Research groups of the Institute Institute of Neurosciences participate in the "Institut de Recerca Sant Joan de Déu", which became CERCA institute in 2020. The Governing Council of the Institute de Recerca Sant Joan de Déu (IRSJD) has appointed Dr. Joan Comella as director of the...
The project Uncovering the human subcortical pathway for auditory threat detection (HumanSUBthreat), funded with 1.9 million euros. The results of the European Research Council’s Consolidator Grants have been published today. These grants fund projects conducted by researchers with seven to...
Researchers of the Faculty of Psychology, the Institute of Neurosciences (UBneuro) and the Institute of Complex Systems (UBICS) of the University of Barcelona have identified, using functional magnetic resonance techniques, differences in the spontaneous activity of the brain in a resting state...
A new study led by UB researchers shows that wasteosomes —structures that act as containers for brain waste products— indicate a malfunction of the glymphatic system, a recently discovered system that is an important brain-cleaning mechanism. Waste containers, a very recent...
Last Friday, 4 November, the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation published the provisional resolution of the call for accreditation and public aid for Severo Ochoa centres of excellence and María de Maeztu units of excellence. Four research institutes of...
Joan López-Moliner is a professor at the Faculty of Psychology, he specialises in visual perception and psychophysics and is the director of the Vision and Action Control Group, which studies the visual processing of information to find out how it is used...
The 29th of September at the Historic Dia 25 d’octubre 2022 va tenir lloc el Mental Health Innovation Day organitzat per la Xarxa TECSAM, un espai de trobada entre la tecnologia disruptiva del futur i la recerca en salut mental amb ponències, showcases i networking. L’Institut de...
Huntington’s disease is a rare hereditary neurodegenerative pathology which usually manifests itself between the ages of 30 and 50. It is characterized by the emergence of motor, cognitive and psychiatric symptoms that alter the patient’s lives. Historically, motor and cognitive manifestations...
A systematic review published in the journal Neuropsychology Review provided a greater understanding of those interventions with an impact on cognitive functions in cerebral palsy. CEREBRAL PALSY AND COGNITION Cerebral palsy is the leading cause of childhood disability with an overall prevalence of 1.6...
During brain development, neurons have to migrate long distances through complex environments until they reach their final destination. In order to find guidance, they must establish several interactions —which are still hard to study— between their receptors and the surrounding molecules....