Neuro News

While many of us are sheltering in place, maintaining mood and friendships is more important than ever. We talk with Dana Alliance member Myrna Weissman, Ph.D., on how best to cope during forced isolation.

We talk with Dana Alliance member Robert W. Greene, M.D., Ph.D., about how sleep can help us fight off viruses and other infections and how to get a better night’s rest.

Dana grantee Jan Claassen, M.D., uses EEG to detect patterns of brain activity in people in coma who don’t physically respond to voice commands that suggest some may have “covert consciousness.”

Q&A with Anthony Wagner, Ph.D.

Current research on Down syndrome focuses on the links between the chromosomal condition, sleep, and memory, and what the overlap between all three can mean for the brain overall.

Q&A with Cristian Zaelzer-Perez on his work bringing scientists and artists together to enrich one another.

Q&A with Stefano Sandrone on how he got started in education, the importance of mentors, and more.

“It’s fascinating to me that the gut, literally, has a sweet tooth,” says Dana grantee Diego Bohórquez, Ph.D.

Q&A with Jonathan Peelle, Ph.D.

There is still no cure for tinnitus, but a new model suggests how the mystery ringing could arise so quickly.

The US national health institutes have begun a massive, long-term study—starting with nearly 12,000 children—to learn how brains grow, and try to pinpoint why some go off-track.

Having high blood pressure in early middle life may affect your brain health some 40 years later.

Very early tests of surface-level stimulation suggest it may work, at least in the short term.