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Social media use and sleep duration connected to brain activity in teens

A new study found a distinct relationship between sleep duration, social media usage, and brain activation across brain regions that are key for executive control and reward processing.

Study examines prescribing patterns of drug associated with cognitive impairment

A new study is one of the first explorations of prescribing patterns of tricyclic antidepressants for treatment of diabetic peripheral neuropathy at healthcare facilities predominantly serving diverse populations of low socioeconomic status. The curren…

Blood flow makes waves across the surface of the mouse brain

Researchers have, for the first time, visualized the full network of blood vessels across the cortex of awake mice, finding that blood vessels rhythmically expand and contract leading to ‘waves’ washing across the surface of the brain. These findings i…

Hitting the target with non-invasive deep brain stimulation: Potential therapy for addiction, depression, and OCD

Researchers have successfully tested a novel technique for probing deep into the human brain, without surgery, for potential therapeutic purposes. In the rapidly evolving field of neuroscience, non-invasive brain stimulation is a new hope for understan…

INCLUDE Webinar- Community Engagement in Clinical Trials: Lessons from PCORI

The NIH INCLUDE (Investigation of Co-occurring conditions across the Lifespan to Understand Down syndromE) Project Team invites you to join us for a dynamic webinar on   Community Engagement in Clinical Trials: Lessons from PCORI (Patient Centered Ou…

NHLBI Obesity, Nutrition, and Physical Activity Seminar: Cardiovascular Health in the Peripartum Period: Drivers and Determinants

In this one-hour webinar, Dr. Sadiya S. Khan, MD, MSc, will present an overview of “ Cardiovascular Health in the Peripartum Period: Drivers and Determinants. ” She will discuss how cardiovascular health in the peripartum period is associated with …

DDM Seminar Series: “ Building Effective Teams ”

John Amaechi is a respected organizational psychologist, an OBE (Order of the British Empire), Chartered Scientist, elected Fellow of the Royal Society for Public Health, bestselling New York Times author, Research Fellow at the University of East Lond…

IIG Seminar – Chronic psychological stress and macrophage inflammation in atherosclerosis

Atherosclerosis is recognized as a chronic inflammatory disease of the arteries that initiates through normal protective functions of the innate immune system, but goes awry through the failure to resolve macrophage inflammation in the arterial plaques…

James S. Jackson Memorial Award

This award is named in honor of the late Dr. James S. Jackson , a renowned social psychologist who was the Daniel Katz Distinguished Professor of Psychology at the University of Michigan.
Dr. Jackson ’ s research on race, ethnicity, racism, health, …

DDM Seminar: Zoom Fatigue

Dr. Allison Gabriel is a chaired full Professor of Management in the Organizational Behavior and Human Resources Area at Purdue University ’ s Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr. School of Business. She will also be the lead faculty director of the brand-new Ce…