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Keeps Us on Our Toes

March 16, 2017 • by Marc Airhart

Michael Mauk is working on a "digital cerebellum" that mimics the part of the brain that helps us keep from falling. It could help make robots more stable, as well as humans with neurodegenerative diseases.

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How a World-class Center for Learning and Memory Got Its Start

February 21, 2017 • by Staff Writer

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Resetting the Alcoholic Brain

January 23, 2017 • by Marc Airhart

The brains of people experiencing alcohol addiction have different patterns of gene expression than those without addiction. Could this lead to a new kind of therapy?

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Neuroscience Graduate Students Receive Next Generation Award

November 16, 2016 • by Staff Writer

Neuroscientist Receives 2016 Regents’ Outstanding Teaching Award

June 22, 2016 • by Steven E. Franklin

The Regents’ Outstanding Teaching Award is the Board of Regents’ highest honor.

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Dr. Michael Mauk named Chair of Neuroscience Department

February 19, 2016 • by Staff Writer

Dr. Adron Harris elected Fellow of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology

January 21, 2016 • by Staff Writer

Scientists Discover How We Play Memories in Fast Forward

January 13, 2016 • by Marc Airhart

New research shows how we use a special brain wave frequency when we think about past or future events to play them in fast forward.

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Drs. Pierce and Raab-Graham receive 2015 College of Natural Sciences Excellence Awards

October 1, 2015 • by Staff Writer

Dr. Harold Zakon receives the Carl Friedrich von Siemens Research Award

September 24, 2015 • by Staff Writer