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Jan 10, 2022 | UCI School of Medicine
UCI-led team first to discover new neural circuits that regulate spatial learning and memory in the brain’s hippocampal formation
Understanding of novel functional roles can advance research in Alzheimer’s disease, other learning and memory disorders
Nov 15, 2021 | UCI School of Medicine
Multidisciplinary team from UCI publishes new guidance for neuroscience statistical analysis; New guide will lead to more rigorous analysis, reproducibility and richer conclusions
New guide will lead to more rigorous analysis, reproducibility and richer conclusions
Oct 27, 2021 | PainRelief.com
UCI Scientists Discover Pathway Blocking Transition from Acute to Chronic Pain
Daniele Piomelli, PhD, and his team discover pathway blocking transition from actue to chronic pain
Oct 25, 2021 | News Medical Life Science
Molecular mechanism that controls the transition from acute to chronic pain revealed
A new study led by University of California, Irvine researchers is the first to reveal the specific molecular mechanism that controls the transition from acute to chronic pain, and identifies this mechanism as a critical target for disease-modifying medicines.
Oct 25, 2021 | NBC Los Angeles
NBC LA's Challenge Hero of the Night – Nora Nabi, First Year PhD Student
This week’s Hero is a UC Irvine medical student that sprung into action to help senior citizens connect and communicate during the pandemic.
Oct 22, 2021 | UCI School of Medicine
UCI-led study first to reveal specific molecular mechanism that controls the transition from acute to chronic pain
Sep 29, 2021 | PBS SoCal
"The Cannabis Question" on PBS Nova featuring Daniele Piomelli, PhD, PharmD
As state-legalized cannabis spreads, NOVA investigates the latest scientific evidence for its potential benefits and risks, and how criminalization has disproportionately harmed communities of color.
Sep 30, 2020 | UCI School of Medicine
New study finds antidepressant drug effective in treating “lazy eye” in adults
In a new study, published in Current Biology, researchers from the University of California, Irvine School of Medicine reveal how subanesthetic ketamine, which is used for pain management and as an antidepressant in humans, is effective in treating adult amblyopia, a brain disorder commonly known as “lazy eye.”
Aug 04, 2020 | UCI School of Medicine
UCI researchers publish new guide for viral tracers in neural circuit mapping
Center for Neural Circuit Mapping established to disseminate molecular tools to the worldwide neuroscience community
Jul 21, 2020 | UCI School of Medicine
New discovery reveals brain network mechanism that causes spatial memory impairment in Alzheimer’s disease
Patients with Alzheimer’s disease frequently suffer from spatial memory loss, such as no recognition of where they are, and forgetting where they put their belongings. They often show a wandering symptom, which is also a feature of spatial memory impairment. Until now, the brain network mechanism that causes spatial memory impairment had been unclear