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(SACRAMENTO) For 30 years, mysterious clusters of proteins found on the cell body of neurons in the hippocampus, a part of the brain, both intrigued and baffled James Trimmer.

Studying postmortem brain tissue from people with autism is critical to understanding the cellular and molecular changes associated with the condition. But this rare resource lacks diversity: Most brains donated to science come from people of Western European heritage.

September 29, 2021

(DAVIS) Today the University of California, Davis, officially launched a consortium called the UC Davis Neuroscience Consortium (UCDNC) to leverage the strength, breadth, and depth of one of the largest neuroscience communities in the world. The consortium brings together nearly 300 researchers from 12 centers and 41 departments — integrating biologists, chemists, social scientists, engineers, computer scientists, and clinicians.

Much of what scientists know about human learning, visual attention and memory comes from laboratory studies involving artificial tasks, like watching and recalling words or colored shapes flashed on a computer monitor.

Two UC Davis research teams, with support from the James S. McDonnell Foundation, will study the development of learning in a wide range of ages — from infancy to young adulthood — in more naturalistic settings.

A recent study from researchers at the UC Davis Center for Neuroscience contradicts existing thinking about how opioid drugs cause tolerance and respiratory depression, and suggests a new, balanced approach to developing safer analgesics.

Dr. Carolynn Patten’s translational neuroscience and neurorehabilitation research combines expertise in neurophysiology, neuroimaging, biomechanical, behavioral and clinical approaches to studying human performance pre- and post-injury. Her research focuses on understanding the neural basis of human movement as well as investigating human motor control and learning from a neuromechanics perspective. A neuroscientist and physical therapist, Patten specializes in the assessment and treatment of motor dysfunction associated with aging and adult neuropathologies such as stroke.

(SACRAMENTO) — Amy Brooks-Kayal, chair of the UC Davis Department of Neurology, has received the Ambassador for Epilepsy Award from the

The University of California, Davis named the recipients of the 2021 Chancellor’s Innovation Awards. The awards recognize faculty, project teams and community partners for their work, dedication and success in improving the lives of others and addressing the needs of our global society through innovative solutions. David E. Olson, an associate professor affiliated with the Center for Neuroscience was among those recognized.