The human brain represents one of the last frontiers of medical research. Inaccessible due to physiological, practical, and ethical barriers, the brain has defied attempts to probe or understand it even while other organs have been mapped and analyzed.
Anyone who’s had a poor night’s rest can attest that lack of sleep impairs cognition, especially memory. But researchers don’t really know why, and unknowns like these complicate the scientific understanding of memory-related conditions like Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and other types of dementia,..
Research on neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer’s, ALS, Parkinson’s, and Huntington’s, examines the roles of misfolded proteins, synapse loss, and lysosomes.
Treatment for stroke and other neurological damage could be improved by rebuilding neural connections via regeneration of axons.
Not every case of Alzheimer’s disease involves memory loss—at least not in the early stages. A less common and thus less well understood type of Alzheimer’s disease called posterior cortical atrophy (PCA) is marked by loss of spatial reasoning.
Schizophrenia onset is preceded by disrupted brain connections that can be detected by brain imaging. What this could mean for treatments and more.
Stress and anxiety, once considered an affliction of the mind, are rooted in biology as shown by anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) research.
Research associated with neuroscience has long been a strength for Yale School of Medicine. This issue explores some of the questions currently animating the field, by looking at ongoing projects.
Over 300 doctors, students, administrators, and staff gathered at Sterling Hall of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, at 1 p. m.
A hallmark of successful modern academic institutions is an ability to integrate students, faculty, and alumni within the corporate architecture of local businesses. MIT is known for its ties to General Dynamics and Stanford has attracted many undergraduates hoping to go into business for..
Kirsten Scharer, a first-year nursing student, is studying how family practitioners are adapting to telehealth technology during the coronavirus pandemic. Medical student Isaiah Thomas is looking for parallels to our times in post-apocalyptic episodes of the Cold War-era television show The..
As a teenager, Amy Arnsten, PhD, the Albert E. Kent Professor of Neuroscience and professor of psychology, watched her father slowly recover from a massive heart attack.
An initiative from the Yale Child Study Center uses online platforms to defuse tensions between children and parents, and help teach socially acceptable behavior.
Students, faculty, and staff gathered to participate in expressions of community in light of the justice system's response to Breonna Taylor's killing.
“In surgery we have a saying: It’s better to be lucky than good,” said Veronica Chiang, MD, HS ’00. Clearly, however, as director of the Yale Gamma Knife Center, professor of neurosurgery, and a 2019 recipient of the Yale Cancer Center Award for Excellence in Clinical Care, Chiang exhibits..
Mechanical thrombectomy has transformed treatment for stroke. Yale neurosurgeon Charles Matouk describes how care is evolving for neurovascular disorders.
Howard Koh '77 has spent his long career in public health. Focusing on a particular project helped him achieve results in government, health care, and academia.
The Columbia University psychiatrist and bioethicist Robert L. Klitzman, MD ’85, was in medical school when a friend from Harkness dormitory invited him to earn some easy money: a group of students were selling their sperm.
What makes Yale and YSM so strong and unique in Neuroscience? First is our depth of excellence. This extends far beyond the Department of Neuroscience.
Writing this, the first wave of COVID-19 is receding, leaving behind over 100,000 dead, tens of millions unemployed, and an unknown level of damage to both national and global economies. Furthermore, the nation has been contorted by a spasm of outrage unseen since the 1960s, sparked by the..