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CURE Summer Fellowship provides undergrads opportunity to enhance research skills

The fellowship empowers undergraduates to become leaders for their respective communities by providing opportunities to develop knowledge and skills through research within UK’s Research Priority Areas.

NIH funds UK’s groundbreaking DBS-Plus trial for Parkinson’s

The NIH grant will provide the opportunity to carry out the first double-blinded study of the approach which combines deep brain stimulation with an experimental nerve-grafting procedure.

Sanders-Brown research shows clear connection between socialization, enrichment and brain health

Researchers from UK's Sanders-Brown Center on Aging are some of the first to show socialization and enrichment are good for aging brains.

Patrick Sullivan: 2024-25 University Research Professor Q&A

Patrick Sullivan, a professor in the Department of Neuroscience in the UK College of Medicine has been honored as a 2024-25 University Research Professor.

UK researcher studies how cerebellum may influence thirst

UK researcher, Ila Mishra, is among a group of scientists who are some of the first to find a new role for the cerebellum in regulating thirst.

UK neurologist advocates for AI, ultrasound to help prevent blindness from giant cell arteritis

Avasarala’s recent article calls for a rapid, “on-the-spot” diagnosis and treatment as the only way forward to prevent blindness caused by the disease.

Sanders-Brown study: Long-read RNA sequencing reveals key gene expressions in Alzheimer’s disease

Researchers at UK's Sanders-Brown Center on Aging are working to develop a pre-symptomatic disease diagnostic tool for Alzheimer’s disease.

UK researchers receive funding to study how genetic factors contribute to dementia

A Sanders-Brown Center on Aging project will focus on how genetic factors contribute to dementia. The work was recently awarded funding from the National Institute on Aging that will total more than $1.7 million.

Sanders-Brown publication makes cover of recent Journal of Neuroscience issue

The first published work coming from a multi-million-dollar grant received last year by a team from the University of Kentucky recently made the cover of the Journal of Neuroscience.

Promising Alzheimer's drug being studied at UK's Sanders-Brown Center on Aging receives FDA approval

The University of Kentucky is a site for the groundbreaking AHEAD study, the first-ever clinical trial to test the effect of a promising drug known as lecanemab.

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