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Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC scientists identify an elusive link between seizures, cell signaling protein , articleA team of Virginia Tech scientists identified a new link between seizures and deficits in connexin 36, a protein essential to the development of electrical synapses connecting neurons. The discovery, published Jan. 11 in Frontiers of Molecular Neuroscience, found that this interaction may make the brain more prone to having seizures.
Date: Jan 11, 2021 -
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Fralin scientists uncover mechanisms that wire the brain’s cerebral cortex , articleA research team led by Michael Fox, a professor at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, has identified the type of brain cell that produces collagen 19, a protein that is crucial for the formation of inhibitory circuits in the brain.
Date: Dec 21, 2020 -
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Forbes names graduate student at Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC to list of '30 under 30' to watch , articleUbadah Sabbagh, a fifth-year student in Virginia Tech’s Translational Biology, Medicine and Health program, is included in Forbes Magazine’s 2020 list of 30 young innovators in science with potential to make it big.
Date: Dec 02, 2020 -
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Virginia Tech, Children’s National Hospital request proposals for new brain cancer research pilot grants , articleChildren’s National Hospital and Virginia Tech launched a new pilot funding opportunity to advance brain cancer research. Two dual-institution teams will each be awarded a one-year, $50,000 grant.
Date: Dec 02, 2020 -
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New study shows how risk-averse teens sway peers to make safer choices , articlePrior studies have shown adolescents are likely to experiment along with friends who use drugs and alcohol. But do friends who avoid risks have similar influential power? In a new study, Virginia Tech neuroscientists at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC show that observing peers making sound decisions may help teenagers avoid risky situations.
Date: Nov 30, 2020 -
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Leading pain researcher to discuss efforts to ‘see’ why we hurt at Fralin Biomedical Research Institute public lecture , articleDr. Irene Tracey's lecture, “Can We Ever Really ‘See’ Pain? Unravelling Pain’s Mysteries with Neuroimaging,” is part of the Maury Strauss Distinguished Public Lecture series hosted by Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC.
Date: Nov 09, 2020 -
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Graduate student receives highly competitive NIH award to fuse immunology and neuroscience research , articleGabriela Carrillo, a Virginia Tech translational biology, medicine, and health (TBMH) doctoral candidate, has been awarded a six-year $445,000 National Institutes of Health award that will fund her remaining TBMH predoctoral research at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, as well as her postdoctoral research.
Date: Oct 21, 2020 -
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Scientists find dopamine, serotonin have unexpectedly profound roles in the human brain , articleIn first-of-their-kind observations in the human brain, an international team of researchers has revealed two well-known neurochemicals — dopamine and serotonin — are at work at sub-second speeds to shape how people perceive the world and take action based on their perception.
Date: Oct 12, 2020 -
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Scientists advance understanding of blood-brain barrier health with implications for brain disease , articleThe finding gives scientists a path to understand diseases where frequent blood-brain barrier damage occurs, including traumatic brain injury, stroke, epilepsy, Alzheimer’s disease, and Parkinson’s disease.
Date: Sep 21, 2020 -
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Swallowing difficulties in children with developmental disorders may be due to misfiring brain cells , articleProblems ingesting, chewing, or swallowing food occur in up to 80 percent of children with developmental disorders and can lead to food aspiration, choking, or life-threatening respiratory infections.
Date: Sep 01, 2020 -
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Scientists identify how a nonfunctioning CASK gene creates chaos in the brain , articleFralin Biomedical Research Institute scientists have revealed how a nonfunctioning version of an ordinary gene impairs brain structure and function. The findings help explain a genetic form of microcephaly — a condition where babies’ heads are small and grow more slowly than their peers' heads.
Date: Jul 24, 2020 -
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Scientists discover cellular structure of poorly understood visual brain region , articleThe brain’s ventral lateral geniculate nucleus receives signals from the eye, but it is not associated with classical image-forming. In a new study, Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC neuroscientists reveal newly identified brain cell subtypes unique to this region that form a striking layered formation.
Date: Jun 24, 2020 -
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Acclaimed neuroscientist to head Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC's Center for Neurobiology Research , articleAnthony-Samuel LaMantia, a developmental neurobiologist and a professor at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, has been named the new director of the institute’s Center for Neurobiology Research, according to Michael Friedlander, executive director of the research institute and Virginia Tech vice president for health sciences and technology.
Date: Jun 16, 2020 -
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Michael A. Fox named new director of Virginia Tech School of Neuroscience , articleFox, director of the Center for Neurobiology Research at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, will move from his current leadership position into a new role as director of the School of Neuroscience, taking over a position held by founding director Harald Sontheimer.
Date: Jun 08, 2020 -
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New study shows how common parasitic infection can cause seizures and psychiatric illness for some , articleForty million Americans are infected with a parasite called Toxoplasma gondii. New research by scientists at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC describes how brain circuits change as the parasite finds long-term shelter inside brain cells.
Date: Apr 01, 2020 -
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New Fralin Biomedical Research Institute faculty member studies how junk food induces dopamine release in the brain , articleWhy is eating unhealthy food such a hard habit to break? Alexandra DiFeliceantonio, a new faculty member at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, studies how modern high-fat, high-carb foods might be tricking the brain into intensifying reward and pleasure signals.
Date: Mar 31, 2020 -
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Fralin Biomedical researchers shed light on how to protect optic nerve from genetic harm , articleVirginia Tech scientists at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute have developed a new insight about the most common form of inherited childhood blindness known as optic nerve hypoplasia.
Date: Mar 20, 2020 -
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Doctoral student named Society for Neuroscience Policy ambassador , articleUbadah Sabbagh, a doctoral candidate in Virginia Tech’s translational biology, medicine, and health program who conducts research at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, has been selected as one of 10 members of the Society for Neuroscience to participate in the Society’s annual Capitol Hill Day on Thursday.
Date: Mar 04, 2020 -
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Fralin Biomedical Research Institute to explore how a baby’s brain develops at Brain School , articleThis year’s Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC Brain School speaker lineup features interactive presentations about what influences early brain development and how these factors relate to infant health.
Date: Feb 27, 2020 -
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Scientists explore new method to help people with alcohol use disorder , articleNew ways to help people resist the siren call of alcohol have not kept pace — which leaves health care providers stuck with the same intervention and rehabilitation options they have been using for decades. But now, Virginia Tech scientists are studying whether people battling alcohol use disorder might gain some relief by “pre-experiencing” the future.
Date: Feb 14, 2020
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