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Complex brain cell connections in the cerebellum more common than believed

July 27, 2023

Matt Wood

Images of thousands of Purkinje cells show that nearly all human cells have multiple primary dendrites, a structure that, when observed in mice, allows connections with multiple climbing fibers from the brain stem. The research was conducted by professor Christian Hansel, Ph.D.

Barry Arnason, first Chair of Neurology at UChicago, 1933-2023

July 26, 2023

Matt Wood

Arnason led the Department of Neurology for 20 years, establishing it as a nationally prominent program for both research and patient care.

Center for Motor Neuron Disease launches Trainer & Trainee Pilot Award

July 24, 2023

The Center for Motor Neuron Disease (CMND) is launching an internal call (U Chicago labs only) for CMND Trainer & Trainee Pilot Awards, a new funding opportunity to support the generation of exploratory data in the field of motor neuron disease. This is a unique funding opportunity designed for graduate student/Principal Investigator (PI) pairs or postdoc/PI pairs.

Your ability to remember works of art may be predictable

July 12, 2023

Sarah Steimer

A new study from UChicago's Brain Bridge Lab used paintings from the Art Institute of Chicago (filming location of "Ferris Bueller's Day Off") and a neural network to predict naturalistic memory.

13th annual Distinguished Faculty Awards honor service and excellence

June 30, 2023

Paschalis Kratsios, PhD, Associate Professor of Neurobiology, won the "Distinguished Investigator" award.

UChicago Medicine research challenges notion that heavy drinkers more tolerant of effects than others

June 27, 2023

Matt Wood

New research conducted by Andrea King, professor of psychiatry and behavioral neuroscience at UChicago, found that very heavy drinkers display the same impairment as light drinkers when consuming their usual excessive amount.

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