Faculty Achievement
Brain cell discovery may explain excessive hunger
NGP Faculty Scott Kanoski led research identifying “meal memory” neurons in laboratory rats that could explain why forgetting lunch leads to overeating....
Categories: Faculty Achievement , Memory , Research Advancements , Student Achievements
NGP Faculty & Student find a gut-brain link that may affect behavior in children with autism
NGP Faculty, Lisa Aziz-Zadeh, with the help of NGP Student, Ravi Bhatt, finds that an imbalance in the microbiome disrupts neurotransmitter production...
Categories: Faculty Achievement , Research Advancements
Faster, cheaper, better: the rise of blood tests for Alzheimer’s
NGP Faculty, Robert Rissman, is asked about how circulating biomarkers are quickly becoming a crucial part of diagnosis and disease monitoring for...
Categories: Faculty Achievement , Research Advancements
NGP faculty member elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences
NGP Faculty, Mary Helen Immordino-Yang, is among the select number of scholars, artists, humanitarians and policymakers honored for their outsize contributions to...
Categories: Faculty Achievement
How Much Sleep Is Enough? A Look at Sleep Duration for Better Health
NGP Faculty, Steve Kay, is featured in this LA Times article about sleep. Most adults need 7–9 hours of sleep per night, but...
Categories: Faculty Achievement
USC-led study finds potential new drug target for Alzheimer’s disease
Researchers, including NGP Faculty Hussein Yassine, used a combination of animal models, human brain tissue and molecular analysis to reveal a link...
Categories: Faculty Achievement , Research Advancements
