Targeting hippocampal neurogenesis to protect astronauts’ cognition and mood from decline due to space radiation effects. November 2022. …https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214552422000499?via%3Dihub
NAAR Awards Include Nearly $6.5 Million in Funding to 41 Pilot studies and 21 Fellowship Applications in 2005
The National Alliance for Autism Research (NAAR) is proud to announce it has committed $8.3 million to fund a variety of projects in autism research. This funding commitment includes research grants and fellowships in the United States, Canada and Europe as well as expansion of the Autism Tissue Program, High Risk Baby Siblings project, and the Autism Genome Project. …https://www.autismspeaks.org/news/news-item/naar-commits-additional-83-million-autism-research
Brain needs to ‘clean itself up’ so that it can ‘sort itself out’
A piece of research led by the Achucarro Basque Center for Neuroscience, the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), and the Ikerbasque Foundation has revealed how the brain’s cleaning up mechanisms function in neurodegenerative diseases. …http://neurosciencenews.com/microglia-phagocytosis-neuroscience-4328/
Epilepsy has been found to reduce the generation of new neurons
Amanda Sierra and Juan Manuel Encinas, Ikerbasque researchers at the Achucarro centre (Achucarro Basque Center for Neuroscience) have discovered a new property of hippocampal neural stem cells by using an epilepsy model in genetically modified mice. The work has been published by the journal Cell Stem Cell, an international reference in stem cell research. …https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/05/150515083406.htm
Neuronal hyperactivity impairs neuronal regeneration by accelerating the loss of neural stem cells
Adult neurogenesis is the process of generating new neurons which integrate into existing circuits even after fetal and early postnatal development has ceased. Until recently, it was commonly thought that neurogenesis stops at the end of development. However, in the last decade, many studies have clearly demonstrated that in most mammals including humans, neurogenesis continues in the adults as well but is limited to the specific brain regions, such as hippocampus. …http://www.nri.texaschildrens.org/faculty_research/mirjana_cellstemcell.aspx
Neural stem cells massively turn into astrocytes in a model of epilepsy
While there are treatments for some forms of epilepsy, it is still not known precisely what leads to this sometimes deadly and debilitating condition. However, researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and Achucarro Basque Center for Neuroscience, Zamudio, Spain, are now closer to unlocking that mystery. …https://www.bcm.edu/news/neuroscience/stem-cells-massively-astrocytes-epilepsy
Andrew received the NLM training fellowship
Congratulations to Andrew Laitman! He received the 2-year National Library of Medicine predoctoral Biomedical Informatics training fellowship for his proposal “Integrating multi-modal neuroimaging for biomarker discovery in autism.”
CIBR grant award
In collaboration with Rivka Kolen M.D. (Department of Radiology, M.D. Anderson), we have received a Computational and Integrative Biomedical Research (CIBR) Center Seed Grant Award on our proposal entitled: “Radiome sequencing in Autism”
Hearts of Gold Gala Honors Women in Health and Science
An award-winning researcher whose scope of involvement is as expansive as her ambition, encompassing everything from education to research to health policy. …http://www.tmc.edu/news/2014/10/hearts-gold/
Dr. Maletic-Savatic received the Women in Science award from the Health Museum and Harris County Medical Society
Dr. Maletic-Savatic received the Women In Science award from the Health Museum and Harris County Medical Society at the 2nd Annual Hearts of Gold Gala, which recognized the accomplishments of 23 female doctors and scientists.