Attention, reading and writing, working memory, numerical processing, and calculation are key cognitive processes that control learning. Low performance in these processes is related to school failure...
The League of European Research Universities (LERU) has published a new report on how to improve patients’ access to Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products (ATMPs) in medical centers and university hos...
Scientists from the Institute of Neurosciences UB and Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), have shown that protein translation is increased in the striatum of Hunting...
Researchers from the Institute of Neurosciences of the University of Barcelona (UBneuro), Hospital Clínic and the August Pi i Sunyer Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBAPS) have identified a group of...
European Researchers’ Nights are public events dedicated to bringing researchers closer to the public. They showcase the diversity of research and highlight the impact of research on our daily lives...
When adults suffer from a brain ictus affecting the left cerebral hemisphere –more in particular, a structure called arcuate fasciculus- lose language skills in general and take these back with diff...
Some modifications in the connectivity of white matter in the brain are associated with the heterogeneous nature of apathy –one of the most common psychiatric syndromes in Huntington’s disease-, a...
On Monday, September 9, the acting minister of Science, Innovation and Universities, Pedro Duque, gave the Institute of Neurosciences (UBNeuro) the Maria de Maeztu unit of excellence accreditations. T...
People are often much better at giving useful advice to a friend in trouble than they are in dealing with their own problems. Although we typically have continuous internal dialogue, we are trapped in...
A study that has the participation of researchers from the Institute of Neuropathology of the University Hospital of Bellvitge-IDIBELL, the University of Barcelona (UB), the Institute of Neurosciences...
The Child and Adolescent Victimization Research Group (GReVIA) of the Institute of Neurosciences of the University of Barcelona is fighting for the defense of children’s and adolescents’s ...
The white matter structure in the brain reflects music sensitivity, according to a study by the research group on Cognition and Brain Plasticity (BRAINVITGE) of the Institute of Neurosciences of the U...
A new study has identified two specific patterns of brain alterations underlying two clinical disorders of Huntington’s disease, a progressive and irreversible neurodegenerative disease caused by th...
A study published in Science Signalling reveals the administration of L-serine aminoacid –a dietary supplement- contributed to improve the communicative and motor skills of a patient with ...
About 40 % of the affected patients with Huntington’s disease –a neurodegenerative pathology- show depression symptoms, even in early stages before the apparition of the typical motor symptoms of ...
Last week, the Institute of Neurosciences UB sponsored the Pint of Science Festival in Barcelona. Pint of Science is a non-profit organization that brings some exceptional scientists to a local pub to...
The 2019 edition of the NeuroArt concluded last Friday with an exhibition of the art pieces at the Science Festival of the UB. More than a thousand of people were able to admire the different pieces a...
The Institute of Neurosciences of the University of Barcelona has awarded 23 grants to early stage researchers to attend National and International Congresses. The grants result in a total funding of ...
The program ICREA Acadèmia 2018 . The program ICREA Academia 2018 has honoured the scientific career of nineteen researchers of the University of Barcelona in the framework of the edition ...
GRIN-related disorders are an ultra-rare neuropaediatric condition, with approximately 500 cases diagnosed worldwide. These disorders are a set of neurological conditions that alter the development of...