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The growing epidemic of addiction appears to be on the same trajectory as the early years of AIDS, says Donald S. Burke, dean of the Graduate School of Public Health. Learn More
The Pitt team aims to measure mental preparedness for military service with a variety of cognitive, behavioral and sensorimotor tests. Learn More
Lee Fisher, PhD, and Doug Weber, PhD, aim to use spinal root stimulation to reduce phantom-limb pain and restore function in lower limb amputees. Learn More
Pitt's infectious disease expert Ernesto Marques, MD, PhD, who also works in Brazil, says the future of these children, born with microcephaly, is complicated by poverty and strained resources. Learn More
Researchers seek volunteers for a study to test if the drug Mexiletine II suppresses cortical hyperexcitability and slows disease progression in the sporadic form of ALS. Learn More
Robert Sweet, MD, studies the basic mechanisms that lead to psychotic symptoms that develop in schizophrenia and about half of all people with Alzheimer's disease. Learn More
Pitts research contradicts common wisdom that use of electronic cigarettes is a relatively harmless habit. Learn More
Peter L. Strick, PhD, has been recognized for his use of a unique transneuronal tracing technique to reveal the neural basis of the brain-body connection. Learn More
Children with autism don't show the usual gains in vocabulary that appear as toddlers learn to walk, according to research by Jana Iverson, PhD. Learn More
Kale Edmiston, PhD, uses neuroimaging to study mood and anxiety disorders. He describes how living as an openly transgender researcher has inspired his outreach endeavours. Learn More
According to a report in the New England Journal of Medicine, removing clots from blocked brain vessels may help even those stroke patients who arrive late to the emergency room. Learn More
“Just imagine someone using telemetry, going into a smart home and being able to operate all these devices merely by thinking about them,” says neurobiologist Andrew Schwartz, PhD. Learn More
Rebecca Thurston, PhD, showed how a build-up of emotional stressors appears to affect blood vessels, blood flow, and potentially the heart. Learn More
Clayton Wiley, MD, PhD, says the tools of a forensic pathologist are relatively crude, and evidence of brain degeneration or trauma can't explain or excuse aberrant behavior. Learn More
The work by Zachary Freyberg, MD, PhD, and colleagues, reported in Neuron, suggests an unexpected mechanism by which presynaptic neurons can be regulated. Learn More
Margee Kerr, PhD, and Greg Siegle, PhD, consider the extent to which we can use “fun-scary” experiences to treat conditions like social anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorder. Learn More
Neurobiologist Zachary Wills, PhD, and colleagues describe in Neuron how Aβ binds to the Nogo receptor, a key inhibitor of synapse formation during development. Learn More
The PET Facility director will use imaging tracers to detect alpha-synuclein and tau proteins that aggregate in the brains of people with degenerative diseases such as Parkinson's and dementia. Learn More
The key to the smartphone app's success in reducing cortisol levels and systolic blood pressure was an added component, which emphasizes acceptance of emotional discomfort. Learn More
Neurobiologists Brian Davis, PhD, and Jami Saloman, PhD, blunt the sensory neurons involved in pancreatic cancer in mice. Chemical injections may slow cancer growth, and stop intense pain. Learn More