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NIH to fund cohort recruitment and development program to enhance diversity and inclusion among biomedical faculty
Tuesday, December 8, 2020
The National Institutes of Health will provide support to institutions to recruit diverse groups or “cohorts” of early-stage research faculty and prepare them to thrive as NIH-funded researchers.
NIH researchers link cases of ALS and FTD to a mutation associated with Huntington’s disease
Thursday, December 3, 2020
A study led by researchers at the National Institutes of Health has made a surprising connection between frontotemporal dementia (FTD) and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), two disorders of the nervous system, and the genetic mutation normally understood to cause Huntington’s disease.
Commonly used antibiotic shows promise for combating Zika infections
Tuesday, November 24, 2020
In 2015, hundreds of children were born with brain deformities resulting from a global outbreak of Zika virus infections.
New NIH BRAIN Initiative awards move toward solving brain disorders
Thursday, November 19, 2020
Researchers using recently developed tools to gain new insights into brain function
The gut trains the immune system to protect the brain
Wednesday, November 4, 2020
The membranes surrounding our brains are in a never-ending battle against deadly infections, as germs constantly try to elude watchful immune cells and sneak past a special protective barrier called the meninges.
Neighborhood conditions associated with children’s cognitive function
Tuesday, November 3, 2020
A study published today in JAMA Network Open shows that children from poorer neighborhoods perform less well on a range of cognitive functions, such as verbal ability, reading skills, memory, and attention, and have smaller brain volumes in key cognitive regions compared to those from...
Study discovers gene that helps us know when it’s time to urinate
Monday, October 19, 2020
In a National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded study involving both mice and patients who are part of an NIH Clinical Center trial, researchers discovered that a gene, called PIEZO2, may be responsible for the powerful urge to urinate that we normally feel several times a day.
NIH researcher Sonja W. Scholz awarded 2020 ANA Soriano Lectureship
Monday, October 5, 2020
The American Neurological Association (ANA) has announced that Sonja W. Scholz, M.D., Ph.D., an investigator at the National Institutes of Health is this year’s winner of the Soriano Lectureship.
NIH scientists reveal how the brain may fuel intense neural communication
Monday, October 5, 2020
Our thoughts, feelings, and movements are controlled by billions of neurons talking to each other at trillions of specialized communication points called synapses.
