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November 23, 2020 In News, Uncategorized By Laia Tremosa

Sant Joan de Déu Research Institute recognized as CERCA center

The Sant Joan de Déu Research Institute (IRSJD), which counts on the participation of the University of Barcelona, has been recognized by the board of trustees of the Institution for Research Centers in Catalonia (CERCA) as a CERCA centre. This award involves the development of...

November 11, 2020 In News By Laia Tremosa

Optogenetic stimulation improves alterations in movement and behaviour of experimental models with Huntington’s disease

Huntington’s disease is an hereditary neurodegenerative disease featured by alterations in movement, cognitive deficiency and psychiatric disorders resulting from the degeneration of neurons in the striatum nucleus of the brain. A study led by researchers of the Institute of Neurosciences of the UB (UBNeuro) has...

October 30, 2020 In News By Laia Tremosa

New UB-IDIBAPS study on the origins of autoimmune psychosis

Anti-NMDAR encephalitis is an autoimmune brain illness that is often mistaken by a psychiatric disorder since it causes psychoses and other behaviour alterations. Despite having these similarities, the illness does not respond to common antipsychotic treatments. A new study by the University of Barcelona and...

October 26, 2020 In News By Laia Tremosa

Researchers find new transposon-derived genes related to autism and other neurological diseases

The lack of some genes in the BEC/TCEAL cluster could be related to some alterations associated with the autism spectrum disorder, according to a preclinical study published in the journal Genome Biology, and led by Professor Jordi Garcia Fernàndez, from the Faculty of Biology and the Institute of...

September 23, 2020 In News By Laia Tremosa

UBNeuro researchers find a protein involved in Huntington’s disease motor deficits

Huntington’s disease is known for a mutation in the Huntingtin gen. Patients show involuntary movements, cognitive deficits and specific psychiatric disorders of the disease, which result from the degeneration and death of medium spiny striatal neurons. A study led by researchers of the Institute of...

August 28, 2020 In News, Uncategorized By Laia Tremosa

Neurons at the laboratory can be integrated into human brain tissue

Cortically fated neuroepithelial-like stem (lt-NES) cells, which are able to form functional synaptic networks in cell culture, differentiate to mature layer-specific cortical neurons when transplanted ex vivo onto organotypic cultures of adult human cortex. A team of researchers from the Institute of Neurosciences (UBNeuro)...

July 28, 2020 In News By Laia Tremosa

UB study identifies a new pharmacological target against Alzheimer’s disease

A UB study published in the journal Neurotherapeutics has validated a new pharmacological target for Alzheimer’s disease. The results show the inhibition of the enzyme soluble epoxide hydrolase (sEH) in murine models with the disease reduces the neuroinflammatory process, improving the endogen response of the organism and...

July 14, 2020 In News By Laia Tremosa

NeuroArt Awards 2020

This year the winners of NeuroArt were chosen in an online poll. 1st prize - El daltonisme (3r ESO, Institut Els Roures) Autors: Bel Perarnau, Ariadna Mas, Laia Garcia i Estel Puig With this work we want to represent color blindness and its types. It is a cube-shaped...

July 10, 2020 In News, Success Story By Laia Tremosa

Explore Your Meanings: Virtual Reality to Revolutionize Psychological Therapies

Can you imagine being able to see your self-image with a pair of virtual reality or 3D glasses? Mind and Identity, a new spin-off of the University of Barcelona, has developed a new digital tool that enables the visualization of the mental image that individuals have...

June 30, 2020 In News, Success Story By Laia Tremosa

Braingaze will make its ADHD therapy video game accessible from home

Braingaze, a spin-off from the University of Barcelona, will make its video game BGaze Therapy, developed to improve the care skills of children with ADHD, accessible from any tablet with a front camera. BGaze Therapy represents a breakthrough in digital health as it is...