UNC study shows how two brain areas interact to trigger divergent emotional behaviors
The findings could lead to new mental health therapies for disorders such as addiction, anxiety, and depression.
The findings could lead to new mental health therapies for disorders such as addiction, anxiety, and depression.
Professor Edvard Moser and Professor May-Britt Moser are director and co-director, respectively, of the Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience and they jointly lead the Centre for the Biology of Memory at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim, Norway.
New research from UNC provides a neurological justification for this therapeutic approach, but researchers caution there could be unanticipated effects.
UNC researchers track a gene’s crucial role in orchestrating the placement of neurons in the developing brain. Their findings help unravel some of the mysteries of Joubert syndrome and other neurological disorders.
“In a life ended too early, she made key scientific gains”
250 neuroscientists gathered for the 13th Annual UNC Neuroscience Symposium held October 25, 2012
A new activity-dependent role for the protein heavily implicated in autism, Neuroligin-1, identified
Larysa Pevny, PhD, Associate Professor of Genetics, member of the UNC Neuroscience Center, and Director of the UNC Center for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, passed away on Sept. 30, 2012. She was a pioneer in the fields of neuroscience and stem cell biology and is remembered as a brilliant, generous and supportive colleague.
MEK Is a Key Regulator of Gliogenesis in the Developing Brain
13th Annual UNC Neuroscience Symposium Speakers