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The study, reported in Cell, points to the potential for targeting the ferroptotic pathway with drugs, to halt continuing cell death after a traumatic brain injury. Learn More
Brain Day offers Pitt's 150 neuroscientists a chance to meet with advocates, donors and colleagues in other departments. The event kicks off at 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, 26, at the University Club. Learn More
Alan Watson, PhD, worked with virtual reality company SyGlass to combine thousands of confocal microscope images into three dimensions. The technology may have applications for treating glaucoma. Learn More
Hematopoietic-stem cell transplantation in an infant's first seven weeks extended survival and reduced muscle weakness and cognitive deficits in children who were followed for up to 15 years. Learn More
The team, led by Melissa Libertus, PhD, uses behavioral assessments and functional magnetic resonance imaging to determine how key neural connections are made, and how they change over time. Learn More
Researchers at Pitt are trying to grow a functioning optic nerve and are part of a consortium with Harvard and University of California-San Diego that aims to transplant a human eye. Learn More
A British blogger seeks out the Brain Institute recruit to ask about how growing up poor can result in deficits in attention and working memory, as well as a measurably smaller hippocampus. Learn More
Deadline to apply for an ADRC grant is Friday, Oct. 6. Grants of up to $25K are intended to fund innovative preliminary studies relevant to Alzheimer's disease. Learn More
Time between injuries matters more than the absolute number, says Anthony Kontos, PhD, Research Director at the UPMC Sports Medicine Concussion Program, and rest isn't always best. Learn More
African Americans have twice the risk of developing Alzheimer's, yet current drugs have been tested almost solely on Caucasians, says Jennifer Lingler, PhD. Learn More
An eNeuro study by MD-PhD candidate Annie Liu and neurobiologist Nathan Urban, PhD, shows how early experience shapes the brain’s processing of the sense of smell. Learn More
Brian Primack, MD, PhD, suggests that even kids with curbs on their TV-watching have access to alcohol ads. That's because viewers upload the most entertaining ads to the internet. Learn More
Pitt and three French research institutions collaborate on basic research, novel therapies and clinical trials, including high-resolution imaging to help correct aberrations in the retina. Learn More
Finkel advocates support for scientific discovery that can help lengthen the time people live without diseases such as Alzheimer's. Learn More
The Donut Dash fundraiser calls for scarfing down doughnuts in the middle of a race around Oakland. The event fulfills a pledge by a CMU frat to raise $500K for the LiveLikeLou Center. Learn More
Nathan Copeland, who is paralyzed and operates a robotic arm with his mind, says he feels warmth and tingling sensations in the robot fingers, which makes him “happy, relieved, and hopeful.” Learn More
Seth Logan, 47, is launching a fundraising effort for the Pittsburgh Institute for Neurodegenerative Diseases. Learn More
Thanks to support from the Hillman Foundation, neuropathologist Julia Kofler, MD, has been able to grant families' requests that she study the brains of their loved ones after death. Learn More
In a neurofeedback study, Kymberly Young, PhD, showed that subjects could use positive memories to lift their depression. Learn More
Deadline is Friday, Sept. 8, for easy, on-line submission of abstracts for Pitt's third annual Brain Day, to be held on Oct. 26. Learn More