Author Archives: samweiss
This research, led by Jessica Girault, PhD, at the UNC School of Medicine, was conducted as part of the NIH-funded Infant Brain Imaging Study Network, which used MRI to document crucial differences in the visual processing system in the brains of infants who went on to be diagnosed with autism.
June 14, 2022
Roubinov named lead of new Foundation of Hope Child and Adolescent Anxiety and Mood Disorders Program (CHAAMP)
June 8, 2022
Dr. Danielle Roubinov is a nationally recognized clinician-scientist who will lead the new Foundation of Hope Child and Adolescent Anxiety and Mood Disorders Program (CHAAMP) in the UNC Department of Psychiatry. The Foundation of Hope has been a long term dedicated partner of the UNC Department of Psychiatry, supporting our research mission and helping to … Continued
Translaminar recurrence from layer 5 suppresses superficial cortical layers
June 3, 2022
The cerebral cortex is full of recurrent connectivities, and their disturbance leads to diseases such as epilepsy and schizophrenia. We found in the auditory cortex that layer 5 to layer 2/3 interlaminar recurrence provides inhibitory feedback, which may stabilize the neural activity and help appropriate information processing in the cortical circuit.