People Faculty Q&A – Peter Shrager, PhD By Kelsie Smith Hayduk Jan. 27, 2023 Peter Shrager, PhD, is a professor of Neuroscience and of Pharmacology & Physiology at the University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC). In 1971, Shrager came to URMC to work in what was then the ...
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 Personalized Immune Therapy Extended Survival in Patients with Aggressive Brain Cancer By Susanne Pallo Nov. 21, 2022 A phase III clinical trial of the DCVax®-L cancer vaccine, conducted at the Wilmot Cancer Institute and other centers internationally, has shown the first meaningful survival extension for patients ...
Research New DoD Partnership Will Pave the Way for Therapeutic Advances for Chronic Diseases By Mark Michaud Nov. 2, 2022 The Center for Health + Technology will partner with the Defense Department to develop tools that will allow patients to provide insight into the merit of promising therapies for four chronic, ...
