We are so pleased to welcome Drs. Sebnem Tuncdemir and Andres Grosmark to be our newest Faculty members in the Neuroscience Department at UConn Health.  Sebnem received her MS degree in Biology from Pennsylvania State University, focusing on the characterization of a novel inhibitory neurotransmitter plasticity in the CNS. She received her PhD in Neuroscience […]

Science in Seconds: Attention-Grabbing Brain Research Neuroscientist Timothy Spellman is focusing his attention on attention – and why it’s disrupted in a wide range of psychiatric and neurological diseases from schizophrenia to Alzheimer’s. His lab is using new experimental techniques that he designed to study the part of the brain that controls attention. By learning […]

New publication from Verma and Liang’ research work receives news coverage by Hartford Courant Stroke remains a leading cause of disability in the United States. Despite decades of efforts, first neuroprotective treatment is still waiting its approval for clinical use.  In collaboration with Dr. Bruce Liang of Calhoun Cardiology Department and Kenneth Jacobson of NIH/NIDDK, […]