Neuroscience News at Yale

The Center for the Translational Neuroscience of Alcohol (CTNA) at Yale School of Medicine has been awarded a grant by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) to continue its research for five more years.

The 2026 SYNAPSES (Symposia at Yale Neuroscience: Advanced PoStdoc Extramural Series) Symposium will be held on October 22, 2026. SYNAPSES brings postdocs from around the world to Yale to share their latest work.

The Center for Neuroethology and Physiological Plasticity will coordinate research on how behaviors and senses arise and differ across species.

Yale School of Medicine (YSM) researchers have identified for the first time the brain signals responsible for unconscious action – actions taken by the body that we aren’t consciously aware of until after they’re complete.

Mutations in VPS13 proteins are associated with neurodegenerative conditions like Parkinson’s disease. New findings could point to therapeutic avenues.

A new study uncovers the structure of a toxic form of amyloid beta driving brain damage associated with Alzheimer’s disease.

A subset of cardiac neurons keep the heart from malfunctioning in stressed mice.

A Yale study reveals, for the first time, the brain signals that determine whether we're conscious of our own actions—and what happens when those signals break down.

Amy Arnsten, PhD, Albert E. Kent professor of Neuroscience, received the 2026 Peter Seeburg Integrative Neuroscience Prize, awarded by the Schaller-Nikolich Foundation in association with the Federation of European Neuroscience Societies and the Society for Neuroscience.