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Center for Neuroanatomy with Neurotropic Viruses
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Research Centers and Institutes

Live Like Lou Center for ALS Research
Center for Neuroanatomy with Neurotropic Viruses
Alzheimer Disease Research Center
Neuroscience (CNUP)
Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition
Degenerative Diseases (PIND)
Aging Institute
Pittsburgh Center For Pain Research
Drug Discovery Institute
Fox Center For Vision Restoration
Mental Health
Learning & Development (LRDC)

News

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Tuesday, January 19, 2021
Scientists activate arm, hand muscles with epidural electrical stimulation

Marco Capogrosso and colleagues report in Nature Communications on a technology to improve upper-limb movements in individuals with paralysis. Learn More

Wednesday, January 13, 2021
FDA and Pitt announce collaboration to help restore vision

Joining forces with the FDA is expected to speed availability of augmented reality headsets or brain stimulation to help people with low vision “see” their surroundings. Learn More

Thursday, December 3, 2020
Sleep-wake gene mutation leads to cocaine addiction in mice

Colleen McClung, Lauren DePoy and colleagues find a molecular basis for the connection between disruption of circadian rhythms and predisposition to substance abuse. Learn More

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Wed
27
Jan
Joint Neurobiology/Neuroscience Virtual Seminar Series
State-dependent cortical circuits
Jessica Cardin
Yale University
1:00 PM
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Wed
17
Feb
Joint Neurobiology/Neuroscience Virtual Seminar Series
Experience-dependent synapse reorganization in the living brain
Yi Zuo
UC Santa Cruz
1:00 PM
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Thu
18
Feb
CNBC Colloquium
Title TBD
Carl F. Craver
Washington University in St. Louis
4:00 PM
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