Displaying items by tag: department of neurobiology
A new discipline sits at the intersection of neuroscience and engineering, where lessons learned from circuits, networks and chips are combined with the latest findings on brain circuitry.
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UAB neuroscientist Vladimir Parpura will begin a four-year term as a council member of the International Society for Neurochemistry.
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Selective regulation of neurons can help investigate brain development, and the mechanisms in learning and neuropsychiatric diseases.
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This novel mechanism links epigenetic changes to translational control.
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These newborn neurons in the dentate gyrus become less excitable after three weeks, a crucial step for mature functioning.
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A neuron model of Parkinson’s disease and Lewy body dementias shows defects that could suggest treatments to halt or reverse cognitive impairments before the neurons die.
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Two graduate students and a UAB program are in the vanguard of efforts to increase underrepresented researchers in neuroscience.
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The department currently has 14 primary faculty members complemented by a diverse secondary faculty.
The nonprofit alliance advances public awareness about the progress and promise of brain research.
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UAB's cyclotron provides glimpses into a new future of medicine.
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The award honors his distinguished contributions to neuroscience, particularly for discovery of gliotransmission.
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These results, seen in animal models, represent a potentially novel therapeutic target for the treatment of seizure disorders.
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Improvements in motor function and memory suggest human neurodevelopmental disorders may be amenable to treatment, even after onset of symptoms. According to a researcher, neurodevelopmental disorders with intellectual disability and autism may not need to last a lifetime.
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Leading neuroscientist Ron Lazar joins UAB as director of the McKnight Brain Institute, a multidisciplinary research enterprise on learning and memory in aging.
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A UAB neurobiology professor has been inducted into the leading Slovenian scientific society.
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The highly-selective program provides fully-paid summer research opportunities for students at some of the country's premier institutions.
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The expanded UAB Summer Program in Neuroscience, with renewed funding from the National Science Foundation, is looking for underserved undergrads for science mentoring.
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It appears that new cells compete to ‘win’ synapse connections away from old cells, which promotes network plasticity.
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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.
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Thanks to the popular TV show Blacklist, America is becoming familiar with CRISPR, a revolutionary gene-editing tool. UAB scientists and students explain how it works — and how they are using these “molecular scissors” to cut a path toward genetic cures for sickle cell and brain diseases
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