Using Tiny Worms to Reveal Big Truths A tiny worm, only about one millimeter long, has been able to contribute an incredible wealth of knowledge about the neural pathways responsible for locomotion in all kinds of animals to the scientific community. Scientists have generated a detailed wiring diagram of C. elegans locomotion neural circuit; but […]
Awards
Dr. Verma Receives Prestigious AHA Career Development Award
Rajkumar Verma, Ph.D., UConn Health assistant professor of neuroscience, has received a prestigious career development award ($231,000) from the American Heart Association to study the therapeutic potential of purinergic receptor P2X4R for the treatment of stroke. Stroke remains a leading cause of disability in the United States. Despite recent advances, interventions to reduce damage and […]
New Grant Tests Potential Target for Age-Related Blindness
Published in UConn Today, April 23, 2018 Royce Mohan, a UConn Health associate professor of neuroscience, has received more than $400,000 from the National Institutes of Health to study the role of a specific enzyme in retinal gliosis. Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD) is the most common cause of blindness in people over the age of […]