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  2. Year: 2024
  3. Month: February

Month: February 2024

Pelin Cengiz, MD –  Slide of the Week

Posted on February 23, 2024

Neonatal hypoxia ischemia (HI) related brain injury is one of the major causes of life-long neurological morbidities that result in learning and memory impairments.

Posted in Slide of the WeekTagged Brain Injury, Neonatal Hypoxia Ischemia (HI), Pelin Cengiz, Sex-Specific, Slide of the Week

Caroline A Niziolek, PhD – Slide of the Week

Posted on February 16, 2024

How does cognitive inhibition influence speaking? The Stroop effect is a classic demonstration of the interference between reading and color naming.

Posted in Slide of the WeekTagged Carrie Niziolek, Cognition, Slide of the Week, speech, Stroop task

Leveraging Technology to Identify Outcome Measures for Young Children with Down Syndrome (Sterling)

Posted on February 15, 2024

Our study aims to learn more about how language samples collected in the home can be used to measure the language development of children with Down syndrome.

Posted in Down syndrome, Speech and Language, Studies Currently RecruitingTagged Audra Sterling, Down syndrome, Technology

James J. Li, PhD – Slide of the Week

Posted on February 9, 2024

ADHD polygenic scores (PGSs) have been previously shown to predict ADHD outcomes in several studies. However, ADHD PGSs are typically correlated with ADHD but not necessarily reflective of causal mechanisms.

Posted in Slide of the WeekTagged ADHD, Brain volume, Functional annotation, James Li, Multiple mediation, Polygenic scores, Slide of the Week

The Clinical Translational Core at the Waisman Center welcomes new manager Laura Bradley

Posted on February 5, 2024

The Clinical Translational Core (CTC) welcomed Laura Bradley, MS, as the new manager last October.

Posted in 2024, News, Outreach, ResearchTagged Behavioral Assessments, Clinical Translational Core, Laura Bradley, recruitment, Research, Research Participation

Darcie L. Moore, PhD – Slide of the Week

Posted on February 2, 2024

Musashi1, a neural RNA binding protein, is important in translationally repressing target transcripts during quiescence in adult hippocampal neural stem cells

Posted in Slide of the WeekTagged Adult Hippocampus, Darcie Moore, Neural RNA, Neural Stem Cells, Slide of the Week

UW-Madison researchers first to 3D-print functional human brain tissue

Posted on February 1, 2024

A team of University of Wisconsin–Madison scientists has developed the first 3D-printed brain tissue that can grow and function like typical brain tissue.

Posted in 2024, Alzheimer’s Disease, Neurodegenerative, News, Parkinson’s Disease, Stem CellsTagged 3D-printing, Alzheimer’s disease, Brain tissue, Parkinson’s disease, Su-Chun Zhang

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