Neuroscience

GW scientists, students, and faculty gathered for a day-long celebration of the study of the brain during the 7th Annual Neuroscience Symposium, a chance for attendees to learn about research being done around the U.S. — and in their own backyard.

Matthew Colonnese, Ph.D., assistant professor of pharmacology and physiology, published a paper in the Journal of Neuroscience establishing a mouse model for human fetal electrographic development. 

Matthew Colonnese, Ph.D., professor of pharmacology and physiology and member of the Institute for Neuroscience, and Yasunobu Murata, Ph.D., researcher scientist in the Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, authored a study published in eLife finding that fetal brains use a special…

The GW Institute for Neuroscience hosted the Sixth Annual Neuroscience Symposium, featuring presentations on new research.

When Elad I. Levy, M.D. ’97, M.B.A., FACS, FAHA, was a student at the George Washington University (GW) School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS), his mentors taught him to challenge dogma and to make the world of medical knowledge better than how he found it.

The George Washington University hosted the International Society for the History of the Neurosciences’ 20th annual meeting in early June

The GW Institute for Neuroscience welcomed researchers, faculty, students, and guests to the 5th Annual Neuroscience Symposium.

Anthony-Samuel LaMantia, Ph.D., director of the GW Institute for Neuroscience and professor of pharmacology and physiology, received a $739K grant from the Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative to study the link between autism and disrupted brain development.

The GW Institute for Neuroscience hosted its 4th Annual Neuroscience Symposium.

David Mendelowitz, Ph.D., vice chair and professor of pharmacology and physiology, recently published in the Journal of Neuroscience on how heart rate increases in response to alertness in the brain.