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Browse the March 2023 UCI Brain Circuit E-newsletter
Early-life stress can disrupt maturation of brain’s reward circuits, promoting disorders
Looking to a Future Without Alzheimer’s
Alzheimer’s disease is a major health crisis that is projected to become an even larger threat in the coming decades. According to the National Institute on Aging, the number of…
Read MoreUCI Podcast: The latest on Alzheimer’s disease
Dr. Grill is the director of the Institute for Memory Impairments and Neurological Disorders at UCI, better known as UCI MIND. For more than 30 years, UCI MIND has been…
Read MoreLarge-scale generation of muscle-controlling nerve cells from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis patients
A new Cedars-Sinai study in collaboration with the University of California, Irvine (UCI) and the Answer ALS consortium has examined the expression of thousands of genes in stem cell generated…
Read MoreHow to Tell If Your Brain Needs a Break
Scientists Have Discovered New Therapeutic Targets for Mental and Neurological Disorders
Researchers at the University of California, Irvine performed a recent study that found that the removal of cilia from the brain’s striatum region had a detrimental effect on time perception…
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2023 Irvine Brain Bee engages high schoolers in neuroscience!
Study shows how our brains can turn into smarter disease fighters
When microglia are healthy, they serve as the central nervous system’s resident front-line disease warriors. “However, there is overwhelming evidence that they can become dysfunctional in many neurological conditions,” said…
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