What Makes Some of Us So Selfish?
A generous gift by Ghahreman Khodadad will fund research at Tufts on the neurological underpinnings of extreme self-centeredness.
Neuroscience
Breaking the Stress and Drug Abuse Connection
Neuroscientist Klaus Miczek is working on stopping the brain system that creates a craving for alcohol and drugs in times of stress
Around the World with Epilepsy
Phil Haydon was just fifteen years old when he suffered a severe brain injury that resulted in post-traumatic epilepsy. Today he’s the Chair of Tufts School of Medicine’s Department of Neuroscience, and in November of 2021 he plans to set sail from Boston
Jamie Maguire Appointed to Named Professorship
The School of Medicine neuroscience researcher is the inaugural Kenneth and JoAnn G. Wellner Professor
Brain plasticity restored in adult mice through targeting specific nerve cell connections
New narrowly focused approach shows how long-range connections between nerve cells lock brain plasticity into place; could advance treatments for disorders such as autism
Leptin’s neural circuit identified
Genome editing study reveals how hormone helps prevent both obesity and diabetes.
Finding the Brain Pathway to Obesity
A new study reveals how leptin affects both weight gain and diabetes.
New Hope for Postpartum Depression
For women with postpartum depression—by some estimates, nearly one in five new mothers—the recent announcement of positive results in clinical trials of a drug to help alleviate their symptoms was welcome news.