{"id":7691,"date":"2025-10-06T11:19:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-06T15:19:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/neuroscience\/?p=7691"},"modified":"2025-10-06T11:19:34","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T15:19:34","slug":"bbrf-2025-grant-supports-ptsd-memory-research-at-uconn-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/neuroscience\/2025\/10\/06\/bbrf-2025-grant-supports-ptsd-memory-research-at-uconn-health\/","title":{"rendered":"BBRF 2025 Grant Supports PTSD Memory Research at UConn Health"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Sebnem Tuncdemir of UConn Health has been awarded a 2025 Young Investigator Grant from the Brain &amp; Behavior Research Foundation to explore how the brain forms and recalls traumatic memories. Her team studies how specific hippocampal cell types may drive PTSD-related memory problems\u2014insights that could lead to innovative therapies for trauma and anxiety disorders. The preliminary studies were performed by Aditi Malpure &#8217;27 (UConn MCB, SURF) and Anika Agrawal &#8217;26 (UConn PNB, IDEA).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bbrfoundation.org\/content\/brain-behavior-research-foundation-awards-165-young-investigator-grants-advance-mental\">Brain &amp; Behavior Research Foundation Awards 165 Young Investigator Grants to Advance Mental Health Research | Brain &amp; Behavior Research Foundation<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/neuroscience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/121\/2025\/10\/SNT-AM-25-NeuroRetreat-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/neuroscience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/121\/2025\/10\/SNT-AM-25-NeuroRetreat-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Tuncdemir\/Aditi\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7692 alignnone lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/neuroscience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/121\/2025\/10\/SNT-AM-25-NeuroRetreat-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/neuroscience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/121\/2025\/10\/SNT-AM-25-NeuroRetreat-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/neuroscience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/121\/2025\/10\/SNT-AM-25-NeuroRetreat-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/neuroscience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/121\/2025\/10\/SNT-AM-25-NeuroRetreat-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/neuroscience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/121\/2025\/10\/SNT-AM-25-NeuroRetreat-scaled.jpg 1920w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 225px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 225\/300;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/neuroscience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/121\/2025\/10\/SNT-AM-25-NeuroRetreat-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Tuncdemir\/Aditi\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7692 alignnone\" srcset=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/neuroscience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/121\/2025\/10\/SNT-AM-25-NeuroRetreat-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/neuroscience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/121\/2025\/10\/SNT-AM-25-NeuroRetreat-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/neuroscience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/121\/2025\/10\/SNT-AM-25-NeuroRetreat-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/neuroscience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/121\/2025\/10\/SNT-AM-25-NeuroRetreat-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/neuroscience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/121\/2025\/10\/SNT-AM-25-NeuroRetreat-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Dr. Tuncdemir and Aditi Malpure &#8217;27 (UConn MCB) at the &#8217;25 Neuro Retreat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Sebnem Tuncdemir of UConn Health has been awarded a 2025 Young Investigator Grant from the Brain &amp; Behavior Research Foundation to explore how the brain forms and recalls traumatic memories. Her team studies how specific hippocampal cell types may drive PTSD-related memory problems\u2014insights that could lead to innovative therapies for trauma and anxiety disorders. 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