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Neuroscience

SARS-CoV-2

Lab-grown 'mini-brains' suggest COVID-19 virus can infect human brain cells

Published July 1, 2020

A Johns Hopkins collaboration has demonstrated that the novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, can infect and replicate within a human mini-brain model

Scholarships

Johns Hopkins grad awarded prestigious Luce Scholarship

Published March 10, 2020

Maya Foster is a scientist, an activist, a dancer, musician, and designer. But through it all, one thing remains constant: she's determined to make an impact.

Neuroscience

Deep brain stimulation boosts dopamine

Published Aug 21, 2019

Treatment eases Parkinson's symptoms such as tremors and muscle rigidity

Neuroscience

Drug combo preserves cognitive function in mice with Alzheimer's

Published May 16, 2019

Drugs combination reduces brain damage and inflammation, slows the pace of cognitive decline

Interdisciplinary scholar

Neuroscientist Daeyeol Lee named BDP

Published March 19, 2019

Yale expert known for his research on the neural basis for decision-making will head lab at the Krieger Mind/Brain Institute

Brain bets

How our brains decide whether to hold 'em or fold 'em

Published Jan 7, 2019

Biomedical engineers discover a "push-pull" dynamic between the brain's hemispheres during high-risk betting

Neuroscience

Foragers rush in

Published Dec 18, 2018

Are you that holiday bargain hunter, hurrying from store to store? Your habits may be rooted in theories of "optimal foraging," experts find.

IDEA

Making an octopus cuddly

Published Winter 2018

Study finds that humans and octopuses have a molecular mechanism in the brain that binds to MDMA—revealing evolutionary links between the two species / Johns Hopkins Magazine