The Waisman Center’s newest clinic will help researchers learn more about language development in young children newly diagnosed with autism. The Early Autism and Communication Research Clinic (EACRC), co-directed by Susan Ellis Weismer and Morton …
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Fragile X protein may play role in Alzheimer’s disease
A brain afflicted by severe Alzheimer’s disease is a sad sight, a wreck of tangled neural connections and organic rubble as the lingering evidence of a fierce internal battle.
Study profiles rate of autism in Wisconsin
A Wisconsin autism surveillance project reported today (Feb. 8) that approximately five out of every 1,000 Wisconsin children born in 1994 display symptoms indicative of autism.
Stem cells used to create critical brain barrier in lab
Using neural stem cells derived from the fetal brains of rats, a team of Wisconsin scientists has devised a rudimentary blood-brain barrier in the lab.
Maribeth Gettinger, PhD, organizes reading seminar on racial/ethnic topics
Waisman researcher Maribeth Gettinger received a grant from the Institute on Race and Ethnicity for her organization of a campus reading group of books featuring racial/ethnic themes.
Brain’s ‘fear center’ may underlie autistic behaviors
The brain’s emotional center is unusually small in autistic males with the most severe behavioral impairments, University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers reported this month.
The work of Rich Pauli with parents of stillborn babies featured in On Wisconsin Magazine
Medical geneticist Richard Pauli has made a career of helping families who have lost an infant to stillbirth.
Rob Zaleski: Sleuths seek cause for explosion of autism
Like most people, I’d never known anyone with the disorder or even heard anyone talk about it.
Work underscores importance of family in caring for people with disabilities
The story that Sandra Magana tells her social work classes is a tale of challenges and of how people rise to them.
Open hearts, open minds seek awareness and relaxation through meditation
Dr. Richard Davidson pioneered some of the world’s first research on meditation and its affect on the brain. With meditation, says Davidson, a person can train his or her mind to improve attention and regulate emotions; it can also improve a person’s level of happiness and well-being.