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4/10/08: Gainesville Sun: "Researcher joins UF Brain Institute"

2/20/08: UF Health Science Center News: "Gold named chair of UF Psychiatry Department"

12/11/07: UF Health Science Center News: “Brain stem cells sensitive to space radiation”

 

12/4/07: Sun Sentinal.com: “Club drugs inflict damage similar to traumatic brain injury”

 

10/1/07: UF Health Science Center News: “Parkinson’s researchers focus on ‘designer’ cells”

 

8/6/07: Inside UF: “UF appoints new director of Center for Structural Biology”

 

7/24/07: University of Florida News: “The future of medicine: Insert chip cure disease?”

 

7/20/07: Inside UF: “UF Psychiatry chairman to serve in NIMH research post”

 

6/18/07: UF Health Science Center News: “Promising protein may prevent eye damage in premature babies”

 

5/14/07: WKYC News Ohio: “Deep brain stimulation for OCD”

 

5/14/07: Palm Beach Post.com: “One mother’s walking miracle”

 

4/23/07: UF Health Science Center News: “Got brain? Neural mechanisms play role in healthy bone growth”

 

4/2/07: Gainesville Sun: “UF ‘think tank’ seeks secrets of regeneration”

 

3/29/07: University of Florida News: “UF launches project to bridge regeneration gap”

 

2/24/07: Gainesville Sun: “Memory loss linked to storage issues”

 

2/19/07: UF Health Science Center News: “Problem forgetting may be a natural mechanism gone awry”

 

2/6/07: UF Health Science Center News: “Psychiatric symptoms, strep possibly linked in some children”

 

2/1/07: All Headline News: “Governor Charlie Crist recommends $20 million for stem cell research”

 

1/11/07: NPR: “House votes on expanding stem cell research”

 

1/10/07: University of Florida News: “$1.5 million gift creates endowment for addiction medicine research at the University of Florida”

 

12/29/06: Scientific American: “Human, Sea Slug Brains Share Genes for Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s”

 

12/29/06: Gainesville Sun: “Clues found about how brains work”

 

12/29/06: University of Florida News: “How many genes does it take to learn: Lessons from sea slugs”

 

12/06: Scientific American Mind: “Safer Neuron Source”

 

12/6/06: Courier Mail: Australia: “Brain tumour discovery”

 

11/15/06: Gainesville Sun: "UF scientists develop landmark instrument"

 

10/17/06: UF Health Science Center News: “New data hint at oncoming cocaine epidemic”

 

10/3/06: Health 24: “Addicted to food?”

 

10/2/06: University of Florida News: “One-of-a-kind imaging probe reveals secrets useful for drug discovery”

 

9/20/06: UF Health Science Center News: “UF study shows leptin could combat type 2 diabetes”

 

9/13/06: UF Health Science Center News: “The sweet science: Viruses switch grip to gain upper hand”

 

9/4/06: Gainesville Sun: “UF study: Brain cells generate new tissue”

 

8/25/06: UF Health Science Center News: “Okun Named National Parkinson Foundation Medical Director”

 

8/17/06: Discovery News: “Study: Brain Cells Morph Like Stem Cells”

 

8/16/06: UF Health Science Center News: “Healing potential discovered in everyday human brain cells”

 

7/25/06: Gainesville Sun: "Legislator turns personal tragedy into triumph for UF"

 

7/3/06: UF Health Science Center News: “Medium is the message for stem cell in search of identities”

 

6/23/06: KXTU News: “Researchers Reverse Parkinson's Symptoms in Animals”

 

6/22/06: University of Florida News:  “$5 million dollar gift creates brain tumor therapy center at the University of Florida”

 

5/25/06: Independent Florida Alligator: “Good as Gold: Professor wins award”

 

5/24/06: Gainesville Sun: “UF researchers give sight to blind chickens”

 

5/23/06: UF Health Science Center News: “UF addiction medicine chief honored for lifetime achievements”

 

5/23/06: UF Health Science Center News: “UF scientists restore sight to chickens with blinding disease”

 

4/18/06: Psychology Today: “Fit’N Brainy”

 

4/17/06: Dateline NBC. Excerpt: UF Movement Disorder Center  Entire story: “Michael’s mission”

 

2/06: UF Health Science Center News. “UF and SCRIPPS science conference”

 

2/8/06: Article appears in the Gainesville Sun. “UF scientists get grants from Alzheimer's center”

 

12/17/05: Article appears in the Gainesville Sun. “Scripps, UF scientists converge on campus”

 

12/5/05: Article appears in the Gainesville Sun. “UF researchers find key to childhood cancer”

 

11/30/05: UF Health Science Center News. “UF’s McKnight projects combat memory maladies”

 

11/29/05: UF Health Science Center News.  “Scientists closer to new cancer detection method”

 

11/22/05: UF Health Science Center News.  “UF scientists say stem cells may trigger bone cancer”

 

11/20/05: Article appears in the Gainesville Sun.  “UF Study shows exercise may keep mind healthy”

 

11/15/05: UF Health Science Center News.  “Scientists use mice to mimic Alzheimer's therapy”

 

11/12/05: UF Health Science Center News.  “Light exercise a tonic to keep the brain young”

 

10/26/05: Article appears in the Gainesville Sun.  “UF experts discover process to better detect brain injury”

 

10/15/05: Article appears in the Gainesville Sun.  “Expert find taste counts for a lot”

 

10/13/05: UF Health Science Center News.  “Biomarker test may give early warning of brain woes”

 

6/30/05: Article appears on UF News.  “Prescription pain patch abuse blames for increase in deaths”

 

6/22/05: ABC News. “Curing brain diseases by growing new cells?

 

6/13/05: UF Health Science Center News.  “Researchers create way to generate brain cells in lab”

 

5/19/05: UF Health Science Center News.  “Fibromyalgia patients benefit from cough remedy, UF study finds”

 

5/17/05: Article appears on UF News. “New brain monitoring method may pinpoint babies at risk for seizures” VIDEO

 

5/16/05: UF Health Science Center News.  “UF researcher to study facial expressions in patients with Parkinson’s disease”

  

4/11/05: UF Health Science Center News.  “Cellular communications breakdown identified as inherited brain disorder”

 

3/31/05: UF Health Science Center News.  ”Solving sleep problems helps epileptic children”

 

2/8/05: UF Health Science Center News.  “Gene therapy for Parkinson's disease moves forward in animals”

 

2/1/05: UF Health Science Center News.  “Beer-drinking rats count calories better than many people, UF researchers say”