Creating a machine learning agent to ease interactions between participants in virtual and augmented reality environments —such as the metaverse— in order to help them achieve their goals and address conflict situations. This is the main objective of GuestXR, the European project under the coordination of...
An article published in the journal Molecular Psychiatry reveals the molecular mechanisms to explain how the YWHAZ gene –related to psychiatric and neurological disorders such as autism and schizophrenia– can alter the neurodevelopmental process. The study, which uses a zebrafish as animal model, is led by the experts Noèlia Fernàndez-Castillo...
In an article published in the journal Neural Regeneration Research, Daniel Tornero, a researcher at the Institute of Neuroscience of the Universitat de Barcelona, explained the current state of stem cell therapy for brain damage repair. Specifically, he has analysed the mechanism by which transplanted stem cells are able to...
The UB becomes a reference in the creation of tissues and organs Aiming to create artificial organs and tissues for clinical application, the Production and Validation Center for Advanced Therapies of the University of Barcelona (Creatio), will purchase and launch one of the first 4D...
Juvenile fibromyalgia is a syndrome characterized by a chronic pain affecting the whole body. It also causes fatigue as well as sleep and mood disorders. It affects children and adolescents —mainly girls— worldwide and it appears during a critical period of the brain development. Analysing...
The gene of the brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) is associated with several processes related to memory and brain plasticity. Now, a paper reveals that it is easier to alter the cognitive activity through transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) in people with the genetic variant Val/Val for the BDNF gene. Conclusions...
Problems when talking, communicating and expressing feelings are common among children and adolescents, in particular at an early age. These difficulties increase in the case of those diagnosed with developmental language disorder, which affects approximately 7% of the child population. There are still few studies...
The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded Mel Slater with an advanced grant. Slater is an ICREA researcher from the Faculty of Psychology of the UB, member of the Institute of Neurosciences and director of Event Lab, one of the 231 grants given in 2017 within the...