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The Neurosciences Institute Announces Minding the Arts 2010
SAN DIEGO, CA, April 21, 2010 - The Neurosciences Institute announces Minding the Arts will be held on September 12, 2010 - Save the Date!  READ MORE

2nd Annual Brain Bee
SAN DIEGO, CA, February 2, 2010 - Audeo Charter School 12th grader wins 2nd annual San Diego Regional Brain Bee.  READ MORE

Music Has Power
SAN DIEGO, CA, September 25, 2009 - IMNF Music Has Power Award recognizes Institute scientist Dr. Aniruddh Patel.  READ MORE

The Neurosciences Institute Receives $73,000 Grant to Fund How Sleep and Appetite are Linked in the Brain
SAN DIEGO, CA, August 3, 2009 - This grant will provide funding for one year to support the research of Dr. Cynthia Hughes on how sleep and appetite are linked at the molecular and cellular level in the brain.  READ MORE

The Neurosciences Institute Announces Minding the Arts Lineup
SAN DIEGO, CA, July 15, 2009 - The Neurosciences Institute's seventh annual Minding the Arts event, featuring a delicious array of food and beverage and performances by talented local organizations, will be held on August 30, 2009. READ MORE

Experimental Evidence for Synchronization to a Musical Beat in a Nonhuman Animal
SAN DIEGO, CA, April 30, 2009 - Dancing, or synchronized rhythmic movement in time with a complex musical beat, has long been held to be a uniquely human trait. Researchers at The Neurosciences Institute in San Diego have now shown that a sulfur-crested cockatoo, named Snowball, can in fact synchronize his movements to musical beats. READ MORE

Renowned neurologist author Oliver Sacks, M.D., has joined The Neurosciences Institute’s Board of Trustees
SAN DIEGO, CA, December 13, 2007 - Renowned neurologist and author Oliver Sacks, M.D., has joined The Neurosciences Institute’s Board of Trustees, making official an ongoing relationship with the Institute since its inception in 1981. READ MORE

Minding the Brain – The Neurosciences Institute Celebrates 25 Years of Advances in Brain Research
SAN DIEGO, CA, September 1, 2006 - On Saturday September 30th, The Neurosciences Institute will celebrate its 25th anniversary. The Institute was founded in 1981 as an independent institution on the campus of Rockefeller University in New York and moved to La Jolla in 1993.READ MORE

Genetic Basis for Aggression in the Fruit Fly
SAN DIEGO, CA, August 7, 2006 - Scheduled for publication in Nature Genetics on August 13 online. Embargoed until 1 pm, August 13. Herman A. Dierick and Ralph J. Greenspan “Molecular analysis of flies selected for aggressive behavior.” Manuscript tracking number NG-A18334R1READ MORE

The Neurosciences Institute receives $65,000 grant to study rehabilitation from noise induced hearing loss
Dr. Weimin Zheng, an Associate Fellow in Experimental Neurobiology at The Neurosciences Institute, was awarded $65,000 by the Blasker-Rose-Miah Science & Technology Fund at The San Diego Foundation.READ MORE

The Neurosciences Institute will hold fourth annual "Minding the Arts" fund raiser
The Neurosciences Institute in La Jolla will hold its fourth annual “Minding the Arts” fund raiser to support its performing arts program on Sunday, September 17, 2006. Chaired once again this year by Linda Satz, with Lael and Jay Kovtun as Honorary Chairs, the 4:00 to 8:00 p.m.READ MORE

The Mind May Help Restore Movement to the Immobile
SAN DIEGO, CA, June 6, 2002 - Moving objects just by thinking. That's something people do almost every time they move their bodies. Scientific work over the last 20 years has shown how neurons in the brain behave when we move our arms. More recently, this work has led to demonstrations of technology that may restore movement to the immobile.
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Scientists discover that genetic changes result mostly from many small contributors
SAN DIEGO, CA, June 2, 2002 - From Triple Crown winner Seattle Slew to Yorkshire 'lowfat' pigs, people have been breeding animals and plants for desirable traits since prehistoric times. But there has been no easy way of telling which genes have been favored by the selective breeding. Until now.
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Two genetic suspects are identified in the mystery of why we need to sleep
SAN DIEGO, CA, May 16, 2002 - Like sleuths in an endlessly complex Agatha Christie novel, scientists at The Neurosciences Institute have been trying to solve the mystery of why we need to sleep. Now, following a two-year investigation, they have identified two genetic suspects that suggest one day it may be possible to prevent the consequences of sleep deprivation.
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Noted benefactors make $10 million Challenge gift to The Neurosciences Institute
SAN DIEGO, CA, August 7, 2000 - Noted New York City philanthropists Lewis B. and Dorothy Cullman have pledged $10 million to The Neurosciences Institute, in support of the Institute's $100 million fundraising campaign. Fulfillment of the Cullmans' pledge is contingent on the Institute receiving $15 million from its trustees and other private sources by June 30, 2005.
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The Neurosciences Institute opens the way to unlocking one of life's greatest mysteries: Sleep
SAN DIEGO, CA, March 9, 2000 - Researchers at The Neurosciences Institute in La Jolla have discovered that fruit flies sleep, much as humans do, and that their naptime biochemistry could someday offer clues to sleep disorders that torment untold numbers of people.
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The Neurosciences Institute discovers new ways to measure the brains response to complex auditory stimuli: Study may help scientists better understand certain neural disorders
SAN DIEGO, CA, March 2, 2000 - Researchers at The Neurosciences Institute in San Diego have discovered a new technique for measuring the brain's response to complex patterns of pitch, such as musical melodies and speech intonation.
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The Neurosciences Institute debuts a thinking robot: NOMAD Learns As It Goes
SAN DIEGO, CA - It is not science fiction. Over the past decade, researchers at The Neurosciences Institute in La Jolla have designed a machine that thinks.
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