Neuroscience Archives - Baylor College of Medicine Blog Network

Baylor College of Medicine recognizes research excellence with DeBakey Awards

September 20, 2023September 20, 2023 Autism, DeBakey Research Awards, evolutionary fitness, gene evolution, genome instability, hematopoietic stem cells, leukemia, Neuroscience, nonhuman primate genomics, Obesity, Research

Six Baylor College of Medicine faculty members were selected as recipients of the 2023 Michael E. DeBakey Excellence in Research Award.

Momentum

Dr. Thomas Kosten develops anti-Fentanyl vaccine

May 9, 2023May 9, 2023 Fentanyl, Immunology, Neuroscience, opioid, overdose, pharmacology, Psychiatry, vaccine

Each year, more Americans die from drug overdoses than in traffic accidents. More than three out of five of these deaths are the result of

Four people, seen from above, working together with various computing devices.

Policywise

Patient trust and public-private partnerships in neuroscience

September 9, 2022 bioethics, BRAINShare, Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Ethics Sumer Interns, Neuroscience, Patient Trust, Public-Private Partnerships

This is the third in an ongoing series by Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy summer interns, undergraduate/graduate students interested in emerging ethical issues. I knew I

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Interrogating the brain on trial: neuroscience, ethics and the law

August 26, 2022August 26, 2022 Brain, brain imaging, Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, ethics, Ethics Sumer Interns, law, Neuroscience, Philosophy

This is the first in an ongoing series by Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy summer interns, undergraduate/graduate students interested in emerging ethical issues.

Progress Notes

Resonance podcast: Artificial intelligence research and decision making

April 13, 2021November 18, 2021 artificial intelligence, Education, Medical Education, Neuroscience, Resonance, Resonance Podcast

Dr. Andreas Tolias discusses his journey into artificial intelligence research, neuroscience and understanding the brain’s perceptual inference on the Resonance podcast.

Progress Notes

Resonance podcast: Understanding neurological diseases

April 22, 2020November 18, 2021 Education, Medical Education, Neuroscience, Resonance, Resonance Podcast

An estimated 100 million Americans are impacted by neurological diseases like Alzheimer’s disease and epilepsy every year. Melanie Samuel, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department

From The Labs

The McNair Scholar Spotlight: Dr. Xaq Pitkow

May 24, 2018October 8, 2018 Dr. Xaq Pitkow, McNair scholar, Neuroscience, Research

From the Labs sat down with McNair Scholar Dr. Xaq Pitkow to learn more not only about his research but also about him, what motivated

Policywise

Gray matter and gray areas: Examining disorders of consciousness

December 22, 2017December 21, 2017 brain injury, clinical ethics, disorders of consciousness, Dr. Jennifer Blumenthal-Barby, Neuroscience

Patients in a minimally conscious state demonstrate some “off and on” awareness of their environment. They may be able to communicate at times by nodding

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My mental illness and my research

October 4, 2017October 4, 2017 ADHD, Anxiety, bioethics, Depression, Gabriel Lazaro-Munoz, medical ethics, Mental Health, Mental Illness, Neuroethics, Neuroscience, Research

I know what is going on in my brain. I have a Ph.D. in neuroscience. I still cannot control it. I constantly have intrusive thoughts,

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Intelligence and genetic essentialism

June 16, 2017June 15, 2017 Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Cody Brannan, Discrimination, DNA, Genetic Essentialism, Genetics, Genomics, Health Policy Program, Neuroethics, Neuroscience, Research, Science Policy

In 1869, Francis Galton reasoned that if human intellect was determined to be hereditary, then it “would be quite practicable to produce a highly-gifted race

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