UCSB Kosik Lab

http://www.news.ucsb.edu/2015/015918/brain-trust

A Brain Trust An innovative neuroscience research program at UCSB crosses disciplinary lines

Origin of the PSEN1 E280A mutation causing early-onset Alzheimer's disease - Alzheimer's &... To view the full text, please login as a subscribed user or purchase a subscription. Click here to view the full text on ScienceDirect.

http://www.jhunewsletter.com/2014/03/27/scientists-track-primate-evolution-via-rnas-69710/

Scientists track primate evolution via RNAs | The Johns Hopkins News-Letter Rome wasn’t built in a day. Neither was the human brain. The intricate organ was crafted over millions of years before it developed into the functionally sophisticated masterpiece it is today. Just like the numerous workers who toiled in the hot Mediterranean sun to construct the roads, buildings an…

Focus on Brain Disorders: Fogarty-supported researchers spur Alzheimer's research in Colombia Dr. Francisco Lopera was a resident in neurology when the first patient with dementia walked into the San Vicente de Paul hospital in Medellin, Colombia in 1984. "He was 47 years old and he had completely lost his memory over the past three or four years," Lopera recalled. "What was truly remarkable...