Some studies reveal worrying numbers of young people with symptoms of depression. For this reason, a clinical trial coordinated by Guillem Feixas, professor at the Faculty of Psychology and the Institute of Neurosciences (UBneuro) of the UB, and Adrián Montesano, lecturer and...
The COVID-19 pandemic generated a unique scenario to analyse the psychological impact of global and extreme situations on the population. Now, a study reveals the importance of the configuration of individual brain networks —before the COVID-19 outbreak— in people’s ability of ...
Being a team player is not only important in sports. In science, too, researchers with different skill sets and backgrounds work as a team towards a common goal. In research, the term “team science” refers to the collaborative effort to address a scientific question, often...
Environmental factors, parental lifestyle, and even parental trauma can affect subsequent generations. Epigenetics studies these small alterations in DNA. It is a relatively new science that in recent years has also focused on the field of neuroscience to study brain-based ...
The correct development of the brain cortex is an essential process for the acquisition of correct cognitive skills. Reelin, a key extracellular protein in neuronal migration and synaptic plasticity, is determinant in this process. For this reason, the dysfunction —genetic or...
Determining the influence of global environmental challenges in the field of brain and mental health is the main objective of the environMENTAL project. This initiative is funded by the European Union in the framework of the Horizon Europe programme, which will deploy an international consortium with...
That’s the key message from the 3 success MSC fellows Laura Cervera-Carles, Olga Laporta-Hoyos and Ana Zappa were awarded with the prestigious and highly competitive MSCA fellowship. Now they are ready to start their exciting research at the Institute of Neurosciences of the University of Barcelona...
The deletion of the Wt1 gene during the early stages of the embryonic reproductive organ formation leads to differences in sex development in adult mice, according to an article published in the journal PLOS Genetics and led by the lecturer Ofelia Martínez-Estrada,...
The study, with the audience participation at the Sónar festival, was carried out by a team of neuroscientists from IDIBELL and the University of Barcelona with the artist Alicia Carrera. Through a live experiment, researchers assessed the curiosity aroused by a new song and its impact...
A scientific team coordinated by José Antonio del Río from UBneuro, the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) and CIBERNED observed the mechanical signals and traction forces involved in the migration of Cajal-Retzius cells, a group of neurons that play an important role in the...