News & Events
The DEARC is happy to announce that Dr. Sandra Mooney was recently elected to the Advisory Board for the Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Study Group.
36th Annual RSA Scientific Meeting
June 22-26, 2013
Orlando (Grand Cypress, Florida)
rsoa.org/2013meet-indexAbs.htm
Inaugural Conference for Flux
September 19-21, 2013
Pittsburgh PA
The inaugural Flux Congress acts as a forum for developmental cognitive neuroscientists to share their findings, expand their approaches, and be better informed of translational approaches. http://fluxcongress.com
Research Highlights
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Multimedia
Do I Drink Too Much? - Binghamton research featured on the BBC show Horizon
Research conducted by Dr. Spear was recently featured on the BBC program Horizon. In this episode, titled "Do I Drink Too Much?", Dr. Spear discusses the effects of alcohol on adolescents.
The Behavioral Neuroscience of Adolescence
Dr. Spear's book, The Behavioral Neuroscience of Adolescence, provides an overview of the genetic, hormonal, and neurological developments that take place during adolescence, and shows how these changes, along with influential sociocultural factors, interact to produce distinctly adolescent behaviors and thought processes.
Drink Now, Pay Later?
Binghamton Research magazine highlights the relevance of Dr. Spear's research. Full Story >
Three dimensional reconstructions and rotation of neurons in the developing brain. These immature layer 6 cortical neurons are just beginning to extend neurites (brain wiring)
In collaboration with Dr. Warren Zipfel at Cornell University, we have made movies of these immature neurons that show how dynamic this period of brain development can be. The movies reveal the rapid extension and retractions of the neurites during a 4 hour period and we are testing whether ethanol exposure acutely interferes with this early form of structural plasticity. This study may provide insight into the cognitive deficits associated with FAS. Images provided by Dr. Powrozek and Dr. Olson.
