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Key regulator of decision-making pinpointed in brain (Links to an external site)

School of Medicine news release • February 23, 2024March 19, 2024

Woman sitting at a laptop with two illustrated question marks next to her head

Findings shed light on mental illnesses, including obsessive-compulsive disorder, anxiety

How does waste leave the brain? (Links to an external site)

School of Medicine news release • February 8, 2024March 19, 2024

Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have discovered an anatomical brain structure (in green) that allows fluid waste to leave the brain. In neuroinflammatory conditions in mice, immune cells use these routes to enter the brain.

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.

Newly opened Jeffrey T. Fort Neuroscience Research Building dedicated (Links to an external site)

School of Medicine news release • February 1, 2024March 19, 2024

Participants in the dedication Jan. 18 of the Jeffrey T. Fort Neuroscience Research Building celebrate a ribbon-cutting at the new Washington University Medical Campus building. From left are: Eric Lenze, MD, head of the Department of Psychiatry and the Wallace & Lucille Renard Professor of Psychiatry; Jin-Moo Lee, MD, PhD, head of the Department of Neurology and the Andrew B. & Gretchen P. Jones Professor of Neurology; Linda J. Richards, PhD, head of the Department of Neuroscience and the Edison Professor of Neuroscience; Missouri Gov. Mike Parson; Andrew M. Bursky, chair of the university’s Board of Trustees; David H. Perlmutter, MD, the George and Carol Bauer Dean of Washington University School of Medicine; Chancellor Andrew D. Martin; Jeffrey T. Fort; Fort’s sister, Liz Dorr; and Pamella A. Henson, executive vice chancellor of University Advancement.

Celebration signals ‘new era for medical science’

Camillo Padoa-Schioppa: Value in the brain, orbitofrontal cortex, and causality in neuroscience (Links to an external site)

BJKS Podcast • January 25, 2024March 19, 2024

Listen to Professor Padoa-Schioppa discuss his training and research on the BJKS Podcast.

Scialog: Molecular Basis of Cognition Funding Awarded to 7 Research Teams (Links to an external site)

Scialog • January 19, 2024March 19, 2024

Yao Chen and fellow recipients of the Scialog awards

Assistant Professor Yao Chen received two awards for collaborative projects to advance understanding of the molecular or mechanistic processes that underlie memory and cognition.

Do spiders dream? What about cuttlefish? Bearded dragons? (Links to an external site)

Big Think • January 12, 2024March 19, 2024

Taxonomy of animals and their sleep states

Read Professor Paul Shaw’s insights in Big Think on sleep across the animal kingdom.

The Tyrannosaurus rex May Have Had More Brains Than You Think (Links to an external site)

Discover • December 14, 2023January 12, 2024

Read Dr. Ashley Morhardt’s comments in Discover on a new study in the Journal of Comparative Neurology.

“Why neuroscience matters, with Ilya Monosov” (Links to an external site)

Choose to Be Curious • November 30, 2023January 5, 2024

Dr. Monosov, Associate Professor of Neuroscience, discusses his research on the neurobiological roots of curiosity on the Choose to Be Curious program.

For ninth year David Van Essen earns spot among Highly Cited Researchers

By Kerry Grens and Brian • November 30, 2023March 19, 2024

David Van Essen, PhD, Alumni Endowed Professor of Neuroscience at Washington University, is among the scholars on Clarivate’s 2023 list of Highly Cited Researchers.

A look at plans for the new Washington University Neuroscience Research Building (Links to an external site)

St. Louis Magazine • November 6, 2023December 14, 2023

Neuroscience Research Building at Washington University in St. Louis

The state-of-the-art facility will initially house approximately 100 teams comprising 875 researchers, including experts in neurology, neuroscience, neurosurgery, psychiatry, and anesthesiology.