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brain

Amal Alachkar

UCI study could explain why Parkinson’s drug improves, then diminishes quality of life

L-dopa-protein complex may cause cellular iron overload in brain, leading to side effects

Professor of cognitive science Sara Mednick in her sleep lab.

UCI-led study is first to find that long- and short-term memory vie for brain space

Competition for cognitive processing resources during sleep comes at a cost to each

UCI team gets $1 million Keck Foundation grant to develop tools for RNA observation

A multidisciplinary team of UCI professors has received a $1 million grant from the W.M. Keck Foundation to develop new molecular tools to identify ribonucleic acids essential in learning and memory formation. “Our project involves building luminescent RNA molecules, allowing us to observe their position and activity in the brain of a living, learning mouse,” […]

Manuella Oliveira Yassa, director of outreach and education at UCI’s Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Nurturing an early interest in neuroscience

Both inspired and supported by UCI’s Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, a local high schooler launches a group for teens fascinated by the brain

Jean Ho, postdoc, and psychological science professor Daniel Nation photo: Steve Zylius/UCI

UCI-led meta-analysis identifies hypertension medications that help ward off memory loss

People taking drugs that cross the blood-brain barrier experienced less cognitive decline

Elizabeth Cauffman, professor of psychological science

Making juvenile justice more just

Innovative O.C. Young Adult Court gives youthful offenders a second chance

Kalpna Gupta, UCI Visiting Professor, School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Hematology/ Oncology

Nutrition, companionship reduce pain in mice with sickle cell disease, UCI-led study finds

Serotonin-boosting antidepressant duloxetine had same effect, could be opioid alternative

Xiangmin Xu, director of UCI’s Center for Neural Circuit Mapping in his lab

Cartographers of the brain

UCI’s Center for Neural Circuit Mapping is redrawing our understanding of mechanisms underlying several common disorders

Charles Limoli, professor of radiation oncology at UCI

Cancer treatment without side effects?

UCI, Swiss researchers eliminate brain tumors without damaging cognition

Amal Alachkar, a UCI associate professor of teaching in pharmaceutical sciences who led the schizophrenia research study

Schizophrenia: Nurture cannot overcome nature

UCI study could lead to ways of better treating – and possibly preventing – the disorder