Christine J. Charvet

1 month ago | thetransmitter.org | Christine J. Charvet |Calli McMurray |Angie Voyles Askham |Claudia Lopez Lloreda

Neuroscience research relies overwhelmingly on a single model system—the mouse—to address human health challenges. Yet mice rarely replicate the complexity of human diseases, particularly in the brain, and treatments that show promise in mice often fail to translate effectively to people. Studying endangered animals in zoos could be a powerful approach to simultaneously improve animal welfare and advance human brain health.

1 month ago | neuronline.sfn.org | Elizabeth Kirby |Christine J. Charvet

College education, including tuition and textbook costs, is simply too expensive. That is why Elizabeth D. Kirby, an associate professor at Ohio State University, and Christine Charvet, an assistant professor at the Auburn College of Veterinary Medicine, are working to make learning neuroscience accessible for all students with the creation of an open access textbook, Introduction to Behavioral Neuroscience.