Neurobiology Content

Understanding How Students Learn Through Virtual Reality

Jocelyn C Anderson — March 25, 2024 - 9:02am

How ��ϲ��Ͽ� Davis virtual reality research is promoting STEAM learning and helping improve child education.

Discovery Hints at Genetic Basis for the Most Challenging Symptoms of Schizophrenia

Andy Fell — March 19, 2024 - 10:25am

Our understanding of schizophrenia has increased greatly in recent years, as studies of large groups of people have identified a multitude of genetic variants that increase a person’s risk of the disease.

Sloan Fellowships for ��ϲ��Ͽ� Davis Mathematician, Neuroscientist

Andy Fell — February 16, 2021 - 1:30pm

Two faculty members at the University of California, Davis, have been named as 2021 Sloan Research Fellows by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. Considered one of the most prestigious fellowships given to young researchers, the Sloan fellowship includes $75,000 over two years to support the fellow’s research.

Mapping Cells in the Immortal Regenerating Hydra

Andy Fell — July 25, 2019 - 2:37pm

The tiny hydra, a freshwater invertebrate related to jellyfish and corals, has an amazing ability to renew its cells and regenerate damaged tissue. Cut a hydra in half, and it will regenerate its body and nervous system in a couple of days. Researchers at the University of California, Davis, have now traced the fate of the hydra’s cells, revealing how three lines of stem cells become nerves, muscles or other tissues.

Working Around Spinal Injuries

Andy Fell — July 24, 2017 - 3:41pm

A new study in rats shows that changes in the brain after spinal cord injury are necessary to restore at least some function to lower limbs. The work was published recently in the journal eLife.

What’s Behind the Heartbreaking Risk of Anti-Inflammatory Drugs

Katherine E Kerlin — April 25, 2016 - 10:30am

Scientists from ��ϲ��Ͽ� Davis have uncovered some of the reasons why pain relievers like ibuprofen and other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, or NSAIDs, can harm heart tissue.