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Postdoctoral fellow Laura Fontenas conducted the experiments for the study. (Photos by Dan Addison, University Communications)
A new University of Virginia study proves that a damaged peripheral nervous system is capable of repairing itself – when healthy cells are recruited there from the central nervous system.
Alison Criss, Phillip Bourne, Karen McGlathery and Dr. Jaideep Kapur, they head four of UVA’s pan-University institutes. (Photos by Dan Addison, University Communications)
In recent years, the University of Virginia has established four multidisciplinary institutes designed to tackle some of society’s most pressing challenges from multiple angles: the Data Science Institute, the Brain Institute, the Global Infectious Diseases Institute and the Environmental Resilience Institute
Third-year neuroscience major Dove-Anna Johnson is researching the role of a molecule, p75, in eating disorders. (Photo by Dan Addison, University Communications)
Dove-Anna Johnson’s research examines a specific molecule and how it influences body weight, in an effort to find treatment options for eating disorders ranging from obesity to anorexia.
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UVA Brain Research
Brain’s prefrontal cortex conducts symphony of social players
One research group is exploring the use of cognitive behavioral therapy, a widely used form of psychotherapy, to ease aggression, irritability and anxiety in people with autism. A pilot study of CBT for anxiety in 10 autistic adolescents yielded promising results, said lead investigator Kevin Pelphrey, a UVA professor of neurology.
UVA Brain Discovery Could Block Aging's Terrible Toll on the Mind
Aging vessels connecting the brain and the immune system play critical roles in both Alzheimer’s disease and the decline in cognitive ability that comes with time, new research reveals. By improving the function of the lymphatic vessels, scientists at the University of Virginia School of Medicine have dramatically enhanced aged mice’s ability to learn and improved their memories. The work may provide doctors an entirely new path to treat or prevent Alzheimer’s disease, age-related memory loss and other neurodegenerative diseases.
Children in a third grade class that integrates children with autism with general education students, at the Academy of Talented Scholars in Brooklyn.CreditJoshua Bright for The New York Times
How to Meet Autistic People Halfway
Vikram Jaswal, an Associate Professor of Psychology at UVA and Nameera Akhtar, a Professor of Psychology at the University of California, Santa Cruz challenge the widely held belief that autistic people are not interested in other people.