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Researchers plan to use brain imaging, as well as psychological and behavioral tools, to measure brain structure and function in 9- and 10-year-olds. The study will continue for 10 years. Learn More
Charles F. Reynolds III, M.D., has been honored for his research, leadership and advocacy, particularly in the area of geriatric psychiatry. Learn More
Author Malcolm Gay features a Pitt neuroscientist and a patient-volunteer in his new book on the scientific competition to enable brain-controlled movement in the paralyzed. Learn More
Young investigators and senior scientists in Pitt's psychiatry department have been awarded an array of scholarly honors, research grants and recognition for highly influential papers. Learn More
Hear neurobiologist Nathan Urban and mathematician Bard Ermentrout discuss their $6.4 million NSF grant to uncover the mysteries of scent localization, on 90.5 WESA. Learn More
Listen to a 5-minute interview with book author Malcolm Gay, who discusses Pitt's efforts to allow a quadriplegic volunteer to use her brain signals to control a robotic arm that she named "Hector." Learn More
Treatment of the worst side effects is better than extended rest and restriction from activities, the 37 concussion experts announce. Learn More
The Alzheimer Disease Research Center will screen "Alive Inside," an award-winning film that captures the transformative results of treating dementia with music, on Thursday, Oct. 29. Learn More
Yan Dong found that that exposure to cocaine produces long-lasting changes in communication between brain regions implicated in motivation and reward, with implications for relapse to drug seeking. Learn More
Amantha Thathiah, PhD, who studies the cellular and molecular pathways involved in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease, will join Pitt's faculty in January. Learn More
Recent progress in neural prosthetics has been achieved largely when complexity is not only recognized but used to advantage, says neurobiologist Andrew Schwartz. Learn More
Eric Donny, associate professor of psychology, led a 10-site study that suggests that reducing the levels of nicotine in cigarettes lowers dependence among smokers. Learn More
A Harris Poll has found that the vast majority of U.S. adults do not really know what a concussion is, and many do not know the injury is treatable Learn More
A Pitt team gets a three-year NSF grant to investigate how we are able to localize odors. Learn More
A story in Inside Science covers how Pitt scientists use percolation theory to investigate how anesthetics act on the brain. Learn More
For fun and science: A cellist pretends he is playing along to a recording of his own music, while Pitt experts capture images of his brain performance. Learn More
Peter L. Strick, PhD, the Brain Institute's Scientific Director, will discuss the significance of two primary motor areas -- “Old” and “New” M1 -- at the annual meeting of the Society for the Neurobiology of Language in Chicago on Oct. 15. Learn More
Many low-income children with mental disorders who are eligible for federal benefits may not be receiving them. Learn More
National experts will test two ideas that have transformed concussion treatment at Pitt: that concussions come in several types and that therapy is a better treatment than rest. Learn More
Check here for the list of 36 concussion experts who will determine best practices, protocols and therapies for treating concussions. Results of this collaboration will be published in the journal Neurosurgery. Learn More