May 19, 2021 In News By Laia Tremosa

DR. EDUARD VIETA, JOSEP TRUETA AWARD 2021

Dr. Eduard Vieta, head of the Psychiatry and Psychology Service at the Hospital Clínic, researcher at the Institute of Neurosciences of the University of Barcelona, ​​head of the IDIBAPS research group and Scientific Director of CIBERSAM, has been awarded this year's edition of the “Josep...

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May 10, 2021 In News By Laia Tremosa

Higher education does not influence brain ageing

A new study from the Lifebrain consortium, coordinated by the University of Oslo with the participation of the University of Barcelona, finds that higher education does not slow brain ageing, contrary to the popular belief. This study has been published in the journal Proceedings of the National...

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April 26, 2021 In News By Laia Tremosa

Can a newborn’s brain discriminate speech sounds?

People’s ability to perceive speech sounds has been deeply studied, specially during someone’s first year of life, but what happens during the first hours after birth? Are babies born with innate abilities to perceive speech sounds, or do neural encoding processes need to age for...

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March 29, 2021 In News, Success Story By Laia Tremosa

Dual therapy for neuropathic pain

Neuropathic pain is produced by an injury or condition causing a dysfunction of the central or peripheral nervous system, instead of coming from sensory pain receptors. This condition has an enormous emotional and economic impact, affecting between 7% and 10% of the population at some...

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March 25, 2021 In News By Laia Tremosa

Researchers identify a potential biomarker for Parkinson’s disease

Parkinson’s is a neurodegenerative disease that features movement disorders such as tremor, stiffness, slowness of movements or postural instability. Although it is the second most common neurodegenerative disease after Alzheimer’s, there is no reliable molecular biomarker to diagnose this pathology. A fragment of a G protein-coupled...

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March 15, 2021 In News By Laia Tremosa

The Institute of Neurosciences UB launches a new corporate video

Would you like to know more about the Institute of Neurosciences of the University of Barcelona? Watch the video below! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4x7oUVHsrk The Institute of Neurosciences is a frontrunner in international neuroscience research, being one of the few institutes in the world that investigates the brain at...

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