Congrats to a number of NTP faculty who are part of projects funded by the second round of UW2020 Discovery Initiative funds! Posted on June 1, 2016
Luigi Puglielli has found that more acetyl-CoA movement between nerve cells in mouse brain can lead to behavior that resembles Autism Spectrum Disorder in humans Posted on June 1, 2016
Brian Baldo proposes a new theory of addiction that proposes the prefrontal cortex is a highly sensitive “hot spot” for opiod actions Posted on May 27, 2016
A number of NTP faculty members have been honored with Vilas Professorship & Investigator Awards! Posted on May 19, 2016
Barb Bendlin is a co-PI on a new collaborative grant with Medical College of WI to study Alzheimer’s Disease and aging! Posted on May 5, 2016
Ryan Herringa is featured on Wisconsin Public Radio discussing a study that suggests childhood maltreatment can leave scars on the brain Posted on May 4, 2016
Congratulations to NTP Director, Mary Halloran who has been awarded the 2016 Kellett Mid-Career Award! Posted on May 3, 2016
Congratulations to Marina Emborg who has been awarded the 2016 Bernard Sanberg Memorial Award for Brain Repair at ASNTR Posted on May 2, 2016
Su-Chun Zhang is creating transplant neural cells to help treat Parkinson’s patients Posted on April 28, 2016
Xinyu Zhao has used an experimental drug in mice to reverse damage from the mutation that causes the Fragile X syndrome Posted on April 27, 2016