Dr. Wang proposes a new collaboration between chemists, biomedical and electrical engineers and neuroscientists to develop a MRI contrast method that directly assesses neural activity in real time. This new…
Dr. Opal is studying a genetic disease called Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 1 that affects the cerebellar region of the brain. This is a relentless and uniformly fatal disease with no…
Dr. Lazarov’s investigation of neurogenesis in adult stem cells will lead to greater understanding of Alzheimer’s disease. When Dr. Orly Lazarov sought to understand certain cellular processes associated with the…
New mechanism for clearing emboli in brain blood vessels could be a link between Alzheimer’s and vascular dementia Occlusion of tiny blood vessels in various organs is likely to occur…
The mammalian cerebral cortex is responsible for higher functions of the brain, such as perception, cognition and memory. My lab focuses on how the developing cortex is organized into different…
The majority of natural scents encountered in the environment are complex mixtures of dozens, or even hundreds, of different molecular constituents. Thus a key challenge for the olfactory system is…
The cortex of the brain has a specific arrangement of specific types of neurons that is essential for its advanced functions. The first cells of cortex produced in the embryo,…
Humans and other advanced animals have an impressive capacity to recognize the behavioral significance, or category membership, of a wide range of sensory stimuli. This ability, which is disrupted by…
Nicotinic receptors are widely expressed in the brain, modulating many neuronal processes and contributing to neuropathologies such as Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, and epilepsy. We have found that a mutation…
BRF-funded seed grant research leads Dr. Dane Chetkovich to exponential advancements not just in his study of epilepsy but other researchers’ understanding of both epilepsy and mood disorders as well. Details surrounding a pair of Brain Research Foundation grants awarded to Dr. Dane Chetkov...
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