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A New York Times journalist shared his key to reporting with a UAB honors seminar class. Both the reporter and the class want to understand how — for good or for bad — the human immune system works. UAB has one of the few in-depth undergraduate immunology programs in the nation.

Channels: All Journal News, Education, Immunology, Neuro,

Keywords: Undergraduate immunology, Immunology, Curriculum, Neuroscience, Writing

A study from St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital sheds light on the mechanisms governing feeding behavior in fruit flies and how skeletal muscle communicates energy needs to the brain.

Channels: All Journal News, Behavioral Science, Neuro,

Keywords: Muscles, Brain, Neurobiological Development, feeding behavior, Dopamine

A team of researchers from the University of Georgia’s Regenerative Bioscience Center has found that neural exosomes—“cargo” molecules within the nervous system that carry messages to the brain—can minimize or even avert progression of traumatic brain injury when used as part of a new cell-to-cell messaging technology.

Channels: All Journal News, Healthcare, Neuro, Trauma,

Keywords: traumatic brain injury (TBI), Brain, Neurosccience, Exosome, Biomanufacturing

A review of more than 130 studies explains how sleep helps people learn new information and plays an important role in storing learned content for future use. The review is published in the January 2020 issue of Physiology.

Channels: All Journal News, Cognition and Learning, Neuro, Sleep,

Keywords: Physiology, Sleep, Sleep architecture, Sleep stages, Memory, Learning, Brain Physiology, Neurophysiology, Sleep Deprivation

Brain imaging of veterans with Gulf War illness show varying abnormalities after moderate exercise that can be categorized into two distinct groups — an outcome that suggests a more complex illness that previously thought.

Channels: All Journal News, Cognition and Learning, Military Health, Neuro, Embargoed Feed - hidden,

Keywords: Gulf War Illness, Gulf War Syndrome, Gulf War Veterans

People who take long naps during the day or sleep nine or more hours at night may have an increased risk of stroke, according to a study published in the December 11, 2019, online issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

Channels: Cardiovascular Health, Neuro, Sleep, Neurology (journal), Embargoed Feed - hidden, All Journal News,

Philadelphia Eagles Chair and CEO Jeffrey Lurie championed a new signature fundraising event, the Eagles Autism Challenge, to raise funds for innovative autism research and programs. To assist him in these efforts, Lurie appointed a professor of neuroscience and cell biology and pediatrics at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School to serve as the lead scientific advisor.

Channels: All Journal News, Autism, Healthcare, Neuro,

Keywords: Autism, autism advocacy, Autism Research, Philadelphia Eagles, cycling event

A team of researchers that includes a faculty member at the University of Georgia has now identified a specific circuit in the brain that alters food impulsivity, creating the possibility scientists can someday develop therapeutics to address overeating.

Channels: All Journal News, Neuro, Nutrition, Obesity, Psychology and Psychiatry, Nature (journal),

Keywords: Weight Control, Obesity, Food, impulsive behavior, Impulsive eating, Overeating