Neuroscience January 16, 2020 $29 million for new phase of international Alzheimer’s studyResearch focuses on precisely how the disease develops in the brain.News Release December 12, 2019 Restoring arm, hand function after spinal cord injury focus of clinical trialParticipants sought for innovative spinal cord-injury surgery.News Release December 12, 2019 Depression, anxiety may hinder healing in young patients with hip painPre-operative depression, anxiety linked to worse postsurgical outcomes.News Release December 11, 2019 Zipfel named Dacey Distinguished Professor of Neurological SurgeryProfessorship honors former neurosurgery head.News Release December 10, 2019 Why doesn’t deep-brain stimulation work for everyone?Personalized brain maps could improve treatment for Parkinson's disease, other neurological conditions.News Release December 3, 2019 Halting opioid abuse aim of several grants from NIH, CDCDozens of grants awarded nationwide in search of answers to addiction, deaths.News Release November 20, 2019 AI helps identify gene, environment networks that shape personalityPersonality genes strongly linked to learning, memory.News Release November 19, 2019 Major Alzheimer’s study to open 5 new Latin American sitesExpansion will shed light on Alzheimer’s disease in Latino populations.News Release November 13, 2019 Kipnis named BJC InvestigatorLeader in groundbreaking research on interaction of brain and immune system to join faculty.News Release October 28, 2019 New antidepressants on horizonNeuroactive steroid drugs result from Taylor Family Institute, pharma collaboration.News Release October 22, 2019 Dementia patients’ adult kids diagnosed earlier than their parentsUnknown genetic factors may affect when symptoms arise.News Release October 18, 2019 Grant to help train researchers on mental health disparities in U.S., abroadNIH award for School of Medicine and Brown School aimed at global training for young scientists.News Release October 10, 2019 Targeting immune cells may be potential therapy for Alzheimer’sMouse study shows immune cells drive brain damage.News Release, Video October 4, 2019 Alzheimer’s research resetSource: Science Magazine September 19, 2019 Childhood obesity in low-income Missouri families aim of CDC grant$3.7 million will help evaluate Family-based Behavioral Treatment.News Release August 26, 2019 Stable home lives improve prospects for preemiesMedical challenges at birth less important than stressful home life in predicting future psychiatric health.News Release August 15, 2019 Antisense drugs for Huntington’s, ALS and prion diseases could meet the dire need for brain treatmentsSource: Scientific American August 14, 2019 Genes linked to Alzheimer’s risk, resilience ID’dGenes in the brain’s immune cells may point to strategy to protect against the disease.News Release August 1, 2019 A blood test for Alzheimer’s? It’s coming, scientists reportSource: New York Times August 1, 2019 Blood test is highly accurate at identifying Alzheimer’s before symptoms ariseWhen combined with age and genetic risk factor, test is 94% accurate.News Release July 31, 2019 Goal-oriented rehab improves recovery in older adultsPatient-centered physical, occupational therapy improves function.News Release July 23, 2019 Covey named Taylor Distinguished Professor of PsychiatryProfessorship supports research in new treatment strategies for psychiatric illness.News Release July 19, 2019 Excluding minorities from Alzheimer’s research is wrong – and it’s keeping us from finding a cureSource: Quartz July 17, 2019 More cancer patients get help to quit smokingSiteman Cancer Center expands smoking-cessation efforts.News Release July 9, 2019 Right brain, left brain: Tapping the brain’s capacity to rewire itselfA physician's creative quest primes the world for a neuroprosthetics revolution.Outlook Magazine July 8, 2019 Limbrick named T.S. Park, MD, Chair in Pediatric NeurosurgeryHonored for surgical treatment of cerebrospinal fluid disorders.News Release June 26, 2019 Understanding how tics are suppressed may help some at risk for tic disordersIdentifying kids who control their tics may help others at risk for Tourette syndrome.News Release June 24, 2019 Alzheimer’s missing link ID’d, answering what tips brain’s declineBrain’s immune cells form nexus between two damaging Alzheimer’s proteins.News Release May 29, 2019 Immune cells determine how fast certain tumors growStudy suggests new approaches to treating NF1 brain tumors.News Release May 29, 2019 $9.5 million aimed at detecting autism earlier in childhoodMulticenter grant funds infant brain imaging at Washington University and other centers.News Release May 24, 2019 Metcalfe gift supports study of adversity’s effects on children’s brainsWork will aid effort to understand role of nature versus nurture.News Release May 21, 2019 A blood test can predict dementia. Trouble is, there’s no cureSource: Bloomberg May 15, 2019 Unending trauma: Addressing mental health needs of 1 million refugeesWith scarce resources, Patel and Glowinski partner in Bangladesh.Outlook Magazine May 10, 2019 Avidan named head of anesthesiologyAlso will become anesthesiologist-in-chief at Barnes-Jewish Hospital.News Release May 6, 2019 Perlmutter receives Spirit of Hope AwardRecognized for advocacy of basic research.News Release May 3, 2019 Neuroscientists peer into the mind’s eyeSource: NPR Science Friday Posts navigation ‹ Prev 1 … 8 9 10 11 12 … 17 Next ›
