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Sleep spindles, bursts of brain activity during NREM2 sleep, may regulate anxiety in PTSD, challenging recent studies. Non-invasive therapies could provide relief, such as prescription drugs or electrical brain stimulation. Sleep hygiene is also recommended to maximize the benefit of spindles after a stressful episode.
Ten graduate school finalists competed in this year’s UCSF Grad Slam, in which students present their research in three minutes or less in terms easily understood by a general audience.
A newly discovered brain circuit recruits brain cells called astrocytes to calm overactive neurons to produce a calming and relaxing effect.
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. and UCSF will accelerate advanced cell therapies for difficult to treat conditions like cancer from a new manufacturing facility.
Jon Kleen is named the 2023 Dreifuss-Penry Epilepsy Award recipient by the American Academy of Neurology (AAN). He is honored for his contributions to epilepsy treatment.
Increasing a newborn’s blood pressure after heart surgery may reduce brain injuries and increase survival for infants.
On the operating table and inside the lab of a rising star in cancer neurosurgery.
Could psychedelics become mainstream medicines?
Resecting brain tumors called gliomas as much as possible soon after diagnosis offers a distinct survival advantage when looking at the disease trajectory 10 years later, find UCSF researchers.
UCSF experts discuss the current state of Alzheimer’s treatments and future therapies that may slow progression of the disease.
Through decades of biobanking at UCSF, researchers were able to comprehensively map intra-cellular signaling in the cells of recurrent glioblastoma, identifying novel cell-extrinsic therapeutic targets.
While we sleep, our brains process our daily actions to create motor memory, which makes physical acts such as throwing a basketball subconscious.
