Arielle Hogan received a B.S. in Biology and a B.A. in French from the University of Virginia. She is now pursuing a Ph.D. in Neuroscience in the NSIDP program at UCLA. Her research focuses on CNS ...

Arielle Hogan received a B.S. in Biology and a B.A. in French from the University of Virginia. She is now pursuing a Ph.D. in Neuroscience in the NSIDP program at UCLA. Her research focuses on CNS ...

Neurodegenerative disease where dopaminergic neurons of the substantia nigra deteriorate. Symptoms involve resting tremor, slowness of movement, shuffling gait, rigidity. Kate graduated from Scripps ...

A neurodegenerative disease characterized by neuronal loss in brain areas like the hippocampus. The loss of neurons is associated with symptoms of dementia. Kate graduated from Scripps College in 2009 ...

Kate graduated from Scripps College in 2009 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Neuroscience, completing the cellular and molecular track with honors. As an undergraduate, she studied long-term ...

Areas of the central nervous system that consist primarily of glial cells and myelinated axons, which gives the tissue a white coloring. Compare to grey matter. Kate graduated from Scripps College in ...

A barrier between the brain itself and the blood supply of the brain, which prevents most substances from moving from the blood to brain tissue. Substances like glucose that are important to brain ...

One fascinating thing about neuroscience is that it is so interdisciplinary, inspiration can come from anywhere. Today’s story is one such example of the interdisciplinarity of the field; it is about ...

The brain has three broad types of memory: sensory memory, working memory, and long-term memory. Sensory memory briefly holds unprocessed information retained in the sensory system; working memory ...

Most people don’t think of the brain and the immune system as partners in maintaining one’s health. Yet, in recent years, the field of neuroimmunology has uncovered a fascinating and complex ...

Axon terminal; synaptic boutons are small swellings that are found at the terminal ends of axons. Synaptic boutons are typically the sites where synapses with other neurons are found, and ...

Arielle Hogan received a B.S. in Biology and a B.A. in French from the University of Virginia. She is now pursuing a Ph.D. in Neuroscience in the NSIDP program at UCLA. Her research focuses on CNS ...