Outlook: The Neuroscience Issue
Already one of the world’s premier institutions in neuroscience research, WashU Medicine is deepening its investment. Read about our approach, areas of focus and latest advances in Outlook Winter 2023-24.
Diversity, equity, inclusion a pillar of Neuroscience Research Building (Links to an external site)
‘We are all doing important work’
Study points to new approach to clearing toxic waste from brain (Links to an external site)
Could aid efforts to find treatments for Alzheimer’s, other diseases
Rogers named director of child psychiatry division (Links to an external site)
Recognized for work on brain development in premature babies
Cruchaga named Morriss Professor (Links to an external site)
Studies genetic architecture of neurodegenerative diseases
Podcast: Giving stroke patients a hand (Links to an external site)
This episode of ‘Show Me the Science’ is about the IpsiHand, a device to help stroke patients use their brains to regain use of their hands
New center’s aim: to ID biomarkers of neurodegenerative diseases (Links to an external site)
Tracy Family SILQ Center to accelerate progress toward better diagnostics, treatments
Neuroscience leaders tour research building construction site (Links to an external site)
Neuroscience Research Building’s 11 stories have been framed; siding installation has begun
Suicides less common in states that passed Medicaid expansion (Links to an external site)
Rates of suicide rose nationwide but more slowly in states with greater Medicaid access
Abnormal development of brain’s visual system may contribute to autism (Links to an external site)
MRI scans of babies identify irregularities
Epilepsy drug stops nervous system tumor growth in mice (Links to an external site)
Hyperactive neurons drive tumor growth in NF1 cancer predisposition syndrome