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UAB receives grant to better serve those with autism spectrum disorder in central Alabama

Alabama Interagency Autism Coordinating Council has established regional networks throughout Alabama to centralize resources for those with autism spectrum disorder, and for their families.

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How internal circadian clocks in neurons encode external daily rhythms of excitability

A mechanism through which circadian clocks in neurons encode external daily rhythms of excitability allows pacesetter neurons to communicate with the rest of the body via electrical impulses, with possible implications in understanding and treating mood disorders.

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Alzheimer’s disease family caregivers will get telemedicine training

A UAB study will test whether training to modify care-resistant behavior can improve quality of life for family caregivers of dementia patients.

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UAB/Auburn study will test new MRI technique for epilepsy

UAB and Auburn will team up for a study of magnetic resonance imaging techniques that could enhance epilepsy surgery.

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Isabella Mak and Eli Ussery named winners of 35th annual Mr. and Ms. UAB Scholarship Competition

Isabella Mak of Dothan and Eli Ussery of Columbus, Georgia, have been named Mr. and Ms. UAB, and Lakshmi Subramani of Madison and Daniel Alejandro Mendoza of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, were named first alternates.

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UAB receives prestigious BRAIN Initiative grant for deep brain stimulation in Parkinson’s disease

UAB investigators have won a prestigious White House BRAIN Initiative grant to study the potential benefits of new technology coupled with newly discovered biomarkers in deep brain stimulation for Parkinson’s disease.

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Fighting pain through knowledge about sensory organs in the fingertips

Learning how sensory organs in the skin work may solve sensory disorders, including pain seen in inflammation, diabetes and cancer treatment.

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UAB drug study first effort to prevent onset of epilepsy in tuberous sclerosis complex

UAB and partners launch the PREVeNT study, aimed at preventing the onset of seizures in children with tuberous sclerosis.

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UAB researchers use expanded computing power to accelerate big-data science

Computing challenges are found across the UAB campus, from physics and neurology to genetics and the microbiome. Alabama’s most advanced supercomputer is now at UAB, making it possible to solve these challenges.

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A microRNA plays role in major depression

A UAB study that is the first of its kind found that a tiny RNA — miR-124-3p — appears to play a role in producing major depression.

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Serving underrepresented graduate students: UAB’s NEURAL Conference

This NIH-funded conference is part of UAB’s effort to engage and retain neuroscience graduate students from underrepresented ethnic and racial groups across the United States.

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Global Surgery Program links UAB and Children’s neurosurgeons with counterparts in Vietnam

UAB-developed technology supports a globe-spanning partnership that links pediatric neurosurgeons at UAB and Children’s of Alabama with those in Vietnam to enhance epilepsy care for Vietnamese children.

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Underrepresented students investigate a life in biomedicine with UAB researchers

For a second summer, Maria Onatunde traveled to UAB from Florida to participate in UAB's PARAdiGM program, which offers in-depth research experience for undergraduates from disadvantaged and minority backgrounds.

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Discovery of mechanism that alters neural excitability offers window into neuropsychiatric disease

Altered excitability is seen in brain neurons in epilepsy, depression, drug addiction and other disorders, and this discovery may offer a potential therapeutic target.

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UAB researchers discover why brain neurons in Parkinson’s disease stop benefiting from levodopa

The mechanism of widespread reorganization of DNA methylation may be a therapeutic target to prevent or reverse dyskinesia.

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Discovery may lead to a treatment to slow Parkinson’s disease

Researchers have found that an interaction between a mutant gene and alpha synuclein in neurons leads to hallmark pathologies seen in Parkinson’s disease, findings that may lead to new mechanisms and targets for neuroprotection.

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UAB partnership with Jeff State reaffirms commitment to Joint Admissions Program

The partnership will provide scholarships and a reverse transfer agreement with Jefferson State to help deserving Alabama students realize their fullest potential.

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Extra-coding RNAs regulate DNA methylation in the adult brain

The ecRNAs appear to act in memory formation, and may offer a new therapeutic approach to neuropsychiatric diseases.

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Parkinson’s disease biomarker found in patient urine samples

The biomarker, the protein kinase LRRK2, is a promising candidate for future exploration.

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Parkinson’s disease pathogenesis is reduced in a rat model using a cell-signaling inhibitor drug

Results show that JAK/STAT pathway inhibitors may be a new class of therapeutic treatments for patients with Parkinson’s disease. Acting by reducing inflammation, they prevent neurodegeneration in animal models and may be an important new approach to slow progression of the disease.

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