The medical consequences of traumatic brain injuries are well-studied and affect millions of Americans every year. But one of ...

Editor’s Note: This is part of a series called Inside the Lab, which gives audiences a first-hand look at the research laboratories at the University of Chicago and the scholars who are tackling some ...

The human brain has a big job. It runs every system of the body, 24/7/365 and it does so better than any supercomputer on the planet. There is a great deal of research available on brain function, ...

In a groundbreaking scientific achievement, researchers have successfully grown living brain tissue in a laboratory setting. This advancement not only opens new doors for neuroscience but also raises ...

Growing simplified, miniature versions of human brains in the lab can provide researchers with an invaluable model for studying cognitive disorders and how disease takes hold in this incredibly ...

Our laboratory studies the neurobiology of learning, memory, and emotion. We use a multi-disciplinary approach including in vivo electrophysiology, in vivo calcium imaging, optogenetics, chemogenetics ...

Dr. Wen-Jun Gao received his PhD from Shanghai Brain Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1997. He did his first postdoctoral training with Dr. Sarah L. Pallas at Georgia State University ...

Why study sleep in young children? The preschool and kindergarten years are full of remarkable changes - children develop complex skills in their play behavior, expression and regulation of emotions, ...

A first step into the newly renovated anatomy lab at FIU Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine hits you with bracing cold. It's dark. Then lights turn on, revealing a bright, open space that gives off ...