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UCSF Magazine explores how scientists are uncovering surprising new tools – young blood and video games – to rejuvenate the brain.
With advances in technology and better understanding of people, the health sciences are constantly pushing toward more effective treatments and cures. The question is, where will we see the next breakthroughs in 2015?
Immune cells perform a previously unsuspected role in the brain that may contribute to obesity, according to a new study by UCSF researchers.
A protein that may partly explain why human brains are larger than those of other animals has been identified by scientists from two stem-cell labs at UCSF.
Two major genetic studies of autism, led in part by UCSF scientists and involving more than 50 laboratories worldwide, have newly implicated dozens of genes in the disorder.
New motor learning research suggests that "muscle memory" is actually something the brain is constantly relearning.
A team of UCSF researchers has found that a tiny segment of genetic material known as a microRNA plays a central role in the transition from moderate drinking to alcohol use disorders.
Researchers at UC San Francisco and UC Berkeley have teamed up to create an innovative, integrated center for research on neurodegenerative diseases.
Video games that make you smarter. A chip that can identify mysterious illnesses in hours. These are some of the topics top UCSF scientists will discuss at this year’s free UCSF Dreamforce track on Oct. 15.
Five UCSF neuroscientists have received research grants in the highly competitive first wave of National Institutes of Health (NIH) awards to support President Obama’s BRAIN Initiative.
UCSF researchers have used brain scans to predict how young children learn to read, giving clinicians a possible tool to spot children with dyslexia and other reading difficulties before they experience reading challenges.
A new study suggests that colds and other minor infections may temporarily increase stroke risk in children.
UCSF researchers have identified cells’ unique features within the developing human brain, using the latest technologies for analyzing gene activity in individual cells, and have demonstrated that large-scale cell surveys can be done much more efficiently and cheaply than was previously thought possible.
Researchers at UCSF have found that children with sensory processing disorders have decreased structural brain connections in specific sensory regions different than those in autism, further establishing SPD as a clinically important neurodevelopmental disorder.
Researchers at UCSF have discovered that endostatin, a protein that once aroused intense interest as a possible cancer treatment, plays a key role in the stable functioning of the nervous system.