NIL In The News

Why doesn’t deep-brain stimulation work for everyone?

 

 

 

 

Congratulations to 2020 Distinguished Faculty Award Recipient Steven E. Petersen, Ph.D.

 

 

 

 

Children with rare genetic disorder gather for research clinic at Washington University

 

 

 

 

 

Dr. Brian Gordon was the recipient of the de Leon Prize in Neuroimaging, New Investigator Category, at the Alzheimer Association International Conference

 

 

 

Scans show women’s brains remain youthful as male brains wind down

 

 

 

MRI scans shows promise in predicting dementia

 

 

 

 

$3 million to help expand Wolfram Syndrome research

 

 

 

 

 

The Underestimated Cerebellum Gains New Respect From Brain Scientists

 

 

Tammie Benzinger, M.D., Ph.D. has received two prestigious awards:

2018 Women in Neuroradiology Leadership Award, American Society for Neuroradiology (ASNR)

2018 Distinguished Investigator Award, The Academy for Radiology and Biomedical Imaging Research

 

 

Superslow Brain Waves May Play a Critical Role in Consciousness

 

 

 

Brain scans may help diagnose neurological, psychiatric disorders

 

 

Congratulations to Dr. Joel Perlmutter and co-PI Zhude (Will) Tu on their new grant entitled “Neuroimaging of PDE10A”, 9/15/2017-8/31/2022

 

 

Congratulations to Dr. Marc Raichle and Dr. Andrei Vlassenko on their new R01 entitled “Aerobic Glycolysis in the Development of Alzheimer’s Disease”, 9/1/17-3/31/22

 

 

 

Scientists become research subjects in after-hours brain-scanning project

 

 

Washington People: Bradley Schlaggar

 

 

Brain network connections may underlie social behavior linked to autism

 

 

WashU’s Dr. Beau Ances calls Alzheimer’s a “tsunami” in PBS’ “Alzheimer’s: Every Minute Counts”

 

 

 

$34 million effort aims to image brain from childhood through old age

 

 

NIL Leadership Update May 2017

 

 

 

 

 

Current NIL member, Marc Raichle MD and former NIL member Randy Buckner, PhD both named as “most influential brain scientists of the modern era”. Marcus E. Raichle, MD

 

 

 

Brain Scans of children with Tourette’s offer clues to disorder. Kevin J. Black, MD

 

 

Researchers study children at risk for Tourette syndrome. Kevin J. Black, MD; Deanna Greene, PhD

 

 

 

 

Washington People: Tamara Hershey. Tamara Hershey, PhD

 

 

Obituary: Morvarid Karimi, assistant professor of neurology, 44

 

 

 

 

Washington People: Beau Ances. Beau Ances, MD, PhD

 

 

 

Schlaggar honored for pediatric research. Bradley L. Schlaggar, MD, PhD

 

 

Brain development through adolescence to be focus of national study. Deanna Barch, PhD

 

 

Measuring damage to brain networks may aid stroke treatment, predict recovery. Maurizio Corbetta, MD; Gordon Shulman, PhD

 

Age, obesity, dopamine appear to influence preference for sweet foods. M. Yanina Pepino PhD; Tamara Hershey, PhD