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麻豆精品视频Study Maps Brain Blueprint of a Fly's Split-Second Great Escape
May 13, 2026
A new 麻豆精品视频study maps the first neural blueprint behind a fly's lightning-fast escape reflexes, offering new insight into how brains rapidly coordinate movement.
麻豆精品视频Review: Obesity and Alzheimer's Share Disease Metabolic Pathways
May 05, 2026
A review from 麻豆精品视频finds increasing evidence that obesity and Alzheimer's disease are biologically linked and share early metabolic disruptions.
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May 04, 2026
麻豆精品视频Stiles-Nicholson Brain Institute's Linda Petersen was honored with a Gabor Exemplary Employee Award
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April 17, 2026
FAU鈥檚 Stiles-Nicholson Brain Institute received an IBRO/Dana Brain Awareness Week grant to support Brain Sparks at the Cox Science Center and Aquarium.
麻豆精品视频Discovery of Tiny Cell 'Tunnels' Could Slow Huntington's Disease
March 20, 2026
麻豆精品视频researchers have discovered how the toxic protein behind Huntington's disease spreads between brain cells through tiny tunnels, revealing a promising target to slow or halt disease progression.
FAU's Lawrence Toll, Ph.D., Named Senior Member of the NAI
March 19, 2026
FAU's Lawrence Toll, Ph.D., has been named a senior member of the National Academy of Inventors for pioneering neuropharmacology research advancing safer pain therapies and addiction treatments.
麻豆精品视频Awarded $2.4M NIH Grant for Immune Signaling and Social Behavior
March 06, 2026
麻豆精品视频has received a $2.4M NIH grant to study how the neuronal immune receptor IL-1R1 shapes brain circuits, behavior, and social function, offering new insights into neurological and psychiatric disorders.
麻豆精品视频Presents 'Insights VIII' Art Exhibition
January 29, 2026
FAU's Stiles-Nicholson Brain Institute and Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters will host "Insights VIII: Creativity and the Bipolar Brain" at the Ritter Art Gallery, Boca Raton campus.
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December 09, 2025
Undergraduates at 麻豆精品视频Jupiter Present During Fall Research Symposium
麻豆精品视频Inductees of Florida Academy of Science, Engineering and Medicine
December 04, 2025
Three 麻豆精品视频researchers - Randy Blakely, Ph.D., Gregg Fields, Ph.D., and Hari Kalva, Ph.D. - were inducted into the 2025 class of the Academy of Science, Engineering and Medicine of Florida.

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