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Science
of Brain Luring Young Students
Emeson Named to Neuroscience Leadership
Post
Ronald
B. Emeson, Ph.D.
Kennedy, elected to the Board
of Trustees
for
the Society for the Experimental Analysis
of Behavior
Craig
H. Kennedy, Ph.D., BCBA
Research highlights from
VUMC laboratories
Randy
Blakely, Ph.D., Chong-Bin
Zhu, Ph.D., & Karoly
Mirnics, M.D.
VICC
joins cancer ‘hot spot’ study
Reid
Thompson, M.D.
Analysis: Parkinson's great genetic hope?
Ariel
Y. Deutch, Ph.D.
Alcoholism as a Medical Disorder: A
Call to Arms (7/07)
Substance Addiction
is No Simple Matter
Losing
Brain Cells
'Exercising'
the Alcoholic Brain
Brains
wired for addiction
Heavy
social drinkers show brain damage Alcohol
Damage Continues After Drinking
Stops Alcohol-Damaged
Brains Recruit New Regions to
Perform Simple Tasks
Support
brewing for benefits of coffee
Alcohol's
effect on people's health,
behaviour and safety
Specifying
alcohol-related brain-damage
among heavy social drinkers
Motherless
now, mindless later
Three
drinks a day can cause
brain damage
Social
drink peril
Study
shows heavy drinking
can impair brain function
Medical
addiction expert addresses
the issue
Study
Shows Alcohol-Damaged
Brain Tries to Compensate
Peter
R. Martin, M.D.
Video Games May Help Eyesight
Video Games May Improve Vision in Visually
Impaired Youth
Anne
L. Corn, Ed.D.
Mental Health in Vietnam Focus of New Program
Bahr
Weiss, Ph.D.
Creatine Parkinson Trial Begins
Creatine
Phase III Clinical Trials For Parkinson’s
Disease
Vanderbilt Testing Exercise Supplement in
Parkinson's Patients
John
Y. Fang, M.D.
More
at Risk Using a Cell Phone
The Brain on the Stand
Driving and Dialing a No-No
Slow
Down, Brave Multitasker, and Don’t
Read This in Traffic
Talking and driving don't mix, researchers
say
Rene
Marois, Ph.D.
Collaboration
Gives Boost to Glaucoma Research (3/07)
David
J. Calkins, Ph.D. &
Paul
Sternberg, M.D.
Molecular Mechanisms of a Biological Clock
What
Makes a Simple Biological Clock Tick?
Exploration:
What Makes a Simple Biological Clock Tick?
3/26/07: Lecture on Brain Research and National
Defense
3/20/07:
Lecture on Consciousness and Brain
3/19/07,
3/20/07 & 5/4/07: Templeton Lectures with
Dr. Christof Koch
**Gene
that Forms the Cerebellum Identified**
Acadia Schizophrenia Drug Promising; Shares
Soar
Herbert
Y. Meltzer, M.D.
Vision Course Helping Faculty and Students
to See Across DisciplinesBrain
Maps Perceptions, Not Reality
Anna
Wang Roe, Ph.D.
Study
Adds Clues to Autism’s Gene Links
Researchers
Identify Genetic Links to Autism
Study Links Gene to Alzheimer's
Risk
James
S. Sutcliffe, Ph.D. & Jonathan
L. Haines,
Ph.D.
Drug
Discovery Efforts Land Conn Two Awards
Clinic
is key to speed new drug discovery: Conn
Industry influx helps boost drug discovery
capabilities
Conn
to edit Pharmacology Journal
P.
Jeffrey Conn, Ph.D.
Innate or Learned, Recognition Begins Almost at Birth
Learn by Looking
Human Brain Has a Thing for Faces
Research
Shows We Can Remember
More Faces Than Other
Objects
Why
People 'Never Forget
a Face'
Research
explores why we remember
faces better than other
objects
Lifting
the Veils of Autism,
One by One by One
Isabel
Gauthier, Ph.D.
*New
Study Links Obesity in Children With Lack of Sleep*
Investigators
seek to help children with autism sleep better
Beth
Malow, M.D., Lynnette
Henderson, Ph.D., & Susan
McGrew, M.D.
Trolley Square: Catalysts of Violence Complex
Paul
W. Ragan, M.D.
Genetic
Engineering Cures Mice Of Brain Disorder
Edwin
J. Weeber, Ph.D.
Young
investigator named among ‘Tomorrow’s
PIs’
Marylyn
Ritchie, Ph.D.
Recipe
for Genius Revealed
David
Lubinski, Ph.D.
Nerve
Insulation Process Highly Dynamic (12/06)
Movies
shed new light on how nerves are wrapped
Initial stages of the myelination process
prove to be surprisingly dynamic
Left-Right
Asymmetry
Bruce
H. Appel, Ph.D.
A
Study Provides New Insights into the Underlying
Causes of Subtle Cognitive Impairments Exhibited
by "Crack
Babies"
Kennedy
Center Investigators’ Paper
Lands National Acclaim
Cocaine
Exposure’s Lasting Effects Studied
Gregg
Stanwood, Ph.D.
Serotonin’s
Role in Brain Development Investigated
Levitt Takes Part in Child Health Summit
Study Finds Autism Key
Autism:
It’s Not
Just in the Head
Genetic Study Finds Clues About Autism
Levitt
Receives Endowed Eskind Chair
Gene
Linked to Autism
Does
Watching TV Cause Autism?
Single
Gene Mutation Doubles Autism Risk
Child autism linked to hours spent watching
TV
A Terrible Mystery
Pat
R. Levitt, Ph.D.
Link between gene variant, ADHD identified
VUMC
Neuroscientists take home TOP honors
Randy
D. Blakely, Ph.D.
Conference
Shines Light on Auditory Research Advances (11/06)
Daniel
Polley, Ph.D., Troy
Hackett, Ph.D., Mark
Wallace, Ph.D., Stephen
Camarata, Ph.D.& Pat
Levitt, Ph.D.
Magnuson
to serve on NIDDK advisory council
Mark
A. Magnuson, M.D.
VU Researcher Discovers Unique Mammal Ability
GET A WHIFF UNDERWATER
Adapted to Follow Their Noses Underwater
Moles Detect Scents Underwater
Mammals
Can’t Smell Underwater
Moles, Shrews Can Smell Prey While Underwater,
Study Suggests
The
Mammal That Can Smell Underwater
By
studying mammals with extreme adaptations,
new Fellow gains insights into the nature of
the cortex
Neuroscientist
receives MacArthur 'genius grant'
The MacArthur and the Mole
Vanderbilt
neuroscientist
Ken Catania receives
MacArthur ‘genius
grant’
Neuroscientist
Studies Star-Nosed Mole
Mole
gives new
meaning to the term ‘fast
food’
Yikes!
It’s Fast
Too!
Photo
in the News: A Many-Fingered
Nose
Speediest
feeding mammal revealed as a
mole
Marsh-dwelling
mole gives new
meaning
to
the term ’fast
food’
VU
study reveals Eaststate mole's
extreme reflex
Blind,
ugly and a fast food junkie
Holey
Moley, What a Nose!
Kenneth
C. Catania, Ph.D.
"The
discovery that exposure to constant light
disrupts
the bioclocks of baby mice emphasizes the importance
of lighting in hospital nurseries"
Douglas
G. McMahon, Ph.D.
Their
science draws laughs, and prizes (10/06)
Kennedy
Center’s Blake elected
Seeing
is believing...even when it's ambiguous or misleading
Vision's
Touchy-Feely Side
Vanderbilt
psychologist elected to American Academy of Arts
and Sciences
What
is synesthesia? (9/06)
Blake
elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Battling
signals stalemate in human brain experiment
Seeing
is believing, even when what we see is ambiguous
or misleading
Researchers
find that seeing truly is believing
Tactile
input has a greater impact on visual perception than
we thought
Randolph
Blake, Ph.D., Thomas
J. Palmeri, Ph.D., & Rene
Marois, Ph.D.
New
Chair Bolsters Penn’s Eye Research
John
S. Penn, Ph.D.
VUMC
researchers visualize crucial molecular ‘switch’
Heidi
E. Hamm, Ph. D.
Neonatal
care unit lighting studied
Constant
lighting may disrupt development of preemie's
biological clocks
Light
'risk' to premature babies
Douglas
G. McMahon, Ph.D.
Women
do better than men on timed tests
Study
shows girls have advantage over boys on timed
tests
Female,
male brain differences studied
The
Gender Gap Exposed
Girls
have Big Advantage over Boys on Timed Tests
Boys
vs. Girls
Girls
Much Quicker than Boys at Timed Tasks
How
do Male and Female Brains Differ
Why
the Fuss Over Gender Differences?
Stephen
Camarata, Ph.D.
Antidepressants
Prove Addictive to Some
Novel
Antipsychotics for
Treatment-Resistant Depression
TRIAD
program wins award
(12/06) The
Mystery of Autism
New
autism books offer guidance to practitioners,
parents
CDC
Says 300,000 Children Have Autism
Autism
project has international scope
Kennedy
Center joins elite research group
James
S. Sutcliffe, Ph.D.
Mother
believes epidural may have played role
in disorder
Michael
Aschner, Ph.D. & Wendy
L. Stone, Ph.D.
New Research Project to Provide Parental Training
for Children at Risk for Autism
Autism’s
Impact May Extend to Younger Siblings
An
Insight into Autism Baby
in VU study also a cover girl
Families
invited to take part in Vanderbilt
autism studies
Vanderbilt
to study autism,
sleep
Autism
Study Enrollment
Wendy
Stone, Ph.D., James
Sutcliffe, Ph.D., Tedra
Walden, Ph.D., & Paul
Yoder, Ph.D.
VUMC
researchers try early surgical intervention to
treat Parkinson’s symptoms
Early
intervention at heart of new Parkinson’s
trial
P.
David Charles, M.D.
New
treatment for age-related macular degeneration
VUMC now offering new eye treatment
Paul
Sternberg, M.D.
2006
Karl Spencer Lashley Award from the American
Philosophical Society
Jon
H. Kaas, Ph.D.
Emotional
Stress Linked to Childhood Stuttering
Helping Children Handle Stress, Emotions
May Help Stuttering
Study:
Emotion, stuttering related
Stuttering
linked to excitable children
Another
Side to Stuttering
Children
who stutter manage emotions less
Helping
children handle stress, emotions may improve
stuttering
Tedra
A. Walden, Ph.D. & Edward
Conture, Ph.D.
A
humble aquarium fish may hold the key to
new therapies for birth defects
Researchers
discover how genes & interact to cause
birth defects
Aquarium
fish may hold key to preventing birth defects
Fishing
for prostaglandins uncovers their critical
embryonic role
Study
fishes out new role for prostaglandins
Lilianna
Solnica-Krezel, Ph.D.
Zyprexa
Used by Chilldren
Michael
K. Cooper, M.D.
Meltzer
to chair international mental illness meet
Web-based
tool to help doctors make schizophrenia
treatment decisions
Loss
of Antidepressant Effect
Schizophrenia
treatment algorithms created
Meltzer’s
study on ‘hot paper’ list
FDA
cites risk of antipsychotic drugs
Herbert
Y. Meltzer, M.D. P.
Jeffrey Conn, Ph.D., Robert
M. Kessler, M.D., Ronald
M. Salomon, M.D., Richard
C. Shelton, M.D., & Monsheel
S. K. Sodhi, Ph.D.
Visiting
Journalists Learn About Meth Crisis (4/07)
Good
news, coffee lovers (11/06)
Study
Shows Coffee May Reduce Diabetes Risk
Coffee
Found to Reduce Risk of Diabetes
Addiction
research training consortium taking shape
More
Nashvillians perk up for Caffeine
Coffee
Perks
More
than just caffeine
Forget
the caffeine, coffee's full
of perks
Some
sold on coffee even without benefits
Caffeine
Nation
Coffee:
The New Health Food?
Peter
R. Martin, M.D.
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