Archive: neuroscience
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Maguire-Zeiss Named New Chair of Department of Neuroscience
Category: GUMC Stories
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Georgetown’s Memory Disorders Program Marks 20th Year
Category: GUMC Stories
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MCGSO Welcomes Hardy Middle School During Brain Awareness Week
Category: GUMC Stories
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Researchers Decode How Cancer Drug Works in Brains of Parkinson’s Disease Patients
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Georgetown Physician Leads International Experts in Developing Treatment Guidelines for Huntington’s Disease Symptoms
Category: GUMC Stories
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Researchers Find Inhibiting One Protein Destroys Toxic Clumps Seen in Parkinson’s Disease
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Georgetown Study Investigates Memory Improvement Through Nicotine Dosing
A new study being conducted at Georgetown University Medical Center aims to find out if nicotine can slow or stop memory loss in people experiencing mild memory problems.
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Making Sense of Senses: Researchers Find the Brain Processes Sight and Sound in the Same Two-Step Manner
A new study published by senior investigator Maximilian Riesenhuber, PhD, a professor in Georgetown University School of Medicine’s Department of Neuroscience, and fellow Georgetown neuroscientists Xiong Jiang, PhD; Mark A. Chevillet; and Josef P. Rauschecker, PhD, is the first to provide strong evidence that learning in sight and sound follows similar principles.
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If Your Child is Bilingual, Learning Additional Languages Later Might be Easier
It is often claimed that bilinguals are better than monolinguals at learning languages. Now, the first study to examine bilingual and monolingual brains as they learn an additional language offers new evidence that supports this hypothesis, researchers say.
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Agent Clears Toxic Proteins, Reduces Inflammation and Improves Cognition in Neurodegeneration Models
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