The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded WUSTL a five-year grant for $2.8 million to implement an integrated, interdisciplinary graduate program in the neurosciences that blends neuroscience, psychology and biomedical engineering. In the Cognitive, Computational, and Systems Neuroscience (CCSN) Pathway, doctoral students design and implement their own cross-cutting, innovative brain science projects.
Photo by Joe AngelesMasonry workers check to make sure the individual nameplate blocks are level before applying mortar between the seams on the new monument proclaiming the Danforth Campus. Each limestone block, obtained from an Indiana quarry, weighs 500 pounds. This monument, reflecting the Hilltop Campus’ name change, sits at Skinker and Forsyth boulevards.
In contrast to claims that children are being overmedicated for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), School of Medicine researchers have found that many kids with ADHD are not receiving treatment. In fact, almost half of the children — within a 1,610-member study group — who might have benefited from ADHD drugs were not getting them.
School of Medicine researchers found that only about 58 percent of boys and about 45 percent of girls diagnosed with ADHD were receiving treatment.
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