Treatments for touch hypersensitivity explored in new research
Harvard professors David Ginty and Lauren Orefice describe how their innovations present a novel approach to treating tactile hypersensitivity in patients with autism-spectrum disorders.
Tags: science-technology autism basic-research office-of-technology-development david-ginty lauren-orefice tactile-hypersensitivity
Harvard to launch center for autism research with $20M gift
Created with $20 million gift, the Hock E. Tan and K. Lisa Yang Center for Autism Research at Harvard Medical School will aim to unravel the basic biology of autism and related disorders.
Tags: autism harvard-medical-school health-medicine hock-e-tan k-lisa-yang the-hock-e-tan-and-k-lisa-yang-center-for-autism-research-at-harvard-medical-school
Axon moves past role as a nerve cell’s foot soldier
Now research suggests that a nerve cells’ axons may be making decisions on their own, challenging the dogma that the nucleus and cell body are the control centers of the neuron.
Tags: science-technology autism basic-research jeffrey-macklis neurological-disease neuron
Axon moves past role as a nerve cell’s foot soldier
Now research suggests that a nerve cells’ axons may be making decisions on their own, challenging the dogma that the nucleus and cell body are the control centers of the neuron.
Tags: science-technology autism basic-research jeffrey-macklis neurological-disease neuron
Harvard neuroscientist Paola Arlotta sees disease-fighting potential in brain organoids
Professor of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology Paola Arlotta is seeking to develop a new tool to understanding brain function and dysfunction: self-generating brain organoids.
Tags: stem-cells brain autism health-medicine alvin-powell brain-science giorgia-quadrato jeff-lichtman neurobiology organoids paola-arlotta
Page 1 of 1