Neuroscience News at Yale
A new Yale study reveals how a class of genetic switches altered genes shared by humans and chimpanzees, and identified more genes that were targeted in the process.
- January 21, 2025
We are delighted to announce two funding opportunities from the Kavli Institute for Neuroscience.
- January 21, 2025Source: Yale News
Chemicals found in cannabis show promise for treating chronic pain, a new Yale study shows, and may present an alternative to opioids.
- January 17, 2025
Antoneta Gavoci, PhD, from the laboratory of Shaul Yogev, and Stephanie Staszko, PhD, from the laboratory of Alfred Kaye, have been selected to receive the 2025 Kavli Postdoctoral Award for Academic Diversity.
- January 13, 2025Source: The Washington Post
If successful, the drug developed by Vertex Pharmaceuticals would offer a possible alternative to potent prescription painkillers such as oxycodone, which was once heavily marketed by drug companies and fueled an epidemic of dependency and death.
- January 03, 2025Source: Yale News
Dr. Christopher van Dyck, one of the world’s leading experts on the neurobiology and treatment of Alzheimer’s disease, joined Yale’s Department of Psychiatry in 1991.
- January 03, 2025Source: Yale News
Scientists have discovered a configuration of electrical synapses that “filter” sensory information to guide perception and behavior in animals.
- December 19, 2024Source: YaleNews
Wearable sensors such as smartwatches that collect physical and physiological data may be powerful tools in the effort to better understand brain and behavioral illnesses and their genetic drivers, according to a new Yale study published in Cell. Co-authors include, from left, Walter Roberts, PhD, assistant professor of psychiatry; Terril Verplaetse, PhD, assistant professor of psychiatry; and Matthew Girgenti, PhD, assistant professor of psychiatry.
- December 17, 2024Source: YaleNews
Could an eye test assess risk of psychosis? A study published in Communications Psychology that links paranoia and teleological thinking to visual perception suggests it might. Santiago Castiello, DPhil, postdoctoral researcher, and Philip Corlett, PhD, associate professor of psychiatry, are first and senior authors, respectively.
- December 17, 2024Source: Yale News
Temporal lobe seizures can make part of the brain act as if asleep. A new study identifies the neurotransmitter that may be responsible.