Paul Shaw’s lab demonstrates that sleep induction in fruit flies otherwise unable to perform learning and memory tasks rescues their behavioral performance.
Enhanced sleep improves learning and memory in flies with learning deficits
Category: Research
Study identifies brain area that controls novelty seeking
Monosov lab demonstrates that neurons in the zona incerta are responsible for the motivation to seek novelty.
Collaborative team investigates protein that underlies CHARGE syndrome
The researchers find that loss of the CHD7 protein in mice lead to changes in gene regulation and abnormal brain folds, indicating possible mechanisms for the rare neurodevelopmental disorder.
A pathway emerges (Links to an external site)
Researchers including James Fitzpatrick and Michael Rau of WUCCI and the Department of Neuroscience describe the structure and function of a heme transport and assembly machine called CcsBA.
Drug helps sensory neurons regrow in the mouse central nervous system (Links to an external site)
Research from Valeria Cavalli’s lab shows that targeting support cells with a cholesterol drug could improve recovery after spinal cord injury.
Mouse Brain Cartographer: A Profile of Quanxin Wang, PhD
Wang’s research as a postdoc in Andreas Burkhalter’s lab revealed the mouse visual cortex as much more structurally complex than scientists previously thought.
Ilya Monosov receives grant to develop noninvasive treatment method (Links to an external site)
Along with co-PI Hong Chen, associate professor of biomedical engineering, and collaborators including neuroscience professor Larry Snyder, Monosov will adapt an approach to controlling brain activity, called optogenetics, with the ultimate goal of repairing neural dysfunction.
Geoffrey Goodhill awarded grant to advance brain imaging
The BRAIN Initiative funding will improve the ability of light field microscopy to record the activity of all neurons across the entire larval zebrafish brain as the animal swims freely.
Tristan Qingyun Li receives Whitehall grant
The funding will support research on the function of a subset of microglia, immune cells that reside in the brain.
Jason Yi appointed to Angelman Syndrome Foundation scientific advisory board
Yi studies UBE3A, the protein that is lacking in individuals with Angelman syndrome.