MBI’s Research Snapshots highlight recent discoveries made by MBI researchers.
Research Snapshots pair an impactful image from work in a researcher’s laboratory — often associated with a newly published manuscript — with a brief description of how the study has impacted the researcher’s field of study. Research Snapshots aim to make research discoveries more accessible for other scientists and the community as a whole.
If you are an MBI researcher and would like to have your research considered for this feature, please contact assistant director of communications Todd Taylor or science writer Michelle Koidin Jaffee.
Jan. 24, 2022
Drs. Phillip Mackie and Habibeh Khoshbouei
Findings show possible regulatory role for dopamine transporter in innate immune response.
Jan. 13, 2022
Drs. Wolfgang Streit and Habibeh Khoshbouei
Postmortem brain study suggests possible trigger for Alzheimer’s-related pathology.
Aug. 18, 2021
Abeer Dagra & Dr. Habibeh Khoshbouei
A new study provides insights into pathophysiology of Parkinson’s disease prior to neuronal loss.
June 10, 2021
Drs. Min Lin & Phillip Mackie
Stem cell study demonstrates novel insight into development of Parkinson’s.
April 1, 2021
Drs. Robert Eisinger & Aysegul Gunduz
New research by UF neuroscientists shows that brain activity associated with reward processing takes place in two parts of the basil ganglia.
Feb. 17, 2021
Drs. Malú Tansey & Madelyn Houser
New research provides insight into how a variety of factors might be linked to the development of Parkinson’s disease.
Feb. 4, 2021
Drs. Cara Croft & Todd Golde
Preclinical study shows potential to reverse pathological tau formations.
Jan. 25, 2021
Drs. Michael Sunshine & David Fuller
Electrical stimulation shows promise for restoring breathing after drug overdose, spinal cord injury in preclinical research.
Nov. 9, 2020
Dr. Paramita Chakrabarty & Tosha Williams
UF neuroscientists investigated whether accumulations of tau and alpha synuclein can interact to accelerate the appearance of “mixed pathologies” in mouse models.
November 2, 2020
Drs. Yona Levites & Marshall Goodwin
A new study lends insights into factors that could help predict the efficacy of gene therapies using a genetically engineered antibody to target abnormal tau proteins.
July 7, 2020
Drs. Garrett Smith & Thomas C. Foster
New study demonstrates an example of the brain’s ability to shift and utilize different neural circuits to perform a task in order to compensate for brain aging.
June 16, 2020
Drs. Adam Woods & Joseph Gullett
A new study by UF neuroscientists suggests that white matter “free water,” or fluid unconstrained by brain tissue, could play an important role in the cognitive aging process.
May 13, 2020
Drs. Ron Cohen & Vaughn Bryant
A study led by UF neuroscientists demonstrated that individuals with past heavy alcohol use demonstrate functional connectivity differences in the brain.
April 7, 2020
Dr. Aysegul Gunduz & Robert Eisinger
A team of UF neuroscientists compared beta dynamics in two Parkinson’s disease deep brain stimulation, or DBS, targets.
Sept. 5, 2019
Drs. Ashok Kumar & Thomas Foster
Examining the role of NMDA receptor hypofunction and redox sensitivity of hippocampal synaptic transmission during aging.
NOV. 20, 2018
Drs. Michael Pace & David Borch
Study demonstrates that additional proteins misfold in the presence of neurodegenerative disease pathologies.
OCT. 16, 2018
Jolie Barter & Dr. Thomas Foster
The role of epigenetics in the process of brain aging and age-related cognitive decline.
SEPT. 18, 2018
Drs. Sara Jo Nixon & Linda Cottler
UF is part of the largest long-term study of brain development and health in children.
Aug. 26, 2018
Drs. Abbi Hernandez & Sara Burke
The vulnerability of particular brain regions in old age that are important for problem-solving and reasoning.
AUG. 24, 2018
Drs. Ashok Kumar & Thomas Foster
The relationship between brain inflammation, long-term potentiation and aging.
