Megan Williams, Ph.D., University of Utah
The proper function of the brain requires the concerted action of billions of interconnected brain cells called neurons. Most neurons are excitatory and their activation releases glutamate, which increases brain activity. However, some are inhibitory and their activation releases GABA, which decr...
Eric Yttri, Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon University
Without movements, we are relegated to being trapped inside ourselves. Our understanding of the distributed brain circuits responsible for deciding what, how and why to perform movements has been limited by an inability to characterize how distributed networks of interlinked neurons orchestrate b...
Lindsey Macpherson, Ph.D., University of Texas San Antonio
The specialized chemosensory cells within the tongue and gut relay appetitive and aversive signals to the brain via peripheral ganglion neurons. Taste dysfunction is common in adults (17%) and even more prevalent in the aging population.
Andre Berndt, Ph.D., University of Washington
Visualizing the flow of information through the complex and intertwined networks of the brain is a long‐sought goal of neuroscience.
Denise Cai, Ph.D., Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Determining how distinct memories are formed, linked, and retrieved, and the role of fear in these processes, is an essential part of understanding PTSD, a debilitating disorder characterized by the re-experiencing of a traumatic event in the form of persistent and intrusive memories.
Jennifer Philips-Cremins, Ph.D.
DNA from a single human cell is more than 6 feet long when stretched out end to end. Recent technological advances have revealed that the 6 feet long DNA sequence…
