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November 16, 2022 In News, Research, Success Story By admin

Researchers identify a molecular mechanism associated with juvenile Parkinson’s

Parkinson’s disease affects 3% of population over 65 years old, and the average age of onset is 60. Regarding juvenile Parkinson, which represents the of all Parkison’s cases, the disease begins before 40 years old. Now, a group of researchers of the...

November 9, 2022 In News, Research, Success Story By admin

The UB hosts the first edition of the International Multi-Brain Barcelona Congress

Is neurotechnology the new revolution in the study of the brain? What do we know about synaptic plasticity in neurodegenerative diseases? What psychological factors could enhance cognitive resilience? How can digital innovation be applied to mental health? Is the application of ...

October 28, 2022 In News, Research, Success Story By ubneuro@ub.edu

Joan López-Moliner: “Virtual reality design should factor in the symptoms it can cause”

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...

September 20, 2022 In News, Research, Success Story By ubneuro@ub.edu

Christian Griñán: “Factors such as stress make it easier to suffer from pathological ageing”

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 ...

May 20, 2022 In News, Success Story By admin

NeurekaLAB received the Entrepreneurship & Research award from the Premios de Internet

This award is a recognition for all the hard work done by this spin-off and the importance of their impact on the society The Award ceremony of the Premios de Internet is the central act of the World Telecommunication and Information Society Day (17 May) and...

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...

January 25, 2021 In News, Success Story, Uncategorized By Laia Tremosa

AIGecko Technologies is born, artificial intelligence at the service of image recognition

Deep learning is a field of artificial intelligence that in recent years has revolutionized the market and our daily lives in aspects such as automatic driving, artificial vision or virtual assistants, among many other applications. "Deep learning technology allows a computer to learn to automatically...

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...

March 21, 2019 In News, Success Story, Uncategorized By Laia Tremosa

Agreement between Virtual Bodyworks and Los Madroños Hospital

Applying immersive virtual reality technology in the rehabilitation of brain damage Virtual Bodyworks, a spin-off of the University of Barcelona (UB), the August Pi i Sunyer Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBAPS) and ICREA, has begun to collaborate with the Advanced Unit of Neurorehabilitation of the Los Madroños...