The Neuroseeds Project
The Sowing the Seeds of Neuroscience project is a partnership between neuroscience researchers, teachers and students. We are developing and testing new hands-on laboratory activities for middle school students about neuroscience and medicinal plants. Here are some questions you can explore in this website and through the lab activities that we will be developing over the next few years.
Applications are now closed for the Bloomin' Brains summer camp. We are now evaluating the applications. Read about the Camp
Applications are also now closed for the 2013 Summer Teacher Workshop this August
Read about the Workshop.
Can chemicals in plants we eat affect nerve transmission and the nervous system?
- Learn what happens in the space between nerves where they connect.
- Some plants may enhance nervous system function while others damage it.
What medicines come from plants?
- Many of the most common drugs such as aspirin were originally produced from plants. Learn More
- The fantastic diversity of plant chemicals inspires drug research and synthetic drugs
How are useful chemicals extracted from plants?
- Plant substances can be separated by using their physical properties. Learn More
How were medicinal plants discovered?
- Many useful medicines have been discovered by people from other cultures and throughout history
- People have always used the scientific method even without modern scientific knowledge
About Our Team
Sowing the Seeds of Neuroscience is a team of neuroscientists, researchers, and educators at the University of Washington.
Click here to learn more about the team
Contact Info
Main Project Email nseeds@uw.edu
Project Fax (206) 543-1066
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The Sowing the Seeds of Neuroscience program is supported by an NIH Blueprint for Neuroscience Research award and administered by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (Grant number R25DA033011 | 
