Researchers from the IIBB-CSIC-IDIBAPS participate in a study that shows the interaction of the receptor for cannabinoids with the BiP protein in terminals of inhibitory neurons, modulating anxiety

by Fundació Clínic per a la Recerca Biomèdica

2 years ago
cannabis, brain, Research, Anxiety

The findings open a new conceptual framework to understand the striking context-dependent pharmacological actions of cannabis in the brain.

Controlling brain states with a ray of light

by Fundació Clínic per a la Recerca Biomèdica

2 years ago
PAI, brain, Brain activity, Neurosciences

A study led by researchers from IBEC and IDIBAPS achieves, for the first time, the control of brain state transitions using a molecule responsive to light, named PAI

RENACER, a national hospital network to boost research into brain metastases, is launched

by CNIO - Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncológicas

3 years ago
BrMPanel, brain, cancer, RENACER

The objective of RENACER is to carry out basic and clinical studies that help to advance the development of therapies for these metastases With prior consent from the patients, surgeons will collec...

The UdL and IRBLleida, in a study on how aging affects the brain

by IRB Lleida. Institut de Recerca Biomèdica

3 years ago
aging, brain, cognitive impairment

With the participation of the Lleida researcher Reinald Pamplona

Researchers identify connection patterns in the brain that indicate the risk of developing obsessive disorders in children

by Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge

3 years ago
OCD, children, obsessive disorders, brain

Most children manifest behaviors such as small manias or superstitions throughout their development that tend to disappear over time. In some cases, however, these behaviors are associated with a grea...

Potential Down’s syndrome treatment may improve cognition through epigenetic activity in brain

by Centre for Genomic Regulation

3 years ago
Down's Syndrome, epigenetics, brain, learning, memory, cognitive stimulation

Down’s syndrome is one of the most common causes of learning disabilities. Caused by the presence of all or part of a third copy of chromosome 21, it is a genetic disorder with no known cure or trea...

European grant of 1.5 million euros to study how the brain encodes and stores our experiences

by IMIM - Institut Hospital del Mar d'Investigacions Mèdiques

3 years ago
brain, ERC, experiences, health, energy, investigation

The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded Dr. Arnau Busquets García, a Ramón y Cajal researcher at the Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute (IMIM), with a prestigious ERC Starting Grant...

Neurons at the laboratory can be integrated into human brain tissue

by Universitat de Barcelona

3 years ago
cellular reprograming, brain, neurons, tissue

A team of researchers from the Institute of Neurosciences (UBNeuro) and Institute of Complex Systems (UBICS) has demonstrated that neurons can be generated from skin cells of a human donor us...

No Association Found Between Exposure to Mobile Devices and Brain Volume Alterations in Adolescents

by ISGlobal - Instituto de Salud Global de Barcelona

3 years ago
wireless connection, Mobile Devices, brain, Adolescents

New study of 2,500 Dutch children is the first to explore the relationship between brain volume and different doses of radiofrequency electromagnetic fields

Launch of Gate2Brain, the 'key' to transporting drugs into the brain and improving their effectiveness

by Fundació Bosch i Gimpera

3 years ago
pediatric glioma, Gate2Brain, IRB Barcelona, UB, SJD, drugs, brain

Researchers from IRB Barcelona, the University of Barcelona (UB) and the Sant Joan de Déu Research Institute – Hospital Sant Joan de Déu (SJD) have set up Gate2Brain, a company based on a novel te...

Researchers determine that the frontal lobe is capable of differentiating various phases of working memory

by IRB Lleida. Institut de Recerca Biomèdica

3 years ago
neurocognition, memory, brain, frontal lobe

The research group Neurocognition, psychobiology of the personality and behavioral genetics determines topographically three phases of working memory according to memory complexity using frontal spect...

IBEC researchers find a new way to effectively transport drugs to the brain

by IBEC - Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalunya

3 years ago
transport, drugs, brain

An international group of researchers from the University of Maryland (United States) and the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) led by ICREA Research Professor Silvia Muro, has identifi...