neurosciences

Case Western Reserve University will offer a new bachelor of science degree in neuroscience beginning fall semester 2020. Developed jointly by the Department of Biology in the College of Arts and Sciences and the Department of Neurosciences in the School of Medicine, the undergraduate program is hig...

A research article co-written by Alicia Vagnozzi, graduate student in CWRU’s Department of Neuroscience, has been published in an issue of eLife. Vagnozzi’s article, titled “Phrenic-specific transcriptional programs shape respiratory motor output,” details research she and her colleagues completed...

Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine researcher, Cleveland Clinic neurosurgeon collaborate on three-year project, aided by $600,000 grant A GPS map to guide neural navigation devices developed by a Case Western Reserve University cancer researcher has shown 90% accuracy in pinpointing...

Anthony Jack, associate professor of philosophy and assistant professor of neurosciences and neurology, will present “The Mind's Essential Tension: How Neuroscience Can and Must Drive a New Renaissance” at the next Science Café Cleveland event. His talk will be held Monday, Nov. 11, from 7 to 8 p.m...

Heather Broihier already felt indebted to legendary neurobiologist Story Landis for her scientific success. After all, Landis founded Case Western Reserve University’s Department of Neurosciences, Broihier’s professional home since 2005. Landis also recruited Lynn Landmesser, the chair who hired Br...

When Lin Mei decided to go into medicine, he was following in his parents’ footsteps. Both had careers in the field: his mother in cardiology and his father in public health. But after medical school in China and a one-year internship that exposed him to various specialties in medicine, he felt he...

Case Western Reserve researchers observe waves ‘leap’ across cut in brain tissue; ‘ephaptic coupling’ said to be producing self-propagating waves unknown until now Biomedical engineering researchers at Case Western Reserve University say they have identified a previously unidentified form of neural ...

Promising results provide hope for humans suffering from chronic paralysis Millions of people worldwide are living with chronic spinal cord injuries, with 250,000 to 500,000 new cases each year—most from vehicle crashes or falls. The most severe spinal cord injuries completely paralyze their victims...

Researchers in biology, neurosciences, electrical engineering and computer sciences map sea slugs’ rapid behavioral adaptations—with application to humans, robots As 2-pound sea slugs tug and feed on bits of seaweed, researchers from Case Western Reserve University and around the world are mapping t...

President Barbara R. Snyder invites the campus community to celebrate the appointment of Wen-Cheng Xiong as the Riuko and Archie G. Co Professor of Neurosciences and Lin Mei as the Allen C. Holmes Professor of Neurological Diseases. The ceremony will be held Wednesday, May 30, at 4:30 p.m. in the I...