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Lab members present at the Society for Neuroscience 2023 conference!

Posted on December 7, 2023

Three current and former lab members presented work at the 2023 Society for Neuroscience conference in Washington D.C.! From left to right: Sonali Naik, former undergraduate research assistant, presented on postural stability. Her project found …

Posted in Brainstem, Conferences, Poster Presentations

Dr. Travers presents at Scientific Symposium for the Waisman’s 50th Anniversary event!

Posted on September 25, 2023

With the Waisman Center turning 50 years old this year, a Scientific Symposium was held that featured researchers from inside and outside of the Waisman community. Our very own Dr. Brittany Travers gave a talk …

Posted in Brainstem, Celebratory!, Presentations

URS Student Presentations

Posted on May 2, 2023

    Our Undergraduate Research Scholar (URS) students had their presentations last week at Union South! Susan Lei, Lauren Salmi, Madelyn Scheid, and Roselyn Pacheco presented our Brainy Movement Study for Kids to the program …

Posted in Brainstem, Poster Presentations

Brain’s center of automatic body functions has autism links

Posted on August 20, 2020

The brainstem’s white matter — the nerve fibers that connect brain regions — may be altered in autistic people. Among boys and men with autism, those with more poorly organized white matter in the brainstem …

Posted in BrainstemTagged brain imaging, brainstem

Traits of autism, attention deficit linked to small brainstem

Posted on October 20, 2019

The severity of autism tracks closely with that of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and the brainstem may underlie this connection: Children with either condition who have a small brainstem tend to have severe traits.

Posted in BrainstemTagged adhd and autism, brain imaging, brainstem

Brain imaging reveals brain stem alterations in children with autism

Posted on November 12, 2017

Children with autism show different patterns of connectivity than controls do in brain stem regions associated with balance. The connections in the brain stem are associated with balance and motor skills, both of which are …

Posted in BrainstemTagged brain imaging, brainstem

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