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• Published in Nature, study reveals TSC tunes progenitor balance and upper-layer neuron generation in neocortex

  Congratulations to Neuroscience Center Dr. Eva Anton and Dr. Jason Stein for their recent publication in Nature! Casingal et al. finds that TSC proteins regulate the balance between radial and intermediate progenitors, shaping cortical organization and upper-layer neuron production. Evolutionary downregulation of TSC expression in humans likely supports expansion of upper layer neurons necessary for … Read more

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  Study Uncovers Brain Pathways Connected to Alzheimer’s Memory Loss and Mood Changes

  A new study published in Neuron, led by Juan Song, PhD, sheds light on how Alzheimer’s disease affects the brain. The findings could lead to new forms of therapy. Alzheimer’s disease not only robs people of their memory but also affects mood, often causing anxiety and depression. Until now, scientists haven’t fully understood how these … Read more

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  Two Carolina biologists awarded competitive neuroscience grant

  The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative has greenlit a second phase of funding — worth $800,000 — for a cholesterol dynamics project led by Celia Shiau and En Yang. Celia Shiau (left) and En Yang will use their award to study the impact of cholesterol levels on the brain.   Congratulations to Dr. Celia Shiau and Dr. … Read more

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  Published in Neuron, new research demonstrates how a high-fat diet, even short-term, can rapidly affect brain health, but there are ways to reverse this and prevent long-term cognitive decline.

  Chapel Hill, N.C. – Diet impacts the brain a lot more than we think. A new study from UNC School of Medicine researchers, published this week in Neuron, reveals a unique look at how junk food rewires the brain’s memory hub – leading to risk of cognitive dysfunction. This new research opens the door to early … Read more

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  En Yang, a neuroscientist in the College of Arts and Sciences at UNC-Chapel Hill, has won a Pew Biomedical Scholar award for her engineering-informed research on learning and memory. The Pew Scholars Program in the Biomedical Sciences provides research funding to early-career investigators whose work stands to substantially impact human health. This year, 22 scholars were appointed … Read more