NEW Publication: Joshua Berke, PhD
February 12, 2024
Joshua Berke, recently published "Dopamine transients follow a striatal gradient of reward time horizons" by Ali Mojebi, Wei Wei, Lilian Pelattini, Kyoungjun Kim & Joshua Berke in Nature Neuroscience. This new paper shows how the brain predicts rewards over multiple time horizons. 
Michael Stryker, PhD awarded the Ralph W. Gerard Prize in Neuroscience
February 12, 2024
The Ralph W. Gerard Prize in Neuroscience, the highest honor bestowed by SfN, recognizes an outstanding scientist who has made significant contributions to neuroscience throughout their career. At the SfN annual meeting this past fall, Styker was celebrated for "Pioneering Visions: Michael Stryker... 
Join us in congratulating Edward Chang! Dr. Chang will receive the 2022 Pradel Research Award.
February 08, 2022
Edward Chang, MD, has been named the new Chair of the Department of Neurological Surgery at UCSF.
August 14, 2020
He is currently a Professor of Neurological Surgery at UCSF and Chief of Epilepsy Surgery and will begin his new role as Chair on September 1, 2020.
FDA Approves Video Game Based on UCSF Brain Research as ADHD Therapy for Kids
June 15, 2020
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the first video game therapeutic as a treatment for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children, based on research by UC San Francisco’s Adam Gazzaley, MD, PhD.
Kheirbek named a 2019 Pew Biomedical Scholar
June 14, 2019
Department of Psychiatry researcher and assistant professor Mazen A. Kheirbek, PhD, is one of two UC San Francisco scientists who have been selected as 2019 Pew Scholars in the biomedical sciences.
To Boldly Go or Anxiously Hang Back?
April 30, 2019
The Decision to Explore is Swayed by a Distinctive Type of Neuron, UCSF Researchers Discover in a Mouse Model of Human Anxiety
Synthetic Speech Generated from Brain Recordings
April 24, 2019
Synthetic Speech Generated from Brain Recordings New Technology is a Stepping Stone to a Neural Speech Prosthesis, Researchers Say
Targeting VIP Neuron Cells to Ease Anxiety
June 25, 2018
The Decision to Explore is Swayed by a Distinctive Type of Neuron, UCSF Researchers Discover in a Mouse Model of Human Anxiety
