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 […]
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The Science of Hearing, Dr. Douglas Oliver
The ability to recognize sounds and identify their location is possible thanks to the auditory system, comprised of your ears and brain. UConn Health neuroscientist Douglas L. Oliver was recently asked by TED-Ed Originals to explain how this complicated system works. Watch the animated video to follow a sound on its journey into the ear. […]
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 […]