As posted in UConn Today, August 13, 2021 August 9, 2021 | Anna Zarra Aldrich ’20 (CLAS), Office of the Vice President for Research   UConn Patents Novel Combination Approach for Alzheimer’s Treatment Dr. Riqiang Yan, professor and chair of the Department of Neuroscience, has published a paper putting forth a novel combination of compounds that could […]

Genetically‑encoded calcium indicators (GECIs) are essential for studying brain function, while voltage indicators (GEVIs) are slowly permeating neuroscience. Fundamentally, GECI and GEVI measure different things, but both are advertised as reporters of “neuronal activity”.  Dr. Srdjan D. Antic, associate professor, recently published “Population imaging discrepancies between a genetically-encoded calcium indicator (GECI) versus a genetically-encoded voltage […]

As posted in UConn Today, February 11, 2021 Every year, strokes strike 800,000 Americans and are the leading cause of long-term disability in the U.S. because of the lingering brain injury they leave behind. But what if a medication used inside the brain could help heal a stroke’s damage? Innovative stroke therapy being developed at […]