Please join us in congratulating Professor Dwayne Simmons in receiving an Academic Senate 2015 Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Award.
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The finding could mean recollections are more enduring than expected and disrupt plans for PTSD treatments
As intangible as they may seem, memories have a firm biological basis. According to textbook neuroscience, they form when neighboring brain cells send chemical communications across the synapses, or junctions, that connect them. Each time a memory is recalled, the connection is reactivated and strengthened. The idea that synapses store memories has dominated neuroscience for more than a century, but a new study by scientists at the University of California, Los Angeles, may fundamentally upend it: instead memories may reside inside brain cells. If supported, the work could have major implications for the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), a condition marked by painfully vivid and intrusive memories.
Link: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/memories-may-not-live-in-neurons-synapses/
The UCLA Academic Senate Committee on Learning has selected the 2014-2015 Senate faculty recipients of the Distinguished Teaching Award. One of the highest honors given by the Academic Senate, the award recognizes academically and professionally accomplished individuals who bring respect and admiration to the scholarship of teaching. The committee selects recipients from nominations received from colleagues and leaders across the campus. Meet the Honorees
“UCLA researchers devise new method to identify disease markers, a key step toward personalized medicine”
UCLA life scientists have created an accurate new method to identify genetic markers for many diseases — a significant step toward a new era of personalized medicine, tailored to each person’s DNA and RNA.
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