A study led by researchers of the Institute of Neurosciences of the UB (UBNeuro) has determined the levels of the RTp801 protein increase in the hippocampal formation in post-mortem samples of patients… Read More from Researchers identify a protein involved in the memory loss and inflammation associated with Alzheimer’s disease
La Marató de TV3 and Catalunya Ràdio in 2020, dedicated to COVID-19, will give 12.5 million euros to fund 36 excellence biomedical research projects to improve the quality and life… Read More from La Marató 2020 promotes 36 research projects to fight COVID-19
On June 22, from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., the University of Barcelona is holding the session “The exploration (and exploitation) of space”. The objective of this meeting is to tackle… Read More from The first session of the UB institutes will provide a more realist and updated view on space exploration
Stereotypes are knowledge structures integrated in our world representation, which have an influence on our decisions and which are hard to change. A team from the Institute of Neurosciences of… Read More from Science and performing arts against stereotypes
A study carried out by UB, IDIBELL, ICO and Bellvitge University Hospital shows that exercise does not only prevent the loss of neuronal tissue caused by chemotherapy and radiotherapy, but the patients who follow sports… Read More from Exercise prevents neuronal damage caused by lung cancer therapy
The lockdown policies that resulted from the COVID-19 epidemic involved an important decrease in urban crimes, except for homicides, according to a paper published in the journalNature Human Behaviour, which… Read More from Urban crime decreased by 80% in Barcelona during lockdown
With the presentation of her thesis on adult neurogenesis, Alba Ortega, doctoral student at the Faculty of Biology and the Institute of Neurosciences of the UB, will represent the University… Read More from Alba Ortega to represent the UB in the finals of the ”4-minute Thesis“ contest
La obesidad durante la infancia y la adolescencia está asociada con consecuencias médicas y psicológicas, así como con un incremento del riesgo de comorbilidades o incluso muerte, al alcanzar la… Read More from AYUDAR A LOS NIÑOS CON OBESIDAD POTENCIANDO LAS FUNCIONES EJECUTIVAS: ESTUDIO TOUCH
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… Read More from DR. EDUARD VIETA, JOSEP TRUETA AWARD 2021
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… Read More from Higher education does not influence brain ageing
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… Read More from Can a newborn’s brain discriminate speech sounds?
Lafora disease is an inherited neurodegenerative disease which is initially developed with epileptic crises during adolescence and it evolves with a progressive degeneration of the nervous system until it causes… Read More from Researchers find the cause of degeneration in Lafora disease