Baljit Khakh, a UCLA professor of physiology and neurobiology, was recently named a 2018 Allen Distinguished Investigator by the Allen Institute. The award will support his lab’s research on astrocytes – understudied brain support cells that make up about 40 percent of our brain and hold key information about neurological disorders. Read more →
In studying astrocytes – understudied brain support cells that make up about 40 percent of our brain – UCLA researchers led by Baljit Khakh, a UCLA professor of physiology and neurobiology, found a connection that opens the door for new therapies for psychiatric disorders like OCD. Read more →
DGC Newsletter – Issue #5
Timing: Spring 2018
Topic: How smartphones are being leveraged to tackle depression for both diagnosis and treatment purposes
Beginning in spring 2017, UCLA Depression Grand Challenge (DGC) started publishing a subscriber-based newsletter. Issue #5 showcased how smartphones are being leveraged across the DGC to tackle depression for both diagnosis and treatment purposes.
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Baljit Khakh, a professor of physiology and neurobiology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, developed a novel tool to more closely analyze astrocytes’ relationships with synapses in the brain. Astrocytes are brain cells that are believed to hold key information about neurological disorders. Khakh and his team utilized Read more →
Lead investigator Daniel Geschwind, professor of neurology, psychiatry and human genetics at UCLA, conducted a study identifying common gene expression patterns in the brains of people with autism, schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. Researchers discovered a marked decrease Read more →