From Biomedical Engineering to the Brain’s Motor Circuits: The Journey of Mike Economo
Born in Danville, a small town in Southern Virginia, to Canadian parents of Greek heritage, Dr. Economo moved to Durham, North Carolina, during his teenage years, a move that ultimately placed him on his academic journey. Dr. Economo was surrounded by a significant scientific and academic community. He attended Duke as an undergraduate, earning […]
Lea Stith: Translating Brain Signals into Research Solutions
It was in the Yassa Lab that Stith discovered her first research niche: HSAM, or Highly Superior Autobiographical Memory. “With translational neuroscience research,” Stith explains, “you can take these insights about how the brain works and translate them into real-world applications.” Today, Stith has continued pursuing her passion for translational neuroscience within the Neurophotonics Center, where she […]
Researchers identify new dopamine signal that may help the brain steer us in the right direction
A Boston University-led research team has discovered a dopamine signal in the brain that helps determine whether you are moving toward or away from a goal potentially shedding new light on how the brain uses visual information to guide behavior. The study recently published in Nature examined behavior in mice to show that when they encounter visual cues, dopamine in the striatum located in the basal […]
Scientist Profile – Professor Jennifer Luebke
Illuminating the structure and function of individual brain cells Jennifer Luebke, Ph.D. –Professor of Anatomy & Neurobiology The Laboratory of Cellular Neurobiology, led by Professor Jennifer Luebke (Center for Systems Neuroscience), employs multiple approaches to understand how specific features of individual neurons enable the area-specific functions of different brain regions. Their research also sheds light […]