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Listen to a 5-minute interview with book author Malcolm Gay, who discusses Pitt's efforts to allow a quadriplegic volunteer to use her brain signals to control a robotic arm that she named "Hector." Learn More
Treatment of the worst side effects is better than extended rest and restriction from activities, the 37 concussion experts announce. Learn More
The Alzheimer Disease Research Center will screen "Alive Inside," an award-winning film that captures the transformative results of treating dementia with music, on Thursday, Oct. 29. Learn More
Yan Dong found that that exposure to cocaine produces long-lasting changes in communication between brain regions implicated in motivation and reward, with implications for relapse to drug seeking. Learn More
Amantha Thathiah, PhD, who studies the cellular and molecular pathways involved in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease, will join Pitt's faculty in January. Learn More
Recent progress in neural prosthetics has been achieved largely when complexity is not only recognized but used to advantage, says neurobiologist Andrew Schwartz. Learn More
Eric Donny, associate professor of psychology, led a 10-site study that suggests that reducing the levels of nicotine in cigarettes lowers dependence among smokers. Learn More
A Harris Poll has found that the vast majority of U.S. adults do not really know what a concussion is, and many do not know the injury is treatable Learn More
A Pitt team gets a three-year NSF grant to investigate how we are able to localize odors. Learn More
A story in Inside Science covers how Pitt scientists use percolation theory to investigate how anesthetics act on the brain. Learn More
For fun and science: A cellist pretends he is playing along to a recording of his own music, while Pitt experts capture images of his brain performance. Learn More
Peter L. Strick, PhD, the Brain Institute's Scientific Director, will discuss the significance of two primary motor areas -- “Old” and “New” M1 -- at the annual meeting of the Society for the Neurobiology of Language in Chicago on Oct. 15. Learn More
Many low-income children with mental disorders who are eligible for federal benefits may not be receiving them. Learn More
National experts will test two ideas that have transformed concussion treatment at Pitt: that concussions come in several types and that therapy is a better treatment than rest. Learn More
Check here for the list of 36 concussion experts who will determine best practices, protocols and therapies for treating concussions. Results of this collaboration will be published in the journal Neurosurgery. Learn More
Chris Donnelly, PhD, whose recent study helps explain a problem that occurs with neurons controlling motor function, is focusing on the deadly disease process and compounds holding potential to treat or prevent it. Learn More
Yan Xu, PhD, and colleagues have created a computer model of a network of neurons that suggests that a sudden breakdown in the network's ability to transmit information mimics the brain wave changes that accompany anesthesia. Learn More
Pitt has earned international recognition as a premier center for treatment of and research into hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT), a rare genetic disorder that can cause sudden, catastrophic internal bleeding and stroke. Learn More
Newsweek cites a Pitt study that finds no evidence of later depression or other mental illness in adults who smoked marijuana during adolescence. Learn More
The Brain Institute has recruited four highly talented young investigators with home departments in Psychology, Bioengineering, and Neurobiology. Learn More