Archive: Traumatic Brain Injury Research Advances with $18.8M NIH Award
The National Institutes of Health is awarding $18.8 million, administered through UCSF, to support worldwide research on concussion and traumatic brain injury.
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Archive: MEDIA ADVISORY: The Science of Staying Younger Longer
The Science of Staying Younger Longer is a by-invitation symposium and panel discussion highlighting advances in scientific understanding of the biological underpinnings of aging and ideas for how to slow down age-associated disease and decline.
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Archive: UCSF Researcher First Winner of Prize for Innovative Work on Multiple Sclerosis
UCSF neuroscientist Jonah R. Chan, PhD, has been named the winner of the inaugural Barancik Prize for Innovation in MS Research.
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Archive: Video Game Makes Old Brains Act Younger
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Archive: Former Grateful Dead Drummer's Brain Activity Recorded While He Plays
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Archive: This Is Musician Mickey Hart's Brain on Music
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Archive: Study: Video Games Sharpen Seniors' Multitasking, Memory Skills
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Archive: Teaching Old Brains New Tricks With a Videogame
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Archive: Video Games May Help Memory of Older Players, Study Finds
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Archive: Tuberculosis and Parkinson’s Disease Linked By Unique Protein
A protein at the center of Parkinson’s disease research now also has been found to play a key role in causing the destruction of bacteria that cause tuberculosis.
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Archive: Scientists Use Videogames to Improve Older Brains
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Archive: Video Games May Improve Brain Power in Older Adults
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Archive: A Multitasking Video Game Makes Old Brains Act Younger
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Archive: Video Game Reverses Some Effects of Brain Aging
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Archive: Training the Older Brain in 3-D: Video Game Enhances Cognitive Control
Scientists at UCSF are reporting that they have found a way to reverse some of the negative effects of aging on the brain, using a video game designed to improve cognitive control.
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Archive: Brain Gyms Can Work – If They Train One Skill at a Time
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Archive: Computer Game-Playing Shown to Improve Multitasking Skills
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Archive: UCSF Researcher Finds Way to Treat Severe Childhood Epilepsy
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Archive: Researchers Discover Potential Epilepsy Drug Using Zebrafish
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Archive: Brain Surgeons Guided by New Imaging Device
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Archive: RNA Molecule Is Behind Behavior Changes Cued by Environment
Quick changes in behavior, in worms, at least, can be triggered by a unique form of the molecule RNA acting within the nucleus of a cell, researchers at UCSF have discovered.
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Archive: A New Tool Lets Brain Surgeons See What They're Doing
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Archive: Cocaine Rewires Brain After Single Use, Study Says
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Archive: Cocaine Rewires Brain, Overrides Decision-Making After Just One Use, Says Study
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Archive: Cocaine Use Leads to Rapid Growth of New Mouse Brain Structures
Mice given cocaine showed rapid growth in new brain structures associated with learning and memory, according to a research team from the Ernest Gallo Clinic and Research Center at UCSF.
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Archive: This Is Your (Mouse) Brain on Drugs
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Archive: Cocaine 'Rapidly Changes the Brain'
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Archive: Anti-Wrinkle Cream Might Be the Key to Treating Parkinson’s Disease
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Archive: Effects of Parkinson’s Disease Mutation Reversed in Cells
UCSF scientists working in the lab used a chemical found in an anti-wrinkle cream to prevent the death of nerve cells damaged by mutations that cause an inherited form of Parkinson’s disease.
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Archive: Global Team Identifies New Genes Behind Severe Childhood Epilepsy
An international study on epilepsy has uncovered 25 new mutations on nine key genes that could pave the way to develop precise therapies for a devastating form of the disorder during childhood.