A study of individuals with congenital corpus callosum dysgenesis suggests they face social difficulties due to being more easily influenced and less aware of being tricked.
The McDonnell Center for Systems Neuroscience Small Grants Program will provide $100,000 over two years.
A new study on fruit flies from Dr. Paul Shaw’s lab finds clues to a good night’s sleep, insomnia.
Their dedication to teaching and innovations in the classroom are recognized by one of the highest honors at Washington University School of Medicine.
The $2-million grant will go to identifying the circuits and computations responsible for integrating novelty- and reward-seeking in behaviors.
David C. Van Essen, PhD, the Alumni Endowed Professor of Neuroscience and Matthew F. Glasser, MD, PhD, an instructor in radiology at the university’s Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, will create and analyze brain maps of individual people and nonhuman primates to determine the kinds of cells that comprise each brain area using data collected from people and animals scanned at collaborating sites.
The collaborative effort to study OCD is funded by a $15.6 million award from the National Institute of Mental Health.
Franken studies sensory processing, including how visual scenes are perceived as collections of objects and background.
The WashU neuroscience community honors Dr. Snyder for his outstanding education efforts over the years as an instructor, course director and PhD program director.
“We are all doing important work.”