Ben Parrell, PhD – Slide of the Week

When individuals make a movement that produces an unexpected outcome, they learn from the resulting error.

Pelin Cengiz, MD –  Slide of the Week

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.

Caroline A Niziolek, PhD – Slide of the Week

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

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

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.

James J. Li, PhD – Slide of the Week

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.

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

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

Darcie L. Moore, PhD – Slide of the Week

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

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

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.

Marsha R. Mailick, PhD – Slide of the Week

Higher education has been shown to have neuroprotective effects, reducing the risk of Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases, slowing the rate of age-related cognitive decline, and is associated with lower rates of early mortality.

Estrogen receptor alpha mediates protection against hypoxic ischemic brain injury in newborn female mice, study shows

In her practice as a pediatric intensivist, Cengiz noticed that even with similar brain injuries, functional outcomes varied from child to child. “So, I began wondering what could be the potential mechanisms of these differences in outcome”, Cengiz says.