Helen & Robert Appel Alzheimer’s Disease Research Institute

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News

Congratulations! Leon Levy Fellowship in Neuroscience awarded to Virginia Gao

Dr. Virginia Gao from the Burré lab received the Leon Levy Fellowship in Neuroscience. Her proposal, “Mechanisms of α-synuclein mediated pathology in the central and enteric nervous system in...

The Eighth Annual Appel Alzheimer's Disease Research Institute Symposium is scheduled virtually on Wednesday, October 14th, 2020

The Eighth Annual Appel Alzheimer's Disease Research Institute Symposium is scheduled virtually on Wednesday, October 14th, 2020 from 1:00PM - 2:30PM.This is an outstanding annual event hosted by...

Congratulations! Second R01 from the NIH Awarded to Dr. Anna Orr’s team

Mitochondria are organelles that produce energy and participate in normal intracellular signaling. However, they also release free radicals that can impair neural cells and promote disorders of the...

Events

Mesolimbic Cholinergic and Dopaminergic Mechanisms Mediating Substance Use and Mood Disorder Phenotypes

April 29, 2021 - 4:00pm

NIDA T32 Retreat Speaker Feil Family Brain and Mind Research Institute Nii A. Addy, PhD Associate Professor of Psychiatry and of Cellular and Molecular Physiology Yale School of Medicine

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