Displaying items by tag: neuroscience
A UAB study sheds new light on the epigenetics of memory formation and memory loss in patients with epilepsy, and the discovery may have implications for many other memory disorders.
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UAB researchers find a chemical pathway — a glutamate transporter — that may be causing seizures and shorten survival rates for patients with brain tumors.
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UAB is one of five centers named to host the first class of fellows in the Edmond J. Safra Fellowship in Movement Disorders.
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UAB has established the third multidisciplinary comprehensive clinic in the world for transverse myelitis, a rare spinal cord disease.
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UAB has received prestigious designation as a Comprehensive Stroke Center from the Joint Commission and American Heart Association.
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Here’s a look at the many fellowships, scholarships, honors and awards earned by the talented 2015 spring graduates at UAB.
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- college of arts and sciences
- honors college
- science and technology honors program
- collat school of business
- department of biology
- department of chemistry
- neuroscience
- department of biochemistry and molecular genetics
- department of biomedical engineering
- department of art and art history
- department of anthropology
- department of philosophy
- department of mathematics
- department of communication studies
- department of sociology
- school of public health
- digital media commons
- university honors program
- international studies
The VORLab will study the effects of injuries sustained in football and other contact sports on balance, eye movement and vision to improve diagnostic tools and promote recovery.
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UAB yields two-plus winners for fourth consecutive year for national undergraduate research scholarship program.
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- college of arts and sciences
- school of engineering
- school of medicine
- department of biomedical engineering
- department of chemistry
- department of psychology
- undergraduate neuroscience program
- global and community leadership honors program
- honors college
- science and technology honors program
- department of pediatrics
- department of psychiatry and behavioral neurobiology
- department of physics
- neuroscience
A new comprehensive textbook on neurological diseases and conditions from the desk of a UAB neuroscientist will be available this spring.
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Combined measurements of brain anatomy, connectivity and neurochemistry distinguish autism spectrum disorder subjects from controls.
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Brian Nykanen is a Cadet in the Army ROTC and honors student.
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National and local experts in biomedical engineering, neuroscience and rehabilitation will gather to examine the brain-machine interface as part of the UAB Bevill Neuroscience Symposium on Feb. 27.
A unique program at UAB has linked undergraduate students with more than 80 top neuroscience research mentors, many located on UAB’s medical campus.
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Epigenetic changes are implicated in a host of neural conditions, from Alzheimer's-related memory loss to depression. Now, a revolutionary set of molecular editing tools are allowing scientists to alter the epigenome like never before. In The Mix, UAB neuroscientist Jeremy Day, Ph.D., explains how he uses these techniques in his lab, and why they could lead to an entirely new kind of therapy.
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Students from four schools and nine majors will travel to CGIU in March.
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- honors college
- college of arts and sciences
- school of engineering
- school of public health
- neuroscience
- department of biomedical engineering
- department of political science and public administration
- department of accounting and finance
- department of biology
- department of sociology
- office of global engagement
- collat school of business
Thirty honors students and faculty traveled to the National Collegiate Honors Council in November.
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Looking forward to a promising 2015, UAB News revisits some top stories of 2014.
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- campaign for uab
- kidney chain
- office of global engagement
- cancer and radiology
- honors college
- school of medicine
- school of health professions
- school of education
- collat school of business
- school of public health
- school of nursing
- school of engineering
- abroms engel institute for the visual arts
- college of arts and sciences
- science and technology honors program
- southern research institute
- neuroscience
- center for information assurance and joint forensics research
- department of computer science
- department of criminal justice
- division of pediatric infectious diseases
- department of pediatrics
- school of optometry
- school of dentistry
- comprehensive diabetes center
- uab medicine
- department of nutrition sciences
- department of psychology
- department of anesthesiology and perioperative medicine
- alys stephens center
- artplay
- oneal comprehensive cancer center
Women have no effect on mice, but men cause a stress level comparable to a three-minute swim. Results indicate that researchers should account for these variables. 
UAB has launched one of the first clinics in the nation designed to provide healthy adults with an assessment of their risk for Alzheimer’s disease.
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A ramped-up immune response may play a major role in autism disorders, according to a new study from UAB and Johns Hopkins.
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