HSCI researchers led by Tracy Young-Pearse, Ph.D., have developed a method to examine living brain cells and predict the rate of Alzheimer’s disease progression and cognitive decline.
HSCI Principal Faculty member Vikram Khurana has received three awards to advance his innovative research on Parkinson’s disease, a neurodegenerative disorder that impacts millions of patients around the world.
Young neurons (pink), responsible for encoding new memories, must compete with mature neurons (green) to survive and integrate into the hippocampal circuit. Photo courtesy of Kathleen McAvoy, Sahay Lab.
