Discrete Evaluative and Premotor Circuits Enable Vocal Learning in Songbirds
The Mooney lab combined behavioral and optogenetic methods to identify two afferents to the ventral tegmental area (VTA) that serve evaluative roles in syllable-specific learning and to e
Welcome New Neurobiology Students!
A hearty welcome to the 12 new first-year Ph.D. students in Neurobiology:
Urann Chan awarded NIH F31 Fellowship
Congratulations to Urann Chan on his successful F31 application “The Role of the Lysine-Specific Histone Demethylase 6b, Kdm6b In Synapse Maturation.” The fellowship, which is funded by
A Gut Reaction: Why We Crave Sugar
Watch Diego V. Bohórquez tells us why we want more sugar when we've already eaten some.
Research Roundup: July 2019
Here are summaries of a selection of the papers published by Duke Neurobiology in July 2019:
Motor Learning:
La Spada plots progress leading to vision-saving treatment
A therapy designed to prevent blindness in people with the inherited neurodegenerative disorder spinocerebellar ataxia type 7 (SCA-7) is nearing the launch pad for testing in clinical trials, said
A New Approach To Treat Mental Illness: Electrical Engineering
In an op-ed in Wired, Kafui Dzirasa discusses the potential to treat Alzheimer’s, PTSD, and other brain disorders using an electrical device.
Wang Lab Featured in NIH Director’s Blog
Francis Collins wrote a piece on research from the Wang lab in the NIH director's blog.