neuroscience

FSU research: Ketamine could help men suffering from alcohol use disorder

Published: November 19, 2019 | 10:30 am | Posted in: Health & Medicine

Professor Mohamed Kabbaj, a neuroscientist in the Department of Biomedical Sciences in the College of Medicine

Research from Florida State University is giving physicians a better understanding of ketamine, a potentially useful tool in treating depression that still has unanswered questions. A team of researchers working in the laboratory of Mohamed Kabbaj, a professor of Biomedical Sciences and Neuroscience in the College of Medicine, showed that ketamine can decrease alcohol consumption in male rats […]

FSU philosophy professor receives interdisciplinary fellowship

Published: August 1, 2018 | 12:33 pm | Posted in: University News

Florida State University Philosophy Professor John Schwenkler has received a prestigious fellowship to support cross-disciplinary study in psychology beginning Fall 2018. The Academic Cross-Training Fellowship, awarded by the John Templeton Foundation, is designed for recently tenured philosophers and theologians to expand their knowledge base in areas such as biology or physics. The award provides up […]

‘Exciting’ breakthrough in effort to help children with hearing loss

Published: January 15, 2018 | 3:00 pm | Posted in: News, Science & Technology

Erin Ingvalson, assistant professor in FSU's School of Communication Science and Disorders

A Florida State University researcher joined an international team using brain scans and machine-learning algorithms to determine which areas of the brain were most associated with learning speech among deaf children with cochlear implants. The breakthrough, published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, puts the […]

Researcher sheds new light on how brain operates like GPS

Published: September 14, 2017 | 11:26 am | Posted in: Science & Technology

Assistant Professor Aaron Wilber has discovered new insights into how the brain is organized to help a person navigate.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Every time you walk out of a building, you immediately see where you’re at and then step toward a destination. Whether you turn left, right or go straight ahead, you don’t even think about it. Simple, right? Not exactly. The brain performs a complex calculation that works a lot like the Global […]

FSU African-American doctoral graduate inspires others

Published: September 5, 2017 | 1:48 pm | Posted in: Health & Medicine

Lataisia Jones, second from right, with her parents and sister at FSU summer commencement Aug. 5, 2017.

When Lataisia Jones earned her doctorate this past summer, her family was thrilled. Her sister posted a graduation photo on Facebook. Sounds pretty routine. Except for one thing: Her sister’s Facebook post was “liked” or shared more than 6,000 times, and Jones is getting requests for advice from students around the globe. Why? Jones was […]

FSU researchers listen to birdsong, unlock mysteries of brain

Published: July 28, 2017 | 12:00 pm | Posted in: News, Science & Technology

Professors Rick Hyson, Wei Wu, Richard Bertram and Frank Johnson lead a unique interdisciplinary unit at FSU focusing on how electrical brain impulses in a bird translate into a behavior. They say birdsong is a good model to understand how the human brain learns speech.

The term “birdbrain” has been part of our lexicon for about a century to describe someone’s intellect, or lack of it, presumably because birds have really small brains. But, in fact, the way songbirds learn to sing is similar to how humans learn speech. A unique interdisciplinary team of Florida State University researchers is leading […]

FSU unveils Florida’s most advanced MRI machine

Published: October 24, 2016 | 4:43 pm | Posted in: Science & Technology

The new functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) machine, located in the College of Medicine.

Florida State University researchers now have the state’s most advanced MRI machine at their disposal as they seek to unravel the mysteries of the brain and prevent the disorders that can impede its most basic functions. The new functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) machine, located in the College of Medicine, will allow FSU researchers from […]

FSU medical researcher awarded $1.6M for epilepsy work

Published: September 29, 2016 | 3:03 pm | Posted in: Health & Medicine

Sanjay Kumar, associate professor in the College of Medicine’s Department of Biomedical Sciences

Florida State University neuroscientist Sanjay Kumar has received $1.6 million from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke to pave the way for a more effective treatment for temporal lobe epilepsy. Temporal lobe epilepsy, the most common form in adults, is not improved with anti-epileptic medications. Kumar and his electrophysiology lab […]