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May 25, 2023
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New method tracking changes in blood vessels could advance brain disease detection
A new imaging technique opens a path toward long-term study of blood vessels in aging brains and could help predict neurodegenerative diseases decades before symptoms begin.
A multidisciplinary team of Carney-affiliated researchers have published research that has meaningful implications for patients suffering from Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus (NPH) and identifies new biomarkers in the neurodegenerative disease landscape.
May 24, 2023
News from Brown
Mind-body practice of qigong can improve cancer-related fatigue
A study led by Brown University researchers found that a low-impact, meditative movement program involving qigong was as effective as more standard exercise programs in improving cancer-related fatigue.
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Congratulations to the class of 2023
Congratulations to the class of 2023 from the Carney Institute for Brain Science. The future is in good hands.
The promotion of professors Arturo Andrade, Edward Walsh, and Michael Worden takes effect July 1, 2023.
The Carney Executive Committee evaluated a pool of junior faculty members who were nominated this winter for their mentorship of undergraduate, graduate, or postdoctoral scientists, as well as medical students or residents.
May 11, 2023
News from Brown
Old motor neurons don’t die, scientists discover — they just slow down
A new study about the aging mechanisms of spinal motor neurons could inform therapeutic treatments for age-related motor deficits and mobility loss.
David Borton and Jared Fridley’s Intelligent Spine Interface (ISI) implant, funded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), aims to restore movement to victims of spinal injury.
How does dopamine help us make important decisions? What kinds of learning scenarios best enable us to become proficient at something? And why does overthinking sometimes hinder learning? Professor Michael Frank’s lab has published scholarship that responds to these questions.
Lifespan’s Norman Prince Spine Institute and Brown University are working together to research the effectiveness of spinal implants on paralyzed veterans and other patients.
Carney Associate Professor of Neuroscience Karla Kaun will spend five months in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada where all drugs have recently been decriminalized.
A new mobile app developed by researchers at Brown University’s brain science institute is looking to find what happens in the brain during the transition from acute to chronic pain.
Through an innovation awards program, the Robert J. and Nancy D. Carney Institute for Brain Science will provide $564,000 in seed funding for new high-impact research in computation, visual science, Parkinson’s disease and Alzheimer’s disease.
April 6, 2023
News from Brown
College Day at Brown welcomes local high schoolers to explore University life
Nearly 350 high schoolers from Providence, Central Falls and Pawtucket explored Brown’s multitude of classes, athletic programs and community engagement opportunities, inspiring them to factor college into their plans.
March 18, 2023
News from Brown
Photos: Brown Brain Fair makes brain science fun for all
As part of Brain Week Rhode Island, local families joined Brown University researchers and students for a full day of learning and fun.
Depression is an epidemic in the United States. A mood disorder that causes a persistent feeling of sadness and loss of interest, some 21.0 million adults in the United States, or 8.4% of the population, had at least one major depressive episode in 2020.
February 28, 2023
News from Brown
Brown Brain Bee brings brain science to local high schoolers
The annual neuroscience trivia competition hosted at Brown invites Rhode Island students to explore the wonders of the brain to inspire the next generation of scientists and researchers.
February 9, 2023
News from Brown
Brown scholars put their heads together to decode the neuroscience behind ChatGPT
The Carney Institute for Brain Science brought together faculty who study different aspects of artificial intelligence to discuss what it has in common with human intelligence, and its implications for society.
February 1, 2023
News from Brown
Study offers neurological explanation for how brains bias partisans against new information
People who share a political ideology have more similar ‘neural fingerprints’ of political words and process new information in similar ways, according to a new analysis led by Brown University researchers.
The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) was founded in 2015 to help solve some of society’s toughest challenges — from eradicating disease and improving education, to addressing the needs of our local communities.
Butler Hospital and Brown University have launched a new research study to find methods for early and accurate diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease.
January 13, 2023
News from Brown
Clinical trials show encouraging safety profile for brain-computer interface turning thoughts into action
In an important step toward a medical technology that could help restore independence of people with paralysis, researchers find the investigational BrainGate neural interface system has low rates of associated adverse events.
It's been a busy year at Carney. From the 2022 Society for Neuroscience meeting, to the development of technologies to assist people with ALS, to groundbreaking work in Alzheimer's detection, the Carney Institute has been making waves in all things brain science.
The idea of connecting computers directly to our brains is moving from fantasy to reality, and some of the richest and most powerful men are pouring money into the space, chasing a vision that the technology could one day upend healthcare — and everyday life as we know it.