Science & Technology

(SACRAMENTO) When the Covid-19 pandemic hit the United States in spring 2020, its negative impact on sleep habits was so significant that the terms “Coronasomnia” and “

(SACRAMENTO) A clinical trial at UC Davis Health and six other sites showed that a cellular therapy offers promise for patients with late-stage Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), a rare genetic disorder causing muscle loss and physical impairments in young people.

Supporting caregivers in their difficult yet critical role

Mechanical and aerospace engineering (MAE) assistant professor Jonathon Schofield, neurobiology, physiology and behavior (NPB) associate professor Wilsaan Joiner, and their team are working to develop better and more functional prosthetic devices for children.

(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.

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.

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.