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Listen to Sanjay Gupta's podcast with Pitt's critical care neurologist, who heads an international consortium to study the neurological complications of the virus. Learn More
Bharath Chandrasekaran and colleagues plan to use the device to study neural mechanisms that could lead to improved rehabilitation after stroke and other brain damage. Learn More
The NIH renewal grant guarantees that the center, which serves hundreds of neuroinvestigators, will run a full 20 years. Learn More
Chris Donnelly and colleagues aim to develop a library of compounds that may bind to TDP-43, in hopes of preventing the protein from clumping and causing cell death in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Learn More
A study in Neurology by Beth Snitz and colleagues suggests an active mind can withstand significant deposition of amyloid-beta, which has been linked to dementia. Learn More
Lee Fisher and colleagues implanted spinal electrodes the size and shape of 'fat spaghetti noodles' to mimic sensations in the missing arms and hands of four test subjects. Learn More
Born in Cleveland to Russian immigrants, Levine took an unexpected turn from focus on the literary arts to medicine and science, and is now embarking on a 'third career' in the Brain Institute. Learn More
The study, led by Elias Aizenman, PhD, and Thanos Tzounopoulos PhD, shows that zinc takes an unexpected route between neurons to affect one of its main targets, the NMDA receptor. Learn More
Neurologist Sherry H-Y. Chou, MD, and colleagues are tracking published reports for incidences of the neurological disorder, which was linked to the SARS and MERS pandemics. Learn More
Arthur S. Levine, MD, describes how his career trajectory as a cancer biologist, scientific director at NIH, and Pitt's top leader in health sciences has led to his new focus on Alzheimer's disease. Learn More
The Alzheimer's Association seeks requests for grants of up to $300K, including proposals that would transfer knowledge of immune function in cancer, HIV, cardiovascular disease and diabetes. Learn More
A team led by Elias Aizenman, PhD, reports in Science Advances that injured neurons can remain viable if they are prevented from following biochemical pathways that lead to cell death. Learn More
Scientific Director Peter L. Strick, PhD, welcomes Arthur S. Levine, MD, to his new post in the Brain Institute as Executive Director and leader of the new initiative, Assault on Alzheimer's. Learn More
Neuroscientist Andrew Schwartz, PhD, and research participant Jan Scheuermann talk about Pitt's landmark mind-controlled robot arm project for the BBC Radio's "Digital Human." Learn More
The system, Neocortex, will boost compute power to train complex networks in minutes. Funded with a $5M NSF grant, Neocortex is expected to be available free to researchers later this year. Learn More
Zach Freyberg, MD, PhD, aims to figure out why some drugs for schizophrenia and other psychiatric disorders lead to weight gain and insulin resistance. Learn More
David Levinthal, MD, PhD, and Peter L. Strick, PhD, identify areas of the cerebral cortex that send signals to the stomach, to map the brain network that influences the GI tract and its microbiome. Learn More
Kirk Erickson, PhD, will study whether older adults -- some with memory issues -- see changes in cognitive performance and MRI markers of brain health that vary by intensity of workouts. Learn More
Maxwell Wang studies how brain networks change during interventions such as deep brain stimulation. Learn More
Peter L. Strick, PhD, and David Levinthal, MD, PhD, traced neural pathways between the stomach and the rostral insula, which is responsible for visceral sensation and emotion regulation. Learn More