Archive: Sudden Neurological Death Misclassified, Underestimated
UCSF researchers have devised a new term, “sudden neurological death,” to describe apparent sudden cardiac deaths that actually were due to neurological causes.
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Archive: Long-Sought ‘Warm-Sensitive’ Brain Cells Identified in New Study
A new UC San Francisco study challenges the most influential textbook explanation of how the mammalian brain detects when the body is becoming too warm, and how it then orchestrates the myriad responses that animals, including humans, use to lower their temperature.
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Archive: Gut Bacteria Linked to Rare Autoimmune Disease
A new study led by UCSF scientists shows that a bacterium commonly found in the human gut is overrepresented in patients with a rare, often disabling autoimmune disease known as neuromyelitis optica.
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Archive: Neurologic Symptoms Common in Early HIV Infection
A team led by researchers from UCSF and Yale has found that half of people newly infected with HIV experience neurologic issues.
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Archive: Michael Merzenich Wins 2016 Kavli Prize in Neuroscience
For his pioneering research on plasticity, the brain’s remarkable capacity to modify its structure and function, UCSF's Michael M. Merzenich, PhD, has been awarded the 2016 Kavli Prize in Neuroscience.
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Archive: ‘Inexpensive Old Drug’ May Prevent Brain Damage in High-Risk Newborns, Study Shows
A 27-year-old drug for anemia may protect newborns at high risk for brain damage, according to the results of a multisite trial led by researchers at UCSF.
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Wrapping Up Multiple Sclerosis
With one drug to shut down its progression and another to undo its damage, plus a worldwide effort stalking the origins of multiple sclerosis, MS doesn’t stand a chance.
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Archive: Brain’s Immune System May Trigger Frontotemporal Dementia
Frontotemporal dementia, the second most common cause of dementia in people under 65, may be triggered by a defect in immune cells called microglia that causes them to consume the brain’s synaptic connections, according to new research led by UCSF scientists.
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Archive: Scientists ID Gene Behind Rare Childhood Syndrome
In a study of 10 children published online in the American Journal of Human Genetics on April 14, the researchers linked a constellation of birth defects affecting the brain, eye, ear, heart and kidney to mutations in a single gene, called RERE.
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Archive: 'Brain GPS' Component Allows Brain to Track Location When at Rest
UCSF scientists have discovered a network of brain cells that allows animals to keep track of where they are when they are not moving through space, such as when they are eating, engaged in social interactions, or sleeping.
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Archive: Gene Linking Sleep and Seasonal Affective Disorder Found
A newly discovered human gene mutation appears to contribute both to unusual sleep patterns and to heightened rates of seasonal depression, according to new research from UCSF.
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Archive: Years of Marijuana Use Linked to Some Memory Problems Decades Later
A new study conducted at UCSF looked at “mid-level” marijuana users and found that this group had worse verbal memory but no deficiencies in other measures of cognitive function.
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Archive: Landmark Study Finds Dementia Risk Varies Significantly Among Racial And Ethnic Groups
In the largest and longest study thus far of ethnic disparities in dementia risk, researchers compared six ethnic and racial groups within the same geographic population and found significant variation in dementia incidence among them.
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Archive: The Evolution of Football: America’s Favorite Sport Celebrates What Makes Us Uniquely Human
You don't have to be an NFL star to throw better than any of our closest primate relatives. Human evolution has given us both the brain and brawn we need to make precise throws, but it comes with a few trade-offs.
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Archive: Brain Structure Governing Emotion Is Passed Down From Mother To Daughter, Says UCSF Study
A study of 35 families led by a UCSF psychiatric researcher showed for the first time that the structure of the brain circuitry known as the corticolimbic system is more likely to be passed down from mothers to daughters than from mothers to sons or from fathers to children of either gender.
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Archive: Brain’s Wiring Connected to Sensory Processing Disorder
Researchers at UCSF have found that boys and girls with sensory processing disorder (SPD) have altered pathways for brain connectivity when compared to typically developing children, and the difference predicts challenges with auditory and tactile processing.
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Archive: Cannabis-Based Drug Reduces Seizures in Children With Treatment Resistant Epilepsy
Children and young adults with severe forms of epilepsy that does not respond to standard antiepileptic drugs have fewer seizures when treated with purified cannabinoid, according to a multi-center study led by researchers from UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital San Francisco.
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Illuminating Depression’s Circuitry
If depression is caused by flawed brain circuitry, it may be possible to shift that circuitry toward healthy neural processing instead. UCSF researchers hope to map and correct aberrant neural behavior to cure mood disorders.
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Archive: One Neuroscientist’s Quest to Create Healthier Brains
The trajectory of Bruce Miller’s work is emblematic of the integration seen within the entire neurosciences field over the last decade, as its broad range of disciplines attract unprecedented levels of investment.
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Archive: Atlantic Philanthropies Gives $177M to Establish Global Brain Health Institute to Fight Dementia
The Atlantic Philanthropies is awarding UCSF and Trinity College Dublin, the University of Dublin, $177 million to create the Global Brain Health Institute, a groundbreaking venture to stem the precipitous rise in dementia by training and connecting a new generation of leaders worldwide.
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Archive: NIH Awards ‘High-Risk, High-Reward’ Grants to Seven UCSF Researchers
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded seven grants to UCSF scientists to pursue innovative approaches to major contemporary challenges in biomedical research.
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Archive: New Autism Genes Are Revealed in Largest-Ever Study
An international research team led by UC San Francisco scientists has identified 65 genes that play a role in autism, 28 of which are reported with “very high confidence.”
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Archive: Next-Gen Genomic Tests Identify Brain-Eating Amoeba
Rapid next-generation genomic sequencing helped identify a mysterious brain-eating amoeba that killed a patient, and a new UCSF center aims to make this test an affordable and available tool for more hospitals.
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Archive: Genetic Makeup May Make Radiation Riskier for Pediatric Cancer Patients
Genetic vulnerabilities associated with childhood cancers may make children undergoing radiation therapy more susceptible than adults to secondary cancers, according to novel insights from researchers at UCSF.
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Archive: UCSF Pediatric Clinic Focused on Rare Pitt Hopkins Syndrome is Third of its Kind in the World
UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital San Francisco has opened the third Pitt Hopkins Syndrome clinic in the world to help patients with this rare genetic condition.
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Archive: New Type of Prion May Cause, Transmit Neurodegeneration
Multiple System Atrophy, a neurodegenerative disorder with similarities to Parkinson’s disease, is caused by a newly discovered type of prion, according to two new research papers led by scientists at UCSF.
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Archive: Survivors of Childhood Cancer Have High-Risk of Recurrent Stroke
A new study from the UCSF Pediatric Brain Center shows that childhood cancer survivors suffering one stroke have double the risk of suffering a second stroke, when compared with non-cancer stroke survivors.
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Archive: Common Class of ‘Channel Blocking’ Drugs May Find a Role in Cancer Therapy
Ion channel blockers, commonly used to treat cardiac, neurological and psychiatric disorders, might prove useful in cancer therapy, according to research findings in fruit flies and mice by UCSF scientists.
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Archive: How the Finch Changes Its Tune
Researchers at UCSF have discovered a neurological mechanism that could explain how songbirds refine and alter their songs, a finding that could have long-term implications for treating neurological conditions.
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Archive: Common Medications for Dementia Could Cause Harmful Weight Loss
Medications commonly used to treat dementia could result in harmful weight loss, and clinicians need to account for this risk when prescribing these drugs to older adults, a new UCSF study says.