Neuroscience Department

Neuroscience Journal Club

Research in Progress (RIP)

Presenter: John Zhou
Graduate Assistant
Yan Lab

Title: "Role of BACE1 on astrocytic Aβ clearance"

Hu, X.; Das, B.; Hou, H.; He, W.; Yan, R., BACE1 deletion in the adult mouse reverses preformed amyloid deposition and improves cognitive functions. The Journal of Experimental Medicine 2018. http://jem.rupress.org/content/215/3/927

Sponsored by the Kim Family Fund

Title: "Neuroscience of dyslexia"

Presenter: Fumiko Hoeft, MD, PhD, Professor of Psychological Sciences & Director of BIRC, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT

Relevant Citations:
1) Hancock R, Pugh KR, Hoeft F. The neural noise hypothesis of developmental dyslexia. Trends Cogn Sci (TiCS) 2017;21(6):434-448. PMID: 28400089; PMCID: PMC548955
2) Ho TC, Sanders SJ, Gotlib IH, Hoeft F. Intergenerational Neuroimaging of Human Brain Circuitry. Trends Neuroscience (TiNS). 2016;39(10):644-648. PMID: 27623194; PMCID: PMC5067069

Host: Dr. Riqiang Yan, riyan@uchc.edu

Neuroscience Journal Club

Dea Gorka
Graduate Assistant
Chamberlain Lab

Sponsored by the Kim Family Fund

Presenter:
Zeeshan Ahmed, PhD, Assistant Professor, Genetics & Genome Sciences, UConn Health, Farmington, CT

Host: Dr. Royce Mohan, mohan@uchc.edu