This study shows that glutamate concentration at synapses can dynamically reshape how synaptic AMPA receptors pass current and calcium. This reveals a rapid way that synapses tune communication in the...

With bite-sized demos, UAB grad students inspire a taste for neuroscience

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The University of Alabama at Birmingham* (UAB) Heersink School of Medicine (HSOM)** is recruiting up to 16 investigators as part of a major strategic initiative in the Neurosciences to build on a stro...

Neuroscientist Kauê M. Costa talks about surprising results that are changing how we think dopamine works and how the brain really learns

Applying new tools to behavioral tests to discern how we learn

The Board of Directors of The McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience is pleased to announce it has selected ten neuroscientists to receive the 2026 McKnight Scholar Award.

Small study that prioritized Black and low-income participants yields “remarkable” results

New research from UAB reveals how tau seeds spread through connected neurons in Alzheimer’s disease. Findings show that individual brain‑wiring patterns drive tau tangle progression, highlighting prom...

Dopamine signaling has become closely associated with reward prediction errors (RPEs)–the difference between expected and experienced value. Although not wit...

This pilot randomized clinical trial compares prolonged smoking abstinence rates in smokers receiving psilocybin with those receiving the nicotine patch with both groups receiving manualized smoking c...

Congress Passes FY26 LHHS Appropriations Bill

The GLP-1 revolution: What UAB researchers are discovering about how these drugs work