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A report in Translational Psychiatry shows antipsychotics block dopamine in the pancreas, and cause overproduction of blood glucose-regulating hormones. Learn More
Amy Houtrow and colleagues report in JAMA Pediatrics the multiple benefits of not waiting until after birth to repair a myelomeningocele. Learn More
Sarah Ross and colleagues identify spinal cord neurons responsible for an itchy sensation from an epidural, and suggest that the drug nalfurafine may halt the itch without reducing pain relief. Learn More
Marco Capogrosso and colleagues report in Nature Communications on a technology to improve upper-limb movements in individuals with paralysis. Learn More
Joining forces with the FDA is expected to speed availability of augmented reality headsets or brain stimulation to help people with low vision “see” their surroundings. Learn More
Colleen McClung, Lauren DePoy and colleagues find a molecular basis for the connection between disruption of circadian rhythms and predisposition to substance abuse. Learn More
In a paper in Neuron, Rebecca Seal's lab describes how the nature of an injury defines the spinal circuitry in the dorsal horn that results in extreme reactions to innocuous stimuli. Learn More
Sarah Ross and colleagues have identified a new group of neurons in the spinal cord that transmit and process the message of an itchy sensation on the skin. Learn More
The NIH funding expands research on the biomarkers of Alzheimer’s disease in adults with Down syndrome, who are at high risk of developing dementia starting in their late 40s. Learn More
Cynthia Felix and her public health colleagues find that a healthy social life appears to protect against loss of gray matter integrity. Learn More
Immunologist Daniel Kaplan and neuroscientists Kathryn Albers and Brian Davis use optogenetics to study protective immunity that is triggered by pain-sensing neurons in the skin. Learn More
Yan Dong and colleagues report that blocking the formation of these synapses in the nucleus accumbens appears to have an effect in a rodent model of addiction. Learn More
Caterina Rosano and colleagues found a genetic predisposition to produce more or less dopamine is related to mobility during normal aging, even in elderly adults who are considered frail. Learn More
Colleen McClung and Daniel Buysse will head the new Center for Adolescent Reward, Rhythms and Sleep, funded by NIDA to study teens at risk of substance abuse. Learn More
Afonso Silva's team has a $2.6M million grant to investigate the effects of protein aggregation around cerebral blood vessels in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease. Learn More
A study led by David Okonkwo advanced findings that suggest that testing blood for glial fibrillary acidic protein can quickly determine the severity of a brain injury. Learn More
Jamie Hanson and colleagues found enhanced connectivity in the hippocampus and prefrontal cortex of at-risk participants in a family-intervention program. Learn More
This year's six lectures, hosted by the departments of neurobiology and neuroscience, are going virtual but are still highly interactive, and include speakers from Stanford, EPFL, and Columbia. Learn More
Darcy Griffin and Peter L. Strick report in Science Advances that a special subset of neurons in primary motor cortex "sculpt' patterns of motor output by actively turning muscles on or off. Learn More
Shelly Chou asks which neural effects are caused directly by infection with the virus, and which are due to the body's immune response. Learn More