|
|
 |
 | Medical News Releases > University Groups > School of Medicine >
Anatomy & Neurobiology
The Neuroscience Program at Washington University provides opportunities for graduate and postgraduate training in a variety of laboratories engaged in multidisciplinary research aimed at understanding how the brain works and how it malfunctions in disease. The program has great breadth, depth, intellectual vitality, and collegiality.
| News Stories & Tip Sheets: |
Showing Stories 1 through 3 of 50.
- Show More |
|
Attacking the source
Drug prevents abnormalities that lead to seizures, mouse study shows
April 3,
2008 -- Current medications for seizures are comparable to over-the-counter cold and flu remedies: They block symptoms, but don't significantly affect the underlying illnesses that cause them. Now scientists at the School of Medicine have taken the first step toward developing another option. They've used a drug to prevent the brain abnormalities that lead to seizures in mice with an inherited form of epilepsy.
|
Center of connection
Brain network linked to contemplation in adults is less complex in children
March 6,
2008 --
 |
| Diagrams map connections between brain regions linked to contemplative thought. |
Download
|
A brain network linked to introspective tasks — such as forming the self-image or understanding the motivations of others — is less intricate and well-connected in children, scientists at the School of Medicine have learned. They also showed that the network establishes firmer connections between various brain regions as an individual matures.
|
What lies beneath
Imaging technology ignites career of anthropologist, anatomist
Nov. 9,
2007 --
 |
| Glenn Conroy and Jane Phillips-Conroy with their awards for outstanding teaching |
His modest demeanor provides little hint of neither his brilliant career nor the ivy-paved path that serendipitously led him to Washington University in St. Louis more than 20 years ago. A renowned anthropologist, Glenn Conroy, Ph.D., has been gathering valuable fossil remains of humans and non-human primates for more than 30 years. Some of his best work is on display through January in the Farrell Learning and Teaching Center (See it now).
|
Showing Stories 1 through 3 of 50.
- Show More |
|
| Faculty Experts: |
Showing Experts 1 through 5 of 6.
- Show More |
|
James Cheverud
Professor of Physical Anthropology in Arts and Sciences
Expertise: quantitative genetics, evolutionary theory, human genetics, human and nonhuman primate biology, genetics, obesity, evolution, …
Direct contact: (314) 362-4188
/
cheverud@wustl.edu
|
Jane Phillips-Conroy
Professor of Anthropology in Arts and Sciences
Phillips-Conroy's studies of free-ranging primates are focused on how behavioral, demographic and ecological variables function to influence populaton structure. Her research has been focused on a long-term study of the hybrid zone between olive and hamadryas baboons in the Awash National Park in Ethiopia ...
Expertise: behavior and ecology, primate biology, diet and nutrition, dental morphology, east Africa, South America
Direct contact: (314) 362-3396
/
baboon@wustl.edu
|
Glenn C. Conroy
Professor of Anatomy and Physical Anthropology
Conroy is co-developer of a method to analyze fossilized skulls using computed tomography, or CT, scans. The system lets researchers see inside skull fossils and reconstruct the skull from fragments, allowing a precise measure of brain size.
Expertise: primate evolution, comparative anatomy, human evolution, Southern Africa, extant primates, fossil hominids, anatomy, …
Direct contact: (314) 362-3397
|
Joseph Ackerman
William Greenleaf Eliot Professor of Physical Chemistry in Arts & Sciences
Joseph J. H. Ackerman, Ph.D. is William Greenleaf Eliot Professor of Chemistry and chair of the chemistry department. His work is concerned primarily with the development and application of magnetic resonance spectroscopic and imaging techniques for the study of functional biophysical and physiologic ...
Expertise: magnetic resonance techniques, spectroscopic techniques, imaging techniques, functional biophysical, physiologic events, intact biological systems, isolated cell preparations, …
Direct contact: (314) 935-6593
/
ackerman @wuchem.wustl.edu
|
Ursula Goodenough
Professor of Biology in Arts & Sciences
Leading cell biologist and Washington University professor of biology Ursula Goodenough, is the author of a bestselling textbook, Genetics, and also wrote the popular discourse on religion and science The Sacred Depths of Nature, which was named Oustanding Academic Book of 1999 by Choice. She has served ...
Expertise: evolution of sex, speciation
Media assistance: (314) 935-5272 / tony_fitzpatrick@wustl.edu
|
Showing Experts 1 through 5 of 6.
- Show More |
|
| Related News Clips: |
Showing 4 Clips.
|
|
Commentary: Can insomnia kill?
Los Angeles Times
March 31,
2008 -- Commentary on insomnia mentions sleep studies of twins by WUSTL psychiatry professor Andrew Heath.
|
Science Notebook
The Washington Post
Sept. 27,
2006 -- David Brown writes about a study on sleep and learning using fruit flies in the journal Science.
WUSTL neurobiology researchers Jeff Donlea and Paul Shaw participated in the study.
|
And now, please welcome Modest Mouse
New York Times, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Nature Magazine (UK)
and 50 others
Nov. 1,
2005 -- WUSTL neurobiologists Timothy Holy and Zhongsheng Guo have analyzed the vocalizations of male mice and found that they have the characteristics of song — with distinct types of syllables uttered in phrases and motifs. The finding is reported in a paper in the journal PLoS Biology.
The researchers found that individual mice sing distinct songs. Dr. Holy said that this suggested that some element of learning might be involved.
|
Are humans still evolving?
Science Magazine
July 8,
2005 -- Michael Balter writes about various views on the question: are humans still evolving?
WUSTL professor of anatomy James Cheverud and a South African colleague say even very early evolutionary changes in the hominid line were not necessarily due to natural selection. They analyzed hominid faces over time, using formulas that model natural selection as well as random genetic drift, in which some traits or alleles become more common simply through chance.
|
Affiliated with Barnes-Jewish Hospital and St. Louis Children's Hospital, members of BJC HealthCare.
Please contact us and let us know how we can assist you.
Technical problems with this Web site? Email questions or comments.
Please review the WUSTL News & Information copyright/privacy policy.
| |
|
| | |
|
Email this page
Print ready page