brain

March 1, 1999

Chemical tied to drinking

By growing mice with altered brain chemicals, UW researchers may have found a key to alcohol consumption and its sedative effects.


December 1, 1998

Learning curves

UW research into learning disabilities—including new teaching tactics, genetic testing and brain imaging—may finally break some children's roadblocks to success.


September 1, 1996

Mothers’ depression can affect babies’ brains

A mother's depression can have significant effects on her infant, UW Psychology Professor Geraldine Dawson reported.


September 1, 1992

Mind over gray matter

Researchers at the University of Washington and around the nation are hoping to find the clues to how the brain makes us what we are.


September 1, 1991

Zoller’s gift

It's not Hollywood fiction, but the true story of a UW professor whose brain injury forced him to start life over.