A recent study published in Immunity by the Li lab opens a new chapter for the study of microglial function in development and neurodegeneration with remarkable precision.
Category: Research
WashU among top 10 academic institutions from Nature Index (Links to an external site)
The global rankings reflect research publication output in the health sciences.
Fluorescence lifetime imaging captures neuromodulator dynamics at multiple time scales
A new study from Yao Chen’s lab reveals that some fluorescent-intensity–based sensors also show fluorescence lifetime responses, expanding observations of neuromodulator activity over time and distance.
Tiny tweaks to neurons can rewire animal motion (Links to an external site)
Read Dr. Martha Bagnall’s comments in Quanta on a new study capturing the role of a potassium channel in the rattlesnake’s rattle.
Gaia Tavoni, PhD, awarded Sloan Research Fellowship (Links to an external site)
Assistant Professor Tavoni studies how information is encoded and processed in neural networks and the mechanisms that optimize these functions.
Key regulator of decision-making pinpointed in brain (Links to an external site)
Findings shed light on mental illnesses, including obsessive-compulsive disorder, anxiety
How does waste leave the brain? (Links to an external site)
Professor Krikor Dikranian and Assistant Professor Peter Bayguinov among authors of new study in Nature describing a route that serves as a passageway to clear fluid waste from brain.
Do spiders dream? What about cuttlefish? Bearded dragons? (Links to an external site)
Read Professor Paul Shaw’s insights in Big Think on sleep across the animal kingdom.
Neurosciences on the rise
Launching a new era of progress
The Tyrannosaurus rex May Have Had More Brains Than You Think (Links to an external site)
Read Dr. Ashley Morhardt’s comments in Discover on a new study in the Journal of Comparative Neurology.