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When the brain isn’t getting enough oxygen, estrogen produced by neurons in both males and females hyperactivates another brain cell type called astrocytes to step up their usual support and protect brain function.
Two distinguished award winners at Augusta University understand the power of mentoring.
Scientists report that mice whose neurons don’t make estrogen have impaired spatial reference memory as well as recognition memory and contextual fear memory.
Dr. Darrell Brann, Regents’ Professor and vice chair of the Department of Neuroscience and Regenerative Medicine at the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, has been named the inaugural Virendra B. Mahesh, PhD, DPhil Distinguished...
Merry Ma, a graduate research assistant in the Medical College of Georgia’s Brann Lab, and Xiangdong Sun, a postdoctoral fellow in MCG’s Mei Lab, were awarded for their studies during Veterans Administration Research Week at Charlie...
The Graduate School presented the TGS Faculty Awards to four of the school’s most exceptional faculty members both for their extraordinary student engagement and their dedication to research and education. The winners of the 2016 TGS Faculty Awards...
Augusta University will celebrate the legacy of one of its most illustrious educators and researchers at the inaugural President’s Research Symposium for Institutional History on Tuesday, April 26. The symposium will begin at Lee Auditorium at 9 a.m...
AUGUSTA, Ga. – A novel peptide appears to enhance a natural mechanism for protecting stressed brain cells and improve cognitive function following cardiac arrest, scientists report. The brain is the body’s biggest user of oxygen and glucose, and...
AUGUSTA, Ga. – An enzyme that converts testosterone to estrogen appears to have significant impact in a healthy and injured brain, scientists report. There’s mounting evidence that in the healthy brain, aromatase and the estrogen it enables...
