Wang Lab Finds Potent Pain-suppression Center in the Brain
A Duke University research team has found a small area of the brain in mice that can profoundly control the animals’ sense of pain.
Mooney and Wang join the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Warm congratulations are due to Neurobiology professors Fan Wang and Richard Mooney who have both be
Virtual Defense Wins PhD for Jeffrey Mohl
Neurobiology is proud to announce Jeffrey Mohl as our most freshly-minted PhD! The new Dr.
Research Roundup: October 2019
Here are summaries of a selection of the papers published by Duke Neurobiology in October 2019:
Motor Learning:
Parkinson's Disease: The Stars in Our Brains
More than 10 million people worldwide—about 1 percent of people over age 60—live with Parkinson’s disease. There are treatments that can help control symptoms, but there is no cure.
Prigge wins Research Week's Basic Sciences Research Poster Session
Cameron Prigge presented her research in the Basic Sciences Research poster session of the School of Medicine’s Inaugural School of Medicine Research Week and won first place.
Dzirasa Receives Young Investigator Award
The Society for Neuroscience (SfN) will present Kafui Dzirasa, MD, PhD, with this year’s Young Investigator Award.