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December 4, 2023

The Road to $532 Million: Why Do Girls Avoid Autism More Often Than Boys?

UVA is celebrating a record-breaking research funding year with a multipart series featuring some of the people who helped make it happen.

UVA Today

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November 8, 2023

Meet Dr. Tsai-Yi Lu, New Faculty Member in the Department of Neuroscience

Meet Dr. Tsai-Yi Lu, New Faculty Member in the UVA Department of Neuroscience

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November 8, 2023

Over 40 Faculty From Across 5 Schools Gathered for the 2023 Neurodevelopment Research Retreat

By Sarah Kucenas

Over 40 faculty from the Schools of Medicine, Nursing, Education & Human Development, Data Science, and the College of Arts & Sciences gathered at UVA's Zehmer Hall on October 12th for the 2023 Neurodevelopment Research Retreat.

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October 16, 2023

Does Dunking Your Head in Water Ease Anxiety? Ask This Professor’s Diving Mice

Feeling anxious? Quick, social media says, a cold water face plunge will help! A UVA biologist tells us if that advice is bunk or real.

UVA Today

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August 26, 2023

Using Light-Up Skullcaps, Neurologist Is Pioneering an Autism Test for Babies

In Meghan Puglia’s baby lab, mothers and their children have a stimulating way to help researchers learn more about the developing brain – while potentially helping those “on the spectrum.”

UVA Today

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December 9, 2022

Mother’s Antidepressant Use, Plus Infection, Linked to Neurodevelopmental Disorders

The findings might help to explain the rise in autism prevalence over the last 20 years, researchers said.

UVA Today

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October 19, 2022

$12 Million Grant To Help UVA Researchers Better Diagnose Autism

UVA researchers are studying why some people with autism are diagnosed later in life, and are developing a tool to identify autism earlier.

UVA Today

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August 26, 2022

Using Light-Up Skullcaps, Neurologist Is Pioneering an Autism Test for Babies

In Meghan Puglia’s baby lab, mothers and their children have a stimulating way to help researchers learn more about the developing brain – while potentially helping those “on the spectrum.”

UVA Today

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July 12, 2022

School of Fish: UVA Grad Students Expand the Field of Neuroscience in Mentor’s Lab

In Sarah Kucenas’ lab, graduate students learn to navigate the waters as professional research scientists, in some cases leading to major scientific discoveries.

UVA Today

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October 21, 2021

Autism spectrum disorder looks different in girls’ and boys’ brains

Researchers advise caution in drawing conclusions about girls from research conducted primarily with boys.

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