Memory improvements are proportional to the level of adherence to the Mediterranean diet, weight loss and increased physical activity.
Read moreA study in mice conducted by the UAB shows that social isolation worsens the effects of Alzheimer’s disease, with hyperactivity levels reaching up to twice as much as in the pathology itself, and co...
Read moreDown’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...
Read moreResearchers led by Natàlia Carulla find that specific amyloid-beta (Aβ) protein ensembles have the capacity to disrupt the membrane of neurons, causing their death. The results have been publishe...
Read moreThe research group Neurocognition, psychobiology of the personality and behavioral genetics determines topographically three phases of working memory according to memory complexity using frontal spect...
Read moreThe memory of specific episodes is the base of autobiographical memory, but we do not know how the brain structures the experience to remember it in the long run.
Read moreFor the first time links have been observed between a nut-rich maternal diet during the first trimester of pregnancy and better outcomes after birth in cognitive function, attention capacity and long-...
Read moreA 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 propri...
Read moreResearchers from the Institute of Neurosciences of the University of Barcelona (UBNeuro) have identified a potential therapeutic strategy to treat Alzheimer’s, according to a study published in Jour...
Read moreResearchers at IRB Barcelona reveal that the protein NEK7 is relevant for the correct formation of neurons in the hippocampus, a region of the brain associated with memory. Animals without NEK7 may al...
Read moreIt has been known for some time that the extracts of the Cannabis plant, just like synthetic cannabinoids and those produced by the brain itself, join up with type 1 (CB1) cannabinoid receptors locate...
Read moreA collaboration between the INc-UAB and Harvard University, led by Raül Andero, pioneers the increase of memory using optogenetics in mice in Spain. The study has been done on a group of neurons, Tac...
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