Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) is a degenerative disease which affects the neurons that control the muscular tissue. As the disease progresses, these motoneurons stop working and end up dying, which… Read More from Researchers discover a new biomarker candidate to diagnose ALS cases in early stages
Implicit racial bias refers to the automatic non-conscious behaviours, even if one’s explicit attitude is not biased at all. Several studies have shown these prejudices are reduced in white people… Read More from How does immersive reality affect implicit racial bias?
A study conducted on mice published in the journalGeroscience has identified the action mechanism of a promising compound against Alzheimer’s disease, developed by the team of Medical Chemistry and Pharmacology at the University… Read More from Researchers identify an action mechanism for a drug against Alzheimer‘ disease
L’Institut de Neurociències de la Universitat de Barcelona ajudarà en l‘avanç de la recerca de malalties minoritàries tals com la Neurofibromatosi i el Huntington gràcies al finançament concedit per La… Read More from L’Institut de Neurociències UB reb més d’1,5 milions d’euros per la recerca de malalties minoritàries gràcies a La Marató de TV3
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… Read More from Sant Joan de Déu Research Institute recognized as CERCA center
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…. Read More from Optogenetic stimulation improves alterations in movement and behaviour of experimental models with Huntington’s disease
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… Read More from New UB-IDIBAPS study on the origins of autoimmune psychosis
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… Read More from Researchers find new transposon-derived genes related to autism and other neurological diseases
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… Read More from UBNeuro researchers find a protein involved in Huntington’s disease motor deficits
A team of researchers from the Institute of Neurosciences (UBNeuro) and Institute of Complex Systems (UBICS) has demonstrated that neurons can be generated from skin cells of a human donor… Read More from Neurons at the laboratory can be integrated into human brain tissue
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… Read More from UB study identifies a new pharmacological target against Alzheimer’s disease
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… Read More from NeuroArt Awards 2020