TSRI Researchers Discover New Type of Neuron that Plays Key Role in Nicotine Addiction LA JOLLA, CA – November 17, 2014 – For decades,...

The George lab at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) has been awarded a $521,000 grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse of...

A postdoctoral position will be available in the lab in a near future: Succesful applicants will receive training under support from the...

Latest paper published: Nicotine dependence increases the number of immature neurons in the hippocampus. It was believed that nicotine...

Latest paper published: A neuroanatomical, genetical, and cognitive characterization of HIV rats. This paper (link to PDF) validates the...

The greatness of Science comes from the capacity of scientist to questions their own work, and to change their theories when flaws are...

This video shows how rats vocalize in anticipation of access to alcohol. They produce sounds that the human ear can't process, but if you...

Congratulations to Cara Buck who obtained her PhD today. She was given the challenge of setting up a brand new technique in the lab...

People often assume that their neurons are only there to do good things. While I mostly agree, I believe there are bad neurons in our...

12 million light years separate these two pictures. On the right is a picture of Orphan stars that don't belong to any galaxy, discovered...