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Author Archives: Nathaniel Bailey

6/22/12: Zylka lab recognized for their work on PAP injections for pain treatment

June 25, 2012
Mark Zylka and Julie Hurt are recognized for their work on using injections of an enzyme called PAP into an acupuncture point behind the knees of mice relieved pain caused by inflammation for up to six days, much longer than normal acupuncture. PAP injections in mice with inflamed paws made...

6/25/12: Stuber lab publishes in Nature Neuroscience

June 25, 2012
Activation of lateral habenula inputs to the ventral midbrain promotes behavioral avoidance

6/15/12: Pierre Morell Research Day – Dr. Huda Akil

June 21, 2012
Dr. Huda Akil, was invited to speak by the students and gave a talk entitled “The Depressed Brain: Here Lies the Winter of Our Discontent”. The day started with an introduction of the new students who will be joining the Neurobiology Curriculum followed by the presentation of the UNC Faculty...

6/7/12: Philpot lab publishes in Neuron about an Underlying Cause for Seizures in Angelman syndrome patients

June 7, 2012
New research by scientists at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine may have pinpointed an underlying cause of the seizures that affect 90 percent of people with Angelman syndrome (AS), a neurodevelopmental disorder.

6/4/12: Deshmukh Lab Publishes in Molecular Cell about Stem Cells Primed for Rapid Death

June 4, 2012
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – Embryonic stem cells — those revered cells that give rise to every cell type in the body — just got another badge of honor. If they suffer damage that makes them a threat to the developing embryo, they swiftly fall on their swords for the greater...

4/30/12: Stanford and MIT scientists win Perl-UNC Neuroscience Prize

April 30, 2012
The Perl prize carries a $10,000 award and is given to recognize a seminal achievement in neuroscience. Past recipients have included four subsequent winners of the Nobel Prize for Physiology and Medicine.

4/19/12: UNC neuroscientists awarded $2 million to study roots of cognitive disabilities

April 19, 2012
UNC researchers will attempt to understand the cognitive disabilities in patients with RAS/MARK syndromes.

3/23/12: Spencer Smith recieves Career Development Award from Human Frontier Science Program

April 2, 2012
March 2012 - Assistant professor Spencer Smith receives a Career Development Award from the Human Frontier Science Program, an international organization funded by the governments of the G7 nations.

3/22/12: Stuber Lab publishes paper in Neuron – Study shines light on brain mechanism that controls reward enjoyment

April 2, 2012
In the March 22nd issue of Neuron, a research article fro the Stuber lab shows that activation of VTA GABA neurons can disrupt reward-related behavior by their direct regulation of neighboring dopamine neurons.

10/25/11: Frohlich received NC TraCS Grant

January 17, 2012
Dr. Flavio Frohlich received the NC TraCS $5k-$50k grant entitled “Enhancing Cortical Dynamics with Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation in Humans”. NC TraCS is the academic home of the NIH Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA).