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Long Beach Post Intellectual Virtues Academy teacher Dustin Schmidt works with a student. By Kelly Puente | January 2, 2019 SOME TEACHERS ARE ABLE TO BUILD DEEP emotional connections with students and inspire them to learn. What does that look like in the brain? The University of Southern California is exploring that question and other…Continue Reading ‘First of its kind’ study at Long Beach charter school uses brain imaging to measure effective teaching

Caitlin Dawson | January 28, 2019 USC researchers found “hidden factors” in medical data that could improve Alzheimer’s disease prediction and lead to better outcomes. NEUROSCIENTIST PAUL THOMPSON (LEFT) WITH COMPUTER SCIENTIST GREG VER STEEG. (PHOTO/CAITLIN DAWSON.) Nearly 50 million people worldwide have Alzheimer’s disease or another form of dementia. While age is the greatest risk…Continue Reading USC Researchers Use AI to Detect Early Signs of Alzheimer’s

Brain changes associated with leaky capillaries suggest new, potential drug targets as well as a way to diagnose the disease sooner BY Leigh Hopper JANUARY 14, 2019 This image depicts a blood vessel in the brain that has become leaky, or permeable. (Illustration/Courtesy of Arthur Toga) Leaky capillaries in the brain portend early onset of Alzheimer’s…Continue Reading USC Alzheimer’s researchers find new culprit and potential treatment target for disease

January 2, 2019 by Kelly Puente in News Some teachers are able to build deep emotional connections with students and inspire them to learn. What does that look like in the brain? The University of Southern California is exploring that question and other connections between the brain and effective teaching in a new study launched this fall at Intellectual…Continue Reading ‘First of its kind’ study at Long Beach charter school uses brain imaging to measure effective teaching

Stem cell technology drives the research at AcuraStem, a startup founded as a result of the work in a USC lab (one in a three-part series) BY Emily Chu JANUARY 3, 2019 AcuraStem team members participated in the ALS Association Golden West Chapter‘s Walk to Defeat ALS at Exposition Park. (Photo/Roxan Olivas, AcuraStem) Justin Ichida keeps…Continue Reading Innovators of USC: Justin Ichida stays at the forefront of ALS research

NEUROSCIENCE NEWS NOVEMBER 16, 2018 Summary: A new deep learning algorithm may help children affected by abuse to disclose information about their experiences. When children are victims of crimes, the legal testimony they provide is known as forensic interviews. However, since victims are often traumatized and potentially abused by their caregivers they can be reluctant…Continue Reading Can Artificial Intelligence Help Abuse Victims Disclose Traumatic Testimony?

 (Photo/Courtesy of Arthur W. Toga) In fiscal year 2017-2018, the USC Mark and Mary Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute (INI) at the Keck School of Medicine of USC received more than $30.5 million in active research funding. This summer, the institute added millions more in federal grants for ongoing projects exploring Alzheimer’s disease, mapping connectivity…Continue Reading Institute wins millions for research on Alzheimer’s disease, brain mapping and more

Researchers show structures, nerve connections and functions in vivid detail as part of the most detailed atlas yet of the brain’s memory bank BY Gary Polakovic OCTOBER 8, 2018 Brain mapping helps scientists understand how specific areas function and how to create new drugs and targeted treatments. (Photo/Courtesy of Tyler Ard, USC Mark and Mary Stevens…Continue Reading USC scientists map brain region linked to Alzheimer’s and other diseases

Findings may yield new therapies for depression and anxiety among millions of patients BY USC Viterbi staff SEPTEMBER 10, 2018 Mood is represented across multiple sites in the brain rather than localized regions, which makes decoding them a computational challenge, according to a USC expert. (Image/Sani et. al., Nature Biotechnology, modified from original format) Engineers and physicians…Continue Reading Breakthrough brain research could yield new treatments for depression

GradImpact: Research to Better Understand How Antidepressants Affect Fetal Development Juan Velasquez, a recent doctoral recipient in neuroscience at the University of Southern California, was awarded a prestigious Chateaubriand Fellowship to study how antidepressants affect fetal development during pregnancy. Somewhere between 12-18% of women experience depression at some point during the course of their pregnancy….Continue Reading Recent NGP Alumni Juan Velasquez Featured in GradImpact