A team coordinated by Professor Xavier Navarro, of the c, has observed that increasing the expression of type 1 Neuregulin protein in mice used as a model for...
At the Institute for Neurosciences, a team of researchers directed by Dr Albert Quintana has identified two groups of neurons involved in Leigh Syndrome. They have also been able to identify the role of these neurons in the manifestation of this mitochondrial disorder...
A team of scientists at Artis International, a North American research institute dedicated to the analysis of violent conflicts, involving researchers from
A research conducted by the INc-UAB shows that the same perinatal brain injury caused by hypoxia and ischemia have differentiated effects on each gender, but can be improved through tactile and proprioceptive stimuli. Petting and massaging the...
Watching media contents have become part of our daily lives. Over time and with the arrival of new dynamic narratives such as action scenes, musical videoclips… the number of cuts increased. However, several investigations prove that viewers tend not to...
Ignacio Morgado-Bernal, director of the Institute of Neurosciences of the UAB, proposes in the following text an approach to the hard problem of consciousness, about the process by which our brain is able to convert neural mechanisms into subjective...
The European ArrestAD FET-OPEN Horizon 2020 programme, which began at the start of the year and will end in December 2022, proposes a new vision for research on Alzheimer's disease and tests a new concept for its early diagnosis and treatment based on the role of...
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is characterized by the selective loss of neurons responsible for controlling the skeletal muscles. Neuregulin type 1 (NRG1) contributes to compensating this loss in general, but this mechanism is altered in patients with ALS. To restore this...
Substance abuse, compulsive gambling and obesity show to have a very similar cognitive profile when it comes to the decision making process. This process drives individuals to choose determinate actions, over others, after...
Overweight and obesity continue to rise due to unhealthy diets, especially in adolescences. A recent study on the effects of a cafeteria diet with regard to coping strategies in female rats has shown, on the one hand, that this type of diet is not only metabolically harmful but...
