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UCI supports a strong culture of excellence in brain research. Below are recent articles featuring cutting-edge brain research by UCI faculty and students.

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Calling all high schoolers! Join us for the Irvine Brain Bee March 5

Feb 9, 2022
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Audrey Steele Burnand estate gifts $57.75 million to UCI

Feb 7, 2022
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Listen Now: Michael Yassa featured on CNN’s Chasing Life Podcast

Feb 4, 2022
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It’s not just you — we are all more forgetful during the pandemic, experts say. Here’s how to fix it

Feb 3, 2022
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Registration Now Open! UC Irvine Summer Brain Camp

Feb 2, 2022
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Browse the 2022 February UCI Brain Circuit E-newsletter

Jan 31, 2022
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Babies have better brain development if their family gets $300 a month, a new study finds — but Biden’s $300 monthly check program just ended

Jan 25, 2022
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Resolve to Sleep More - How I Plan to Make My Days More Productive

Jan 20, 2022
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Study could explain why Parkinson’s drug improves, then diminishes quality of life

Jan 20, 2022
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‘It’s awful to be a medical exception’: the woman who cannot forget

Jan 18, 2022
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Pandemic stress impairs the brain’s interlocking tree branches. You can restore them

Jan 11, 2022
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Browse the 2022 January UCI Brain Circuit E-newsletter

Jan 3, 2022