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Game Changers
How dramatic brain discoveries are influencing America’s most popular sport.
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Lost in Translation
Hector Roman, a bilingual aphasic patient, receives treatment from therapist Danielle Tsibulsky (SAR’10); additional commentary provided by Swathi Kiran, a SAR associate professor of speech, language, and hearing sciences.
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Mapping the Connectome
The connectome could hold the secrets to how the brain works, but how will we map it? Assistant Professor Bobby Kasthuri explains how electron microscopes and diamond edges help him tap into the secrets of this connectome map.
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Does Gender Influence Alcoholic Brains?
BU researchers are studying the role of gender in how alcoholism affects the brain.
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NFL Player Dave Duerson Suffered from Advanced CTE
Researchers at the Boston Unviersity Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy (BU CSTE), revealed today that Dave Duerson, a former NFL player who committed suicide in February at age 50, was suffering from moderately advanced case of Chronic [...]Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE), a neurodegenerative disease linked to repeated brain trauma. Duerson played safety in the NFL for 11 seasons, for the Chicago Bears, NY Giants, and Phoenix Cardinals. He was named to four Pro Bowls and won two Super Bowls, with the Bears in 1986 and the Giants in 1991.
Press conference was held on May 2, 2011.
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Breaking Up Protein Blocks
Ben Wolozin, a School of Medicine professor of pharmacology, explains how stress granules in cells could turn from good into a pathological problem.
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Controlling Brain Cells with Light
Xue Han, a College of Engineering assistant professor of biomedical engineering, explains how new techniques involving light could advance research in the brain, particularly with Parkinson's and Alzheimer's.
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Strengthening Brain Connections
Helen Tager-Flusberg, a College of Arts & Sciences professor of psychology, talks about her research on the brain and Autism.
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Illuminating Brain Development
Tarik Haydar, a School of Medicine associate professor of anatomy and neurobiology, explains how altering neurons to glow various colors can shed light on how the brain develops and help treat Down Syndrome.
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