University of Pittsburgh Brain Institute

Nice interview on BBC World News with @MCapogrosso as he explains recent research showing how spinal cord stimulation can improve arm mobility after stroke. youtu.be/liXa5Ax8k2s @RNELabs @PittTweet

Excited about our new preprint on developing a method that enables #cryoEM directly in brain tissue! Amazing work by #JiyingNing @corticaljill and collaborators with #MikeMarko and @CBI_Pitt @PittPsychiatry @PittHealthSci @Pitt_Brain @PittResearch biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Visit poster 175 and learn from @AfonsoCSilva of @marmo_ad about direct reprogramming of #marmoset fibroblasts #AAIC23 #EndAlz

I'm so glad I also got the chance to talk with @bealuna55 @Pitt_Brain when she was one of the keynote speakers at the @URNeuroscience Symposium last year. Listen to our NeURoscience Perspectives #podcast & learn more about her research & journey! (2/2) podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/neuro…

Star-shaped brain cells called astrocytes are key to swaying the pendulum in Alzheimer’s disease progression, shows new game-changing findings from Pitt School of Medicine researchers in @NatureMedicine. @PittTweet @PittHealthSci upmc.com/media/news/052…

Tharick Pascoal, MD, PhD recently published two papers examining Alzheimer’s disease pathology, showing that microglial & astrocyte reactivity are key to determining Alzheimer’s disease progression --> bit.ly/3oHxuZh

Is an EEG booth in @CNL_Rochester also a #podcast studio? It is now! 👇 🎧A NEW episode of NeURoscience Perspectives with @JohnnyFoxe featuring Prof. Dean Salisbury of @Pitt_Brain @PittTweet will be out tomorrow morning. Catch up on past episodes ➡️podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/neuro…

Use it or lose it, adolescent brain! So says @bealuna55 @PittHealthSci in this story by @NPRjonhamilton: npr.org/sections/healt…

And that's a wrap! Another episode of our Neurosciences Perspectives podcast series is in the bag, featuring the ever-brilliant Prof. Dean Salisbury of U. Pitt @PittTweet @Pitt_Brain #Schizophrenia #Psychosis @URNeuroscience Check out the series here: podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/neuro…

A computational model for categorizing vocalizations from marmosets and guinea pigs highlights the contributions of adaptive mechanisms at multiple auditory processing stages to achieve robust auditory categorization. @vatsun@SatyabrParida @Pitt_Brain nature.com/articles/s4200…

Very humbled and thrilled to be the recipient of the Flux Huttenlocher Award in Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience. An award I developed 10 years ago with the hope that one day I may be considered. A heartfelt thank you to the members and the board for their support.

Neurobiologist @wrstauffer @PittHealthSci and his team put some thought into a study just published in @NatureNeuro that shows for the first time that monkeys are deep thinkers: neurosciencenews.com/monkey-cogniti…

Spoiler alert: Peter Strick @PittHealthSci told @NPRjonhamilton that he views this research as "a fundamental change in how we're going to view the motor cortex."

(SEMINAR REMINDER) Today, March 21 at 12:00pm - 1:00pm EST (virtual): Naima Lajud, PhD Microsoft Teams meeting Meeting ID: 282 466 940 205 Passcode: 4bdtXQ teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/…

2023 #BCI Society Board Nominations now open. Thank you for your support in providing strong, on-going Society leadership through your nomination(s). Deadline for nomination: February 20! bcisociety.org/about/election…

Pitt Sustainability Challenge = $300,000 for integrated, impactful, durable, & feasible proposals to advance carbon neutrality at Pitt. Feb 15 = Pre-registration webinar. March 8 = Registration deadline. pittsustainabilitychallenge.org #CarbonNeutral2037 @SustainablePitt #H2P