Neuroscience News at Yale
Scientists at Yale have developed drugs that could help Alzheimer's patients. Today, the Neuroscience, Psychiatry, and Neurosurgery departments showcase their research during this Alzheimer's and Brain Awareness Month.
- June 26, 2024Source: WTNH NEWS 8
While scientists are optimistic about the research, federal funding for it is being threatened. Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) toured the Yale lab on Wednesday and said that hundreds of millions of dollars are at risk.
- June 14, 2024Source: YaleNews
Philip Corlett, PhD; Jane Taylor, PhD; and Summer Thompson, PhD, are co-authors of a study in Cell Reports that uncovered how one specific region of the brain might causally provoke feelings of paranoia.
- June 10, 2024
A new study offers insights into the pathologies underlying Alzheimer’s disease and mental illnesses such as schizophrenia.
- June 05, 2024
Amy Arnsten, PhD, Albert E. Kent Professor of Neuroscience and Professor of Psychology; Kristen Brennand, PhD, Elizabeth Mears and House Jameson Professor of Psychiatry; Philip Corlett, PhD, associate professor of psychiatry; and David Glahn, PhD, professor adjunct of psychiatry, were invited to speak at the 2024 Schizophrenia and Related Disorders course at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory on Long Island in June.
- May 31, 2024
The program will advance innovative research, and help facilitate the sharing of ideas, data, and knowledge to drive biomedical progress, therapeutics, and cures focused on combatting Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias.
- May 31, 2024Source: Yale News
A new study uncovers two brain regions that control short- and long-term social gaze behavior, which could inform therapies for disorders like autism.
- May 15, 2024Source: Time
YCSC Postdoctoral Associate Edwina Orchard is quoted in this Time article on the effects of motherhood on the mind and body, with reference to some of the work being done in the Before and After Baby Lab (BABL) led by Associate Professor Helena Rutherford.
- May 03, 2024
The Kavli Institute for Neuroscience is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2024 Kavli Innovative Teams Award: Drs. Kuan and Bewersdorf.
- May 03, 2024
The Kavli Institute for Neuroscience is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2024 Kavli Postdoctoral Fellowship: Drs. Hongyan Hao, Kevin Chen, and Dhananjay Bhaskar.