Children born with a damaged gene needed for healthy brain development, SYNGAP1, experience seizures, sensory processing disorders, difficulty speaking, intellectual disability, and autism-like behaviors. It’s a condition without any treatments, one that’s hard both on parents and children, said Gavin Rumbaugh, Ph.D., a neuroscientist at The Herbert Wertheim…
Florida’s statewide biotechnology industry organization, BioFlorida, awarded its 2022 Weaver H. Gaines Entrepreneur of the Year award to Courtney Miller, Ph.D.
Professor Courtney Miller, PhD, of the departments of Neuroscience and Molecular Medicine. JUPITER, FL — Fight or flight, panic, trembling: Our brains are wired to ensure we respond instantly to fear. While that fear response may save our lives in the dangerous moment, at times people stay on high…
Professor Courtney Miller is developing a compound designed to directly target neurons involved in methamphetamine cravings. Photo by Scott Wiseman. JUPITER, FL – New research raises the possibility that a wider group of people in recovery from substance use disorders may benefit from a relapse-prevention compound designed by UF Scripps…
