Displaying items by tag: neuroscience faculty news
February 01, 2017
Researchers describe a novel underlying mechanism involved in PTSD and other anxiety disorders
This study shows how stress blocks the release of an anti-anxiety neuropeptide in the brain, and it could pave the way for new therapeutic targets for PTSD.
January 03, 2017
Jeremy Day Probes Reward Signaling in the Brain
Dr. Day, a UNP mentor, seeks the neural roots of animal behavior in his latest research.
December 16, 2016
Parpura invited to join Dana Alliance for Brain Initiatives
Undergraduate Neuroscience faculty mentor Vladimir Parpura, M.D., Ph.D., has been invited to become a member of the Dana Alliance for Brain Initiatives. The Dana Alliance is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to advance public education about the progress and benefits of brain research and to disseminate information on the brain in an understandable and accessible fashion.
The unique academic experiences available to students in the UAB Honors College are expanding with the selection of the college’s 2016-2017 Honors Faculty Fellows.
Cristin Gavin, Ph.D., Co-Director of the UAB Undergraduate Neuroscience Program and Assistant Professor in the Department of Neurobiology, has been selected as the recipient of a National Academic Advising Association award.
April 29, 2016
UAB Driving Simulator Lab Has National Debut Live on TODAY
Cutting-edge technology and research brings national attention to UAB.
Cristin Gavin, Ph.D., a Co-Director of the UAB Undergraduate Neuroscience Program and Assistant Professor in the Department of Neurobiology, has been named as a recipient of a 2016 UAB Outstanding Academic Advising Award.
February 24, 2016
Regulation of Parkinson’s Disease Inflammatory Responses by a MicroRNA
A key role for microRNA-155 in brain inflammation and neurodegeneration makes it both a potential therapeutic target and a biomarker for this progressive disorder.
Gavin, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Neurobiology and Co-Director of the UAB Post-baccalaureate Research Education Program (PREP), teaches for the Undergraduate Neuroscience Program, Science and Technology Honors Program, and the Graduate School.
January 27, 2016
How Obesity Makes Memory Go Bad
UAB researchers find that epigenetic changes associated with chronic obesity alter expression of memory-related genes in the brain.
December 21, 2015
Answering Concussion’s Crucial Questions
From rapid diagnostic tools to next-generation therapies, UAB researchers are leading a multidisciplinary effort against traumatic brain injuries.
December 15, 2015
Research Shows Typical American Diet Can Worsen Chronic Pain
Sufferers of chronic pain are more susceptible to prolonged and pronounced health issues when practicing poor diet habits, according to new research published by UAB researcher Robert Sorge, Ph.D., and team in the Journal of Pain.
October 28, 2015
Exploring the Building Blocks of Memory
J. David Sweatt, Ph.D., an international expert in the molecular mechanisms underlying learning and memory, explains exciting breakthroughs in the field, including his own lab's work on ways to block, erase and enhance memories.
A group of UAB researchers have set themselves a two-year target — put an interdisciplinary team in place and have the necessary results in hand that will support the development of a Parkinson’s Disease Research Center of Excellence at UAB.
September 03, 2015
Roberson Wins Denny-Brown Award
Erik Roberson, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor in the Department of Neurology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, is the winner of the 2015 Derek Denny-Brown Young Neurological Scholar Award from the American Neurological Association.
July 15, 2015
Undergraduate Neuroscience Major Feeds UAB Research
Nine years ago, UAB created an undergraduate neuroscience major to link the medical and university portions of UAB and produce skilled, young researchers destined for medical school or top graduate programs.
June 23, 2015
Autistic Children Improved Reading and Brain Activity After 10-Week Reading Intervention
Ten weeks of intensive reading intervention for children with autism spectrum disorder was enough to strengthen the activity of loosely connected areas of their brains that work together to comprehend reading, UAB researchers have found. Hello.
March 06, 2015
Autism Detection Improved by Multimodal Neuroimaging
Rajesh Kana, Ph.D., of the University of Alabama at Birmingham and colleagues are the first to combine three different measures of the brain to distinguish people with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) from matched, typically developing peers.
January 28, 2015
Blueprint for Success — UAB’s Undergraduate Neuroscience Major
Nine years ago, the University of Alabama at Birmingham had an aha moment: Create an undergraduate neuroscience major that would link the medical and university portions of UAB and produce skilled young researchers destined for medical school or top graduate programs.
Congratulations to these highly accomplished, hardworking, and talented individuals in the College of Arts and Sciences.
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