Brain
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VCAR Science Day brings leading addiction researchers together
The Vanderbilt Center for Addiction Research hosted Science Day on April 18. The annual event, which started in 2017, featured the latest research in addiction, including investigations into alcohol, opioids, and stimulants. Read MoreMay. 7, 2024
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Vanderbilt researchers discover new spontaneous signaling pathway in the brain
The brain is constantly firing and controlling purposeful action potentials—electronic messages used by neurons to communicate with each other and allow the brain to function. Conversely, the way spontaneous neural communication happens in the brain has been found to make use of a different process. Ege Kavalali, William Stokes Chair in Experimental… Read MoreFeb. 14, 2022