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    • Brain Buzz in White River Junction

      April 27, 2017
      march 2017 Brain Buzz;how the brain works

      How does your brain work? Maybe there are days when you wonder if it’s working at all. This fascinating organ is arguably what makes us who we are, but how this happens is largely a mystery. At a recent Brain Buzz event, hosted by the School of Graduate Studies in partnership with the Upper Valley Food Coop in White River Junction and the Vermont Institute for Natural Sciences (VINS), PhD researchers Emily Stephens and Max Mehlman introduced a packed room to their research and a basic overview of what we know about the brain.

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    • Neuroscience Day at Dartmouth

      April 24, 2017
      Neuroscience Day poster detail 2017

      The 31st Annual Neuroscience Day at Dartmouth held on Saturday, April 8th, saw the attendance of over 100 faculty members, post-doctoral researchers, graduate and undergraduate students from Dartmouth, Keene State College, and the University of Vermont. Attendees congregated at the Class of 1978 Life Sciences Center to share their research and discuss current work in the field of neuroscience.

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    • GRAD Alumni Research Award 2015 Recipient: Max Mehlman, PBS

      March 21, 2017
      graduate alumni research award recipient max mehlman

      Humans have a remarkable capacity for processing spatial information, allowing us to maintain a sense of direction and location as we navigate within our environment. This ability is largely employed unconsciously and thus often taken for granted; however, individuals suffering from chronic spatial disorientation due to brain or vestibular system damage are painfully aware of the vital contribution spatial processing makes to our quality of life.

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    • GRAD Alumni Research Award 2015 Recipient: William Butler, PBS

      March 16, 2017
      William Butler Alumni Research Awardee

      Spatial cognition and navigation are evolutionarily critical for a number of tasks that are necessary for survival, including the locating of food, water, and mates. Research in the spatial cognition mechanisms in the human brain has enabled a greater understanding of disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease, in which one of the most common symptoms is spatial disorientation. Rat models have enabled a much more fine-grained understanding of these spatial cognition processes through the recording of single neurons in the brains of freely moving animals.

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