General Anesthesia Hijacks Sleep Circuitry to Knock You Out
The discovery of general anesthesia 170 years ago was a medical miracle, enabling millions of patients to undergo invasive, life-saving surgeries without pain.
Puñal Awarded NIH Postdoc Training Grant
Congratulations to Vanessa Puñal who is the recipient of an NIH Institutional Research and Career Development Award (IRACDA) Postdoctoral training grant through University of Michigan.
Coupled ripples in memory
A new study from Alex Vaz and Nicolas Brunel finds that just before the brain successfully retrieves a mem
Nicolelis Receives Nokia Bell Labs' Shannon Luminary Award
Miguel Nicolelis accepted the Shannon Luminary Award and delivered a Shannon Luminary Lecture&n
Money-savers focus attention -- and eyes -- on the prize
Why are some people able to patiently save for the future, while others opt for smaller amounts of money now?
Eroglu and Pearson Selected as Distinguished Nominees for the 2019 Hammes Award
Congratulations to both Cagla Eroglu and John Pearson who were selected by a group of graduate students as distinguished nominees for the 2019 Gordon G. Hammes Faculty Teaching Award.
Dzirasa Receives Prestigious AAAS Fellowship
A Duke scientist is one of ten researchers selected for a prestigious fellowship by the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Research Roundup: Jan. 2019
Here are summaries of a selection of the papers published by Duke Neurobiology in January 2019:
Neural Cell Biology:
Newly Recruited Faculty Bring Expertise in Key Research Areas
Thanks to a successful first year of Translating Duke Health (TDH), twelve new faces have popped up around the School of Medicine’s labs, clinics and meeting rooms, including three faculty fro