The following highlights of Neuroscience at Washington University are from the WUSTL Newsroom as well as scientific journals and other media.

Washington University Neuroscience investigators: To inquire about a possible press release for your research, please contact Michael Purdy (purdym@wusm.wustl.edu) or Jim Dryden (jdryden@wustl.edu).

• NIH Weekly Funding Opportunities, Notices: May 17, 2013 - (5/17/2013)
• Alzheimer's markers predict start of mental decline - (5/17/2013)
• Bear Cub grants foster entrepreneurship - (5/16/2013)
• Scientists show how nerve wiring self-destructs - (5/15/2013)
• NIH Weekly Funding Opportunities, Notices: May 10, 2013 - (5/10/2013)
• WUSTL alumnus develops brain-controlled app - (5/10/2013)
• New perspective needed for role of major Alzheimer's gene - (5/10/2013)
• Unusual comparison nets new sleep loss marker - (5/9/2013)
• Faulty memory finds new culprit - (5/8/2013)
• Nerve stimulation for severe depression changes brain function - (5/8/2013)
• New study examines social isolation of young adults with autism spectrum disorder - (5/7/2013)
• NIH Weekly Funding Opportunities, Notices: May 3, 2013 - (5/3/2013)
• 2013 Spector Prize for undergrad research on evolution in weakly electric fish - (5/3/2013)
• Center for Neuroimmunology & Neuroinfectious Diseases (CNND) Symposium - (5/1/2013)
• ALS trial shows novel therapy is safe - (5/1/2013)
• Missing link in Parkinson's disease found - (4/29/2013)
• NIH Weekly Funding Opportunities, Notices: April 26, 2013 - (4/26/2013)
• Avoid impulsive acts by imagining future benefits - (4/22/2013)
• NIH Weekly Funding Opportunities, Notices: April 19, 2013 - (4/19/2013)
• Student Leadership Council holds case-study challenge to inspire collaboration - (4/19/2013)
• Jacoby wins Lifetime Achievement Award for contributions to experimental psychology - (4/19/2013)
• Katims to receive 2013 Stalker Award - (4/17/2013)
• Awad named associate dean for medical student education - (4/17/2013)
• Engineering breakthrough may answer host of medical questions - (4/15/2013)
• Tiny wireless device shines light on mouse brain, generating reward - (4/15/2013)
• NIH Weekly Funding Opportunities, Notices: April 12, 2013 - (4/15/2013)
• Moving cells with light holds medical promise - (4/11/2013)
• Steven Petersen: Winner of the 2013 Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award - (4/10/2013)
• Brain-building gene plays key role in gut repair - (4/10/2013)
• Genetic markers ID second Alzheimer's pathway - (4/10/2013)
• Cholesterol buildup links atherosclerosis and macular degeneration - (4/5/2013)
• Derdeyn appointed chair-elect of AHA Stroke Council - (4/5/2013)
• Trustees grant faculty promotions, tenure to members of Neuroscience Community and others - (4/2/2013)
• NIH Weekly Funding Opportunities, Notices: March 29, 2013 - (3/29/2013)
• Wang to use NSF grant for study of oxygen consumption in cells - (3/29/2013)
• Know thyself: How mindfulness can improve self-knowledge - (3/29/2013)
• Some brain cells are better virus fighters - (3/29/2013)
• Skulls of early humans carry telltale signs of inbreeding, study suggests - (3/26/2013)
• NIH Weekly Funding Opportunities, Notices: March 22, 2013 - (3/22/2013)
• New clues to causes of peripheral nerve damage - (3/22/2013)
• Depression in kids linked to cardiac risks in teens - (3/20/2013)
• Sleep loss precedes Alzheimer's symptoms - (3/18/2013)
• NIH Weekly Funding Opportunities, Notices: March 15, 2013 - (3/15/2013)
• Washington University licenses 'miracle molecule' to California firm - (3/13/2013)
• Fragile X makes brain cells talk too much - (2/28/2013)
• Bayly, engineering team get $2M grant to study traumatic brain injuries - (2/28/2013)
• Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland honors Dacey - (2/27/2013)
• Some autism behaviors linked to altered gene - (2/20/2013)
• Mars? Venus? We're all in the same solar system - (2/20/2013)
• Enola K. Proctor to Lead Dissemination and Implementation Initiative - (2/20/2013)
• Doctor wins NIH prize for ideas to restore vision - (2/20/2013)
• NIH Weekly Funding Opportunities, Notices: February 15, 2013 - (2/15/2013)
• Reasons for learning problems tied to tumor disorder are complex - (1/24/2013)
• Podcasts on Memory: "Hold That Thought" - (11/30/2012)
• Heuckeroth named Alumni Endowed Professor - (11/15/2012)
• Global metabolomic initiative announced - (11/13/2012)
• Study documents preemies’ development in NICU, suggests early interventions - (11/9/2012)
• FUNDING OPPORTUNITY: University of Missouri Spinal Cord Injury Research Program (rolling applications) - (11/6/2012)
• A+ in outreach: Neuroscience students share enthusiasm about brain science - (11/1/2012)
• Study to analyze brains of kids with rare disorder - (10/29/2012)
• Resveratrol falls short in health benefits - (10/26/2012)
• Clue to Alzheimer's cause found in brain samples - (10/24/2012)
• Stroke patients benefit from carmaker's efficiency - (10/22/2012)
• Charles Zorumski elected to Institute of Medicine - (10/18/2012)
• Investigational drugs chosen for major Alzheimer's prevention trial - (10/12/2012)
• Yoo, Gereau, and Bruchas receive NIH awards to pursue innovative ideas - (10/11/2012)
• Dacey to be honored at Congress of Neurological Surgeons - (9/27/2012)
• NFL funds study of the brain after concussions - (9/27/2012)
• Alzheimer’s breaks brain networks’ coordination - (9/21/2012)
• WUSTL investigators receive 2012 NIH Director's Awards - (9/19/2012)
• FUNDING OPPORTUNITY: Physical activity and weight control interventions among cancer survivors (R01 & R21) - (9/19/2012)
• FUNDING OPPORTUNITY: Mechanisms of Alcohol-associated Cancers (R01 & R21) - (9/19/2012)
• Kemper Art Museum launches new program for people with Alzheimer's and their caregivers - (9/5/2012)