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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: 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: 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: Cocaine Rewires Brain After Single Use, Study Says
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Archive: A New Tool Lets Brain Surgeons See What They're Doing
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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.
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Archive: Flushing Out Defective Proteins Quickly Could Help Brain Cells Survive
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Archive: Failure to Destroy Toxic Protein, Not Buildup of Protein Itself, Contributes to Progression of Huntington’s Disease
Scientists at the UCSF-affiliated Gladstone Institutes have discovered that the progression of neurodegenerative disease is not due to the buildup of brain toxins itself, but rather in the individual neurons’ ability to dissolve them.
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Archive: Skull Surgery Offers Perils and Potential
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Archive: Breakthrough Study Reveals Biological Basis for Sensory Processing Disorders in Kids
Sensory processing disorders are more prevalent in children than autism. In a groundbreaking new study, UCSF researchers have for the first time shown a biological basis for the disease in the brain structure.
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Archive: Interactive Software Helps Veterans Suffering from PTSD
UCSF scientists discussed their work in developing software, apps and online tools to help veterans with PTSD and brain injuries at the annual "Brain at War" symposium.
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Archive: Tripping Up Memories of Alcohol
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Archive: High-Resolution Mapping Technique Uncovers Underlying Circuit Architecture of the Brain
Using an innovative brain-tracing technique, scientists have found a way to untangle the complex connections that influence specific brain functions.