Newsroom

A team led by Dr Albert Quintana has for the first time identified the mechanism behind a potentially fatal type of epilepsy, a symptom of mitochondrial diseases. The discovery, based on mice models, challenges the traditional idea that these disorders are caused by a generalised energy deficiency and instead reveals a precise disfunction in specific brain circuits.

The Spanish Society for Neuroscience (SENC) has presented the Manifesto for Brain Research, a call to place Spain at the forefront of the neuroscientific revolution.

In the 11th edition of the Best Global Universities (BGU) ranking, published by U.S. News & World Report, the UAB ranks as the number 1 institution in Spain for neuroscience research and 52nd in the world.