2019 Grantee News Items

In some children with autism, "social" and "visual" neural circuits don’t quite connect
University of California San Diego School of Medicine (12/17/2019)
How to "read" the brain signals underlying human speech
Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Stanford University (12/10/2019)
Redirecting the natural immune response to disrupt bacterial biofilms
Nationwide Children's Hospital (12/04/2019)
A week in the dark rewires brain cell networks and changes hearing in mice
University of Maryland (12/04/2019)
Reprogramming the inner ear to regrow hair cells shows promise to be an effective target for hearing loss treatments
Massachusetts Eye and Ear (12/04/2019)
3D-printed microneedles open ears to new treatments
Columbia University and Columbia University Irving Medical Center (12/03/2019)
Healthful diet tied to lower risk of hearing loss
Brigham and Women's Hospital via EurekAlert! (11/18/2019)
Why only some post-stroke survivors can 'copy what I say:' Certain brain regions must be intact in stroke survivors with aphasia if they are to copy what another speaker says
Medical University of South Carolina via EurekAlert! (11/13/2019)
Late talkers twice as likely to have severe, frequent temper tantrums
Northwestern University (11/11/2019)
Zebrafish discovery throws new light on human hearing disorders
Cardiff University (10/23/2019)
How the brain dials up the volume to hear someone in a crowd
Zuckerman Institute, Columbia University (10/21/2019)
New NIH BRAIN Initiative awards accelerate neuroscience discoveries
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (10/18/2019)
Craving junk food after a sleepless night? Blame your nose, which sniffs out high fat, calorie-dense food
Northwestern University via EurekAlert! (10/08/2019)
The need to balance guides development of limb–body coordination
New York University School of Medicine (10/08/2019)
Sentinels in the mouth: Special sensory cells in the gums protect against periodontitis
Monell Center (10/03/2019)