Aging

September is Healthy Aging Month, and scientists right here in Southern Arizona are playing a massive role in explaining how we understand the aging brain. A research study about the aging brain is happening at UArizona. The project is in its second year of the study, bringing the research team one step closer to their goal.

Sleep researchers are finding catching up on lost sleep doesn’t always help. UArizona neuroscientist Dr. Fabian Fernandez investigates circadian timekeeping. He’s researching what happens when we fail to keep our minds and bodies in sync with the 24-hour cycle.

Dr. Roberta Brinton, director of the Center for Innovation in Brain Science and Aqualung Therapeutics Corp., to receive AZBio awards.

Dr. Roberta Diaz Brinton, an internationally renowned researcher at the University of Arizona Health Sciences, will be honored during Arizona Bioscience Week.

Feast for Your Brain, a free community event with presentations by aging experts as well as entertainment and learning opportunities, will take place Saturday, Sept. 10, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Health Sciences Innovation Building.

Attorney's fees and other barriers keep many people from creating wills. A team of UArizona researchers hopes artificial intelligence can make the process more accessible.

The strength and frequency of birdsong in Australia is helping medical researchers find out more about the onset of Parkinson’s Disease. UArizona researcher Dr. Julie Miller describes how a species called the Zebra Finch provides a link discovering how the brain disorder starts.

UArizona neuroscientist Dr. Martha Bhattacharya is researching injuries to brain cells in diseases including epilepsy and Lou Gherig's disease or ALS. She is experimenting with fruit flies and mice to isolate a protein that affects neurons in the brain.

Dr. Siyang Cao is working with a precise form of radar to better understand who is at major risk of falling.

Six women from the UArizona Health Sciences will receive Women of Impact Awards on Wednesday, Aug. 24, in the forum of the Health Sciences Innovation Building. A total of 30 women faculty and staff members are being honored by the Office of Research, Innovation and Impact (RII), which announced the inaugural award as part of Women’s History Month in March.