IDIBELL researchers identify a new leukodystrophy in children and its potential cure

by IBEC - Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalunya

5 years ago
childhood disease, brain, disability, DESG1, drug, multiple sclerosis

The gene that causes the disease is called DEGS1 and its defect may be counteracted with fingolimod, a drug currently used to treat multiple sclerosis

Communication between neural networks

by UPF - Universitat Pompeu Fabra

5 years ago
neural networks, communication, brain

It is the subject of an article published on December 14 on Nature Reviews Neuroscience, which included the participation of Gustavo Deco, ICREA research professor and director of the Cognition and Br...

A key piece for invading and generating metastasis in the brain discovered

by UPF - Universitat Pompeu Fabra

6 years ago
metastasis, brain, tumour invasion, physical properties, cell environment

An international team of researchers led by Miguel Ángel Valverde, of the Department of Experimental and Health Sciences at UPF, shows for the first time that ion channels capable of detecting change...

Air pollution induces subclinical structural changes in children’s brains

by ISGlobal - Instituto de Salud Global de Barcelona

7 years ago
polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, subclinical changes, caudate nucleus, brain

Chronic exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in preadolescent children is associated with subclinical changes in the caudate nucleus of their brains, even when ambient concentrations of...

A new study changes the scientific paradigm on the evolutionary origins of the brain in vertebrates

by Universitat de Barcelona

7 years ago
brain, evolution, genomics, vertebrates

An international team has published in the journal PLOS Biology, an article which alters the classic model of the brain formation process in vertebrates and its biological evolution. The new study, co...

Launch of APACHE project on air pollution, autism and brain imaging

by ISGlobal - Instituto de Salud Global de Barcelona

7 years ago
APACHE, autism, brain, pollution, neuroimage

What relationship might there be between air pollution and autism spectrum disorders? What is the link, if any, between air pollution and changes in brain structure and function? These are the questio...

Jordi Sunyer: 'Pollution is Putting the Brains of New Generations of Children at a Clear Disadvantage'

by ISGlobal - Instituto de Salud Global de Barcelona

7 years ago
Jordi Sunyer, Preventive Medicine, Public Health, brain

New research front to tackle Friedreich’s Ataxia

by IRB Barcelona - Instituto de Investigación Biomédica

7 years ago
Frataxin, brain, Friedreich’s Ataxia

IRB Barcelona starts a project with the long-term goal to achieve an injectable frataxin treatment able to reach the brain. Frataxin is the protein that is reduced in those affected by this rare and d...

How does the brain of people who do not like music work?

by IBEC - Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalunya

8 years ago
music, brain, evolution, BMRQ

The study, published by PNAS journal, gives clues about the importance of music at an evolutionary level based on the connection between the auditory and emotional areas of the brain.

Flavour, perception, language, and metabolism are at the heart of Brainy Tongue's debate

by Centre for Genomic Regulation

8 years ago
brain, map of flavours, satiation, metabolism, Brainy Tongue, neural pathways

'The Sensory Logic of the Gastronomic Brain' symposium was held on October 24, 25, and 26 at Basque Culinary Center (San Sebastian). The use and limits of language in cooking, the map of flavours in t...

Sights set on the next generation of shuttle peptides to target the brain

by IRB Barcelona - Instituto de Investigación Biomédica

8 years ago
shuttle peptides, brain

IRB Barcelona researchers publish a review article on the emerging field of drug transporters that have the capacity to reach the brain more efficiently. IRB Barcelona is one of the few centres worldw...

How does cocaine reach the brain?

by Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya

8 years ago
cocaine, brain

The investigation also answers the question of how the molecule is able to adapt to hydrophobic environments like those in the brain’s protective barrier, which a hydrophilic molecule should not be ...