In a new study published in the journal Science Advances, University of California, Irvine researchers describe a new mechanism for the onset of a rare microgliopathy.
Adult-onset leukoencephalopathy with axonal spheroids and pigmented glia (ALSP) is…
Dr. Claudia Kawas
Over the next 30 years, the number of Americans age 90 and above is expected to triple, and an NIH-funded research study called 90+ at the University of California, Irvine is trying…
Ph.D. student Angeline Dukes
Ph.D. student Morgan Coburn
Congratulations to Angeline Duke and Morgan Coburn for winning…
Associate Professor Christie Fowler discusses potential biases in experimentation and data interpretation in a new podcast from the Society for Neuroscience’s Foundations of Rigorous Neuroscience Research program. Hear how Professor Fowler and other neuroscientists minimize…
Ph.D. student Angeline Dukes’ drive to bring equity to her field is gaining wide attention
Ph.D. student Angeline Dukes
photo: Steve Zylius/UCI
“Sooooo, when are we doing a #BlackInNeuro week?”
When Angeline Dukes sent this tweet last July 3,…
Chancellor’s Professor Thomas Lane, Neurobiology & Behavior, has been named a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He was named a fellow for distinguished research and service in the field of…
According to a new study published in the Journal Neuropsychopharmacology, the main psychotropic component of cannabis, Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), is differentially processed by the bodies of adolescent female and male rats. The study was headed by Neurobiology…
Professor Leslie M. Thompson, Neurobiology & Behavior and Psychiatry & Human Behavior, has been awarded the title of Donald Bren Professor….
University of California, Irvine biologists blazing new approaches to studying Alzheimer’s disease have made a major finding on combating inflammation linked to the disease. The Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences researchers’ discovery about the…
University of California, Irvine researchers have made it possible to learn how key human brain cells respond to Alzheimer’s, vaulting a major obstacle in the quest to understand and one day vanquish it. By developing…