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Sherry Chou, MD, has organized a worldwide consortium that now includes 50 centers to draw neurological data from care that COVID-19 patients receive. Learn More
Sunday marks 65 years since Jonas Salk and his team developed their polio vaccine. Pitt's Peter Salk, Don Burke and Randy Juhl relate that effort to today's hunt for protection against COVID-19. Learn More
Douglas Weber, PhD, was elected to the group's College of Fellows for contributions to neurorehabilitation engineering, translational neuroscience, and leadership in the field of neural engineering. Learn More
Due to concerns about the spread of COVID-19, the Brain Institute's Neurobiology of Violence symposium, originally scheduled on March 20, has been postponed. Learn More
Afonso Silva, PhD, and his team used diffusion magnetic resonance imaging at high resolution to correct misconceptions about white-matter connectivity. Learn More
Kathryn Roecklein, PhD, tells NBC: “The difference comes down to whether your urge to hibernate interferes with your job, your home, your relationships or your health.” Learn More
A study in Science Translational Medicine shows that a biodegradable nerve guide filled with growth-promoting protein can regenerate long sections of damaged nerves in monkeys. Learn More
Recent experiments in the Strick laboratory have begun mapping neuronal connections between mind and body that show a biological basis for psychosomatic illness. Learn More
The PRIMA system is designed to restore partial sight in patients blinded by retinal degeneration, and works in tandem with augmented reality glasses with a built-in miniaturized camera. Learn More
TK Kozai, PhD, is developing a precise, light-activated electrode that can be used to stimulate neurons without causing the tissue damage that often follows implantation of electrical stimulators. Learn More
Former schoolkids from the clinical trials of Jonas Salk’s killed-virus vaccine talk about their part in the struggle against one of the most crippling diseases in history. Learn More
Judy Cameron, PhD, describes the development of brain networks that are the foundation for learning and emotional response throughout life. Learn More
Feng Xiong, PhD, is developing a dynamic synapse to improve energy efficiency, bandwidth and cognitive capabilities of artificial spiking neural networks. Learn More
Tamer Ibrahim, PhD, and colleagues will use next-generation Tic Tac Toe 7T MRI to investigate connections between small-vessel disease, cerebrospinal-fluid clearance and preclinical Alzheimer’s. Learn More
Peter L. Strick, PhD, was recognized with a 2019 Krieg Cortical Kudos Discoverer Award for his research on cortical circuits involved in motor control. Learn More
Whether trial participants with retinitis pigmentosa will gain useful vision from an optogenetics technique should become clear next year, says José-Alain Sahel, MD, PhD, chair of ophthalmology. Learn More
Xinyan Tracy Cui, PhD, and William Stauffer, PhD, plan to combine optical imaging with electrical recording and focal chemical stimulation, all from a small neural probe. Learn More
Runyan uses imaging and cell manipulation to examine the brain’s ability to flexibly control perception and behavior in different situations. Learn More
Pitt and Northeastern received a $1.2M NSF award to develop the portable system, which would use real-time EEG to detect and monitor one-sided visual neglect. Learn More
The NIH BRAIN Initiative grant will allow Cui and colleagues to improve and test a biocompatible coating for implantable microelectrode arrays used in brain-computer interfaces. Learn More