery: Neuroscientists in Color By Kelsie Smith Hayduk Sep. 25, 2024 Nathan Anthony Smith, PhD, My lab studies two very unique brain cells called astrocytes and microglia. Collectively, these two cell types are known as glia – which derives from the Latin word for ...
Education Wilmot Science Training Program for Deaf High School Students Expands Across the U.S. By Susanne Pallo Sep. 16, 2024 For four years, the Wilmot Cancer Institute has run a summer internship program to expose Deaf high school students to cancer-related healthcare and research careers. Now, Wilmot is expanding that ...