As posted in UConn Today September 15, 2021 | Kim Krieger UConn Communications     Mutations in a protein known to cause Parkinson’s Disease derange transportation in and out of brain cells, reports a team of UConn Health researchers in the 27 July issue of Science Signaling. The toxic traffic jams that result eventually lead to […]

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 […]