UNC neuroscientist Juan Song discovers how baby neurons stay alive, a key finding for understanding neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer’s.

Alice Stamatakis from Stuber lab publishes paper in Neuron demonstrating that lateral habenula projecting VTA neurons promote reward by their release of GABA, not dopamine. This paper was featured on the cover of the November 20th issue of Neuron.

He addressed how synthetic and chemical biology will transform neuroscience.

His discovery shows how dendritic compartments of neurons actively process information to multiply brain’s computing power.

Once unknown in the field of autism, UNC’s Mark Zylka is now uncovering potential causes for the brain disorder!

The finding shows that certain parts of brain cells could play a critical role in anorexia, bulimia, binge eating disorder, and obesity.

Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative features recent findings by Ben Philpot and Mark Zylka in its news article, “Autism genes are surprisingly large, study finds”

The awarded grant funds interdisciplinary research on individualized, non-invasive brain stimulation to modulate cortical state dynamics and cognition

In a paper published in Nature, a team led by Mark Zylka found that key enzymes have a ‘profound effect’ across dozens of genes linked to autism. The insight could help illuminate environmental factors behind autism spectrum disorder and contribute to a unified theory of how the disorder develops.