News

• • (Mar 2015) Oxytocin releasers next generation approach for treating autism? (Medical Daily and News Medical)

  • (Feb 2015) Can Oxytocin Treat Autism?

  • (Oct 2014) CTSN Graduate Student Kittelberger receives NRSA Fellowship

  • (Aug 2014) Understanding parallels of human and animal parenting can benefit generations to come

  • (Apr 2014) BBC article on oxytocin 'Under the Influence'

  • (Apr 2014) CTSN Director Larry Young elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

  • (Feb 2014) New Scientist - Cure for love: Chemical cures for the lovesick

  • (Feb 2014) NPR - Learning About Love from Prairie Vole Bonding

  • (Feb 2014) CTSN team's identification of gene influencing joint attention in chimpanzees provides insights into autism

  • (Jan 2014) CTSN Director, Larry Young, featured in Smithsonian Magazine

  • (Dec 2013) CTSN Investigators identify gene that influences the ability to remember faces

  • (Dec 2013) CTSN graduate student James Burkett receives NIH fellowship to study brain mechanisms of empathy in prairie voles.

  • (6 Nov 2013) CTSN Investigators at Marcus Autism Center report early detection of autism in Nature, CNN, NY times

  • (5 Sept 2013) CBN and CTSN Team Receive $3.4 Million to Study how the Human Brain Expresses Positive Emotion

  • (14 Aug 2013) CTSN Investigators Receive Five-Year, $9.5 Million Grant To Study Oxytocin

  • (July/Aug 2013) Article 'Myth of the Love Hormone' by Signe Cane in Australian Science.

  • (21 May 2013) CTSN Director Larry Young gives TEDx talk on 'The Chemistry Between Us: The Science of Relationships'

  • (13 Sept 2012) Book Release - The Chemistry Between Us

  • (12 Dec 2012) CTSN Director Larry Young awarded the prestigious Daniel H. Efron Award from the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology

  • (03 Jul 2012) Tibetan Monks Tackle Science in Indian Hills - Fox News

  • (23-24 Oct 2011) Workshop on the Biology of Prosocial Behavior at Emory University: October 23-24

  • (1 Oct 2011) 2011 CTSN Pilot Projects Awarded
    

  • (June 2011) CTSN faculty recieve NIMH grant to study the role of oxytocin and vasopressin receptors in social cognition in chimpanzees

  • (10-11 Nov 2001) Annual Meeting of the Society for Social Neuroscience

  • (28 Apr 2011, ScienceDaily) Social Bonding in Prairie Voles Helps Guide Search for Autism Treatments

  • (14 Apr 2011) CTSN Faculty Member Awarded Trailblazer Award from Autism Speaks Foundation

  • (5 May 2011 Neuroscience) Arc/Arg3.1 mRNA expression reveals a subcellular trace of prior sound exposure in adult primary auditory cortex

  • (19 Apr 2011) CTSN sponsored course on Translational Social Neuroscience offered Fall 2011

  • (11 Apr 2011, MSNBC.com) No Jaw-Dropper: Chimp yawning is contageous

  • (11 Apr 2011, Washington Post) Wired to Chill? Brains of peaceful apes...

  • (09 Mar, 2011 US News and World Reports) Help, Elephants Need Someone

  • (Feb 2011) New Journal for Research on Trust

  • (10 Feb 2011) CTSN Opening Reception and Data Blitz

  • (Feb 2011) JAMA News Story: Oxytocin treatment for Autism and Schizophrenia

  • (10 Feb 2011) The Emory Wheel interviews CTSN Director Larry Young

  • (20 Jan 2011) CTSN Faculty Member Beth Buffalo recipient of National Academy of Science Troland Research Award

  • (2 Dec 2010) CTSN member speaks on ABC News about the evolution of prosocial behavior and morality

  • (23 Nov 2010) CTSN Hosts Drug Discovery in Autism

• (15 Nov 2010) Prairie vole study finds new drug that boosts oxytocin

• (10 Aug 2010) Scientists Identify New Drug Strategy Against Fragile X Syndrome

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