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Archive: One Day There May Be a Drug to Turbocharge the Brain. Who Should Get It?
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Archive: Had Enough Water? Brain's Thirst Centers Make a Gut Check
New UCSF study may have answered how your brain knows when you’ve had enough water.
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Archive: Blech! Brain Science Explains Why You're Not Thirsty For Salt Water
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Archive: Talk on a Blood Test for Concussions Wins 2019 UCSF Grad Slam
Ten finalists competed in the fifth annual Grad Slam to inform and entertain with three-minute talks based on their own research.
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Archive: How Does Music Affect Your Brain? Every Way Imaginable
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Archive: A path to defeat Parkinson's? UCSF team cracks molecular lock to target treatment
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Archive: ‘Undruggable’ Parkinson’s Molecule Spills Its Secrets
UCSF researchers developed a strategy for targeting a key molecule implicated in Parkinson’s disease, opening up a potential new treatment strategy for the currently incurable movement disorder.
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Archive: Two UCSF Graduate Students Named 2019 Weintraub Awardees
The awards, given by the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, recognize outstanding achievement in graduate studies in the biological sciences.
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Archive: I’m a scientist studying brain illnesses. Now I’m a lock-in, living with one of them: Lou Gehrig’s disease.
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Archive: Not Just Neurons: Precision Signaling Architecture Discovered in Non-Neural Cells that Direct Development
UCSF lab found that a chemical that acts as a neurotransmitter in the nervous system is essential for cytonemes to mediate cell-to-cell communication between non-neural cells.
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Archive: Insight: Genetic research may hold promise for ALS, Alzheimer’s
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Archive: Brain-zapping implants that fight depression are inching closer to reality
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Archive: Chimpanzee Brain Organoids Hint at Secrets of Human Evolution
UCSF researchers created a chimpanzee brain “organoids” that mimic the development and organization of full-size brains.
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Archive: Jeanne Paz Receives the 2019 Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise
The Vilcek Foundation awards prizes each year to “emerging immigrant artists and scientists who have shown exceptional promise early in their career.”
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Archive: Gum disease–causing bacteria could spur Alzheimer’s
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Archive: Ultra-Sturdy Bones, with a Surprising Origin, Suggest New Osteoporosis Approach
A handful of brain cells deep in the brain may play a surprising role in controlling women’s bone density.
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Archive: Virtual reality allows neurosurgery patients to ‘tour’ their own brains
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Archive: The world's oldest esports team is gaming their way to longer lives
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Archive: Artificial Intelligence Turns Brain Activity into Speech
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Archive: Surprise Discovery Reveals Second Visual System in Mouse Cerebral Cortex
New study shows the post-rhinal cortex, appears to obtain visual data directly from an evolutionarily ancient sensory processing center at the base of the brain called the superior colliculus.
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Archive: Gut Immune Cells Cut Inflammation in Multiple Sclerosis
Researchers have discovered that the intestine is the source of immune cells that reduce brain inflammation in people with MS, and that increasing the number of these cells blocks inflammation entirely.
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Archive: Artificial intelligence can detect Alzheimer’s in brain scans six years before a diagnosis
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Archive: Artificial Intelligence Can Detect Alzheimer’s Disease in Brain Scans Six Years Before a Diagnosis
UCSF researchers programmed a machine-learning algorithm to diagnose early-stage Alzheimer’s disease. The algorithm used PET scans – a common type of brain scan.
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When Ordinary Becomes Extraordinary
After Matthew Wetschler broke his neck body surfing, he became the first person to undergo a new protocol –pioneered by a UCSF surgeon – for treating spinal cord injuries.
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Decoding the Mystery of the Super-Ager
A growing number of researchers at UCSF and elsewhere have turned their attention to questions around why and how some people who age thrive and are more resilient than others.
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4 Strategies for Aging Well
UCSF experts share their science-backed strategies for aging well.
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Archive: Pre-Deployment Insomnia Linked to Increased Risk of PTSD for Soldiers
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Archive: Most Popular Science Stories of 2018
From sensory processing disorder to how CRISPR is being explored to bring new treatments to patients, these are the stories that most engaged our readers in 2018.
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Archive: Sex Chromosomes Hold the Secret to Female Longevity
UCSF scientists have zeroed in on a possible genetic mechanism for the reason behind women outliving men phenomenon.