Virginia Tech researchers uncover mechanisms that wire the brain’s cerebral cortex

A research team at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC has identified the type of brain cell that produces a protein that is crucial for the formation of inhibitory circuits in the brain.
21-Dec-2020 2:20 PM EST Add to Favorites

Virginia Tech researchers show teens with risk-averse peers make safer choices

In a new study published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Virginia Tech neuroscientists at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC show that observing peers making sound decisions may help young people play it...
30-Nov-2020 9:15 AM EST Add to Favorites

Virginia Tech Scientists Provide New Evidence of Elusive Electrical Pathway in the Heart

The research team discovered it could improve irregular heart rhythms – even when the heart’s blood supply was completely shut off – by altering concentrations of common electrolytes in the bloodstream.
16-Nov-2020 8:05 AM EST Add to Favorites

Scientists find neurochemicals have unexpectedly profound roles in the human brain

Dopamine and serotonin are at work at sub-second speeds to shape how people perceive the world and take action based on their perception. The discovery shows researchers can simultaneously measure the activity of both dopamine and serotonin in...
8-Oct-2020 6:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Virginia Tech scientists advance understanding of blood-brain barrier health

in a study with potential impacts on a variety of neurological diseases, Virginia Tech researchers have provided the first experimental evidence from a living organism to show that an abundant, star-shaped brain cell known as an astrocyte is...
21-Sep-2020 6:00 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Drones deliver time savings to customers, new revenue to businesses

A new economic impact study from Virginia Tech suggests that drone delivery could offer a significant economic boost in communities.
15-Sep-2020 11:20 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Virginia Tech, partners launch nation’s first pediatric rehabilitation resource center

Research partners across three institutions are opening the nation’s first and only resource center dedicated to promoting clinical trials research in the rapidly expanding field of pediatric rehabilitation. It will be one of a network six centers...
20-Jul-2020 7:40 PM EDT Add to Favorites

In one hour, surface coating inactivates virus that causes COVID-19

A Virginia Tech chemical engineering professor has developed a surface coating that, when painted on common objects, inactivates SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.
15-Jul-2020 1:10 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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