Children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, or ASD, often have significant delays with expanding their vocabularies and other language skills compared to typically developing children. Yet, “we know very little about [language] processing in [children …
H. Hill Goldsmith, PhD
Title: Adolescent impulsivity and novelty seeking as differential predictors of relational and overt aggression Legend: Mother- and self-reported impulsivity during adolescence predict concurrent overt aggression reported by cotwins. This pattern remained the same when predicting …
David Gamm, MD, PhD
Title: Interconversion of early VSX2WT and VSX2R200Q hiPSC-OV phenotypes by pharmacological manipulation of WNT signaling. Legend: Pharmacological manipulation of the WNT signaling pathway during in vitro retinogenesis in hiPSCs affects the cell fate decision between …
Peter Ferrazzano, MD
Title: Suppression of microglia activation after hypoxia-ischemia results in age-dependent improvements in neurologic injury. Legend: Figure 1. Minocycline treatment suppresses the microglial response to hypoxia-ischemia (HI) in neonatal and juvenile mice. The number of CD11b+/CD45+ …
$1.25 million legacy gift will support brain injury research at the Waisman Center
A new legacy gift will help researchers and clinicians at the Waisman Center continue to search for ways to benefit individuals and families whose lives have been impacted by brain injuries and developmental disabilities. This …
Brain cells by the billions
Leaders of the University of Wisconsin–Madison lab that first transformed human stem cells into brain cells have started a company that produces and sells specialized neurons to drug researchers. BrainXell develops neurons from stem cells …
Innovations start up at Waisman
What do Night Owl Support Systems, the Trace Center, the Center for Healthy Minds, and Stratatech all have in common? The Waisman Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Over the years, the Waisman Center has …
Susan Ellis Weismer, PhD
Title: Brief Report: Fast mapping predicts differences in concurrent and later language abilities in children with ASD. Legend: Receptive and expressive language at age 3½ and age 5½ by fast mapping profile group. PLS-4 = Preschool Language …
Richie Davidson, PhD
Title: Enhanced Prefrontal-Amygdala Connectivity Following Childhood Adversity as a Protective Mechanism Against Internalizing in Adolescence Legend: Childhood adversity predicts greater amygdala–medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) functional connectivity (FC) in adolescence, but it is moderated by internalizing …
Erik Dent, PhD
Title: KIF1A dynamically colocalizes with syt-IV and invades dendritic spines along microtubules. Legend: (a) eGFP-KIF1A colocalizes with mCherry-syt-IV in the dendritic shaft and moves together over time as detected in time-lapse images and in kymographs …