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Aug 17, 2023 | UC Irvine News
UCI awarded grant to study sex-specific brain pathway responses to stress
UCI has been awarded a five-year, $3.5 million grant from the National Institute of Mental Health to study the sex-specific differences in circuits that connect the brain’s stress and reward centers.
Aug 09, 2023 | Orange Coast Magazine
Person of Interest: UC Irvine professor honored for Alzheimer’s research
Kei Igarashi, PhD, associate professor of in the Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology, was awarded the Japan Academy Medal for his groundbreaking research on Alzheimer's disease.
Jul 25, 2023 | UC Irvine School of Medicine
UCI neuroscientists discover a novel inhibitory cortical neuron type that is implicated in neuropsychiatric conditions
A distinct class of brain inhibitory neurons may contribute to autism and schizophrenia.
Jul 19, 2023 | UC Irvine News
UCI awarded $3.8 million NIH grant to advance BRAIN Initiative research
Funding will help UCI become a national center of neuroscience resources.
Jul 10, 2023 | Graduate Studies
2023 Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellow Award to Anatomy & Neurobiology student, Dr. Jennifer Yonan
Congratulations to Dr. Jennifer Yonan!
Jul 08, 2023 | Daily Pilot
FDA widens door to research on psychedelics like ketamine, LSD for treatment of PTSD, depression
Daniele Piomelli, PhD, director of the UCI Center for the Study of Cannabis and professor in the Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology, notes that millions of people across the U.S. suffer from conditions that might benefit from treatment with psychedelic drugs.
Jun 30, 2023
June 2023
Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology accomplishments and recognition in June 2023.
Jun 27, 2023 | Forbes Health
CBD Water: What It Is, Its Benefits And Where To Buy It
Daniele Piomelli, PhD, director of the UCI Center for the Study of Cannabis and professor in the Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology, talks about CBD water and how it's unlikely to offer any benefits.
Jun 15, 2023 | UC Irvine News
UC Irvine to lead multi-institutional study of single-cell vulnerabilities to Alzheimer’s disease
UCI has received a five-year, $10 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to lead a multi-institutional study of specific brain cell vulnerabilities to abnormal tau protein deposits in regions affected in the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease.
Jun 03, 2023 | Fortune
Frequent marijuana users tend to be leaner and less likely to develop diabetes. But the pseudo-health benefits come at a price, experts say
Frequent cannabis consumers are more likely to be lean and less likely to develop Type 2 diabetes, but there’s a price to pay, according to a recent UCI study. Fortune covers this study that was published in Cell Metabolism and talks to Daniele Piomelli, PhD, director for the UCI Center for the Study of Cannabis, professor in the Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology and one of the study’s authors.