Education Neuroscience graduate student awarded diversity fellowship By Kelsie Smith Hayduk Nov. 4, 2024 Victoria Popov, a fifth-year neuroscience graduate student at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry recently received a prestigious diversity award from the National Institute ...
Patient Care Can You Sleep with a Concussion? Signs, Symptoms & Myths By Elizabeth Beach Oct. 14, 2024 Learn the facts about concussions: symptoms, treatments, and when to seek care. Discover whether it's safe to sleep after a concussion and how to support a full recovery.
Research University of Rochester brain research featured at Society for Neuroscience conference in Chicago By Kelsie Smith Hayduk Oct. 10, 2024 Several dozen Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience at the University of Rochester faculty, researchers, and trainees from programs including Neuroscience, Brain and Cognitive Science, Center for ...
Research Research finds neurons look different in children with autism By Kelsie Smith Hayduk Oct. 9, 2024 Neuronal measurements could provide new insight into diagnosis & therapeutic interventions for autism
Research FDA Taps URMC to Develop New Digital Measures for Huntington's Disease By Mark Michaud Oct. 7, 2024 The study aims to detect early signs of the disease through mobility and chorea monitoring and these digital tools could support clinical trials targeting early-stage Huntington’s.
Research A revolutionary map of the fly brain could change how we study our brains By Kelsie Smith Hayduk Oct. 2, 2024 Researchers have developed a groundbreaking new resource—the FlyWire Connectome, described today in the journal Nature—that maps every neuron and synaptic connection in the central brain of ...
People A Gallery: Neuroscientists in Color By Kelsie Smith Hayduk Sep. 25, 2024 Nathan Anthony Smith, PhD, My lab studies two very unique brain cells called astrocytes and microglia. Collectively, these two cell types are known as glia – which derives from the Latin word for ...
Research Celebrating Decades of Advances in Myotonic Dystrophy Research By Mark Michaud Sep. 17, 2024 On September 15, Strong Memorial Hospital lit up green to commemorate Myotonic Dystrophy Awareness Day and the significant scientific progress achieved in Rochester and beyond over the past 30 years. ...
Community Building on a legacy of intellectual and developmental disabilities research and care By Kelsie Smith Hayduk Jul. 26, 2024 The foundational work of intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) related care and research has been underway at the University and Medical Center for more than a half-century. Clinicians ...
Patient Care Is Mercury in Fish Bad for You? By Mark Michaud Jul. 25, 2024 Vital for a healthy diet and providing nutrients essential for brain development, fish consumption is safe if you follow guidelines.