African American Neuroscience Research Initiative Awarded Grant From Abell Foundation for Critical Program Support

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The Abell Foundation grant will enable the AANRI to establish a Scientific Advisory Committee, expand partnership and collaboration efforts, and hold an inaugural national meeting on the topic next year. Also, last month U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD) championed report language through the Senate Appropriations Committee which officially recognizes […]

Brain protein could be key to disrupting chronic pain symptoms

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Chronic pain researchers believe a brain protein involved in multiple functions could be a promising target for the development of drugs to treat symptoms of inflammation and nerve conditions. The transition of an acute source of pain to a chronic pain pathology is one of the most challenging medical […]

Brain protein promotes maintenance of chronic pain

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A protein called RGS4 (Regulator of G protein signaling 4) plays a prominent role in the maintenance of long-term pain states and may serve as a promising new target for the treatment of chronic pain conditions, according to research conducted at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai […]

University of Cincinnati Health Gardner Neuroscience Institute

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UCGNI building façade and front entry (view to the NW). North façade curtain wall and bridge connector (view to the SW). Close up detail of the polyester fabric mesh façade. ©Mark Herboth The UC Gardner Neuroscience Institute (Cincinnati), a collaboration of the UC College of Medicine and UC Health, […]

Divergent Perception

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Perception Source: vectorfusionart/Shutterstock We do not see things as they are; we see them as we are. This perceptual awareness has spread through human civilization for hundreds of years, but its exact origin is unknown . Remarkably, current evidence from the field of neuroscience suggests this conception of human […]

Research sheds new light on how the brain forms and recalls memories

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Neuroscientists at the University of Birmingham have proved how different parts of the human brain work together to create and retrieve episodic memory. Models suggested that, during formation of a memory, information is routed from cortex to hippocampus whilst retrieving a memory should see this information flow in reverse. […]

Slower walkers have older brains and bodies at 45

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IMAGE: A long-term study has found that signs of aging may be detected by a simple walking test at age 45, and that the brains of slower walkers were different at… view more Credit: Duke University Communications DURHAM, N.C. — The walking speed of 45-year-olds, particularly their fastest walking […]

How Fast You Walk Might Show How Fast You’re Aging

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HealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, Oct. 11, 2019 (HealthDay News) — Middle-aged folks who worry about healthy aging would do well to keep an eye on their walking speed. Turns out that the walking speed of 45-year-olds is a pretty solid marker of how their brains and bodies are aging, a […]

Doctoral student first from ISU invited to world-renowned neuroscience course

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Wolfgang Stein and Margaret DeMaegd working in Stein’s Crablab Doctoral student Margaret DeMaegd was the first Illinois State student to be invited to the internationally renowned Neural Systems and Behavior course (NS&B) at the Marine Biology Laboratory in Woods Hole, Massachusetts. DeMaegd’s presentations during the course landed her an […]

African American Neuroscience Research Initiative Awarded Grant From Abell Foundation for Critical Program Support

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BALTIMORE, Oct. 11, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — The African American Neuroscience Research Initiative (AANRI) announced today the receipt of a $275,000 grant from the Abell Foundation, which will provide critical funds to support the development and growth of the collaboration between the African American Clergy Medical Research Initiative and the […]