Lisberger, Herzfeld and team develop AI tool to decipher the secret of cerebellar circuits
The cerebellum is responsible for making accurate movements and so understanding how it works is crucial to treating movement disorders such as tremor, loss of balance, and speech
Bilbo Named to American Association for the Advancement of Science
Neurobiology training faculty member Staci Bilbo, also the Haley Family Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience, is one of three Duke SoM faculty elected to the American Associat
Mooney/Qi/Pearson study shows how baby birds are internally motivated to master their songs
Neurobiology's Richard Mooney and his team's latest research, published in Nature, reveals how both dopamine and acetylcholine signals are critical to helping baby birds
New article in Nature from Mooney and Pearson Labs
Dopamine has long been linked to learning from reward.
Dunn Lab develops platform that can track social behavior between animals
Neurobiology training faculty member Tim Dunn and collaborators have developed a 3D imaging method to precisely map the social behavior of a
New study from Huanghe Yang and Henry Yin suggests new approach to treat nicotine addiction
When people use nicotine, they tend to like it at lower doses but dislike it at higher doses. This has puzzled scientists.
Savage and Mosti Win DARE Awards
Fifth year Neurobiology graduate students Justin Savage (Eroglu Lab) and Federica Mosti (Silver Lab) are both winners of the 2025 Dean's Award for Research Excellence (DARE)
New article in Developmental Cell from Huang Lab
Neurobiology's Josh Huang and postdoc first author Dhananjay Huilgol have a new article out March 10th in Developmental Cell entitled, "Orderly specification
Goldstein quoted in ENTtoday article on smell loss
It's estimated that 1 in 8 adults over age 40 suffer from measurable smell dysfunction according to a recent article in ENTtoday.