May 21, 2020
…(2014). Homological scaffolds of brain functional networks. J. R. Soc. Interface. 120140873) While much of the new research on psychedelics shows its potentially high efficacy for treating psychological disorders, relatively little research has been done to demonstrate their uses for the treatment of chronic pain conditions. A recently published review…
July 1, 2015
Using clinical data collected over the past decade through a U.S. cancer registry, researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine demonstrated that significant strides have been made in improving the survival of adult patients with low-grade gliomas, a slow-growing yet deadly form of primary brain cancer.
October 19, 2015
…San Diego. The project will contribute to the national BRAIN initiative announced by the Obama administration in 2013 to advance researchers’ understanding of the human brain.
March 12, 2015
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have identified a gene variant that may be used to predict people most likely to respond to an investigational therapy under development for Alzheimer’s disease (AD). The study, published March 12 in Cell Stem Cell, is based on experiments…
November 28, 2018
High-tech surgical suites allow doctors to scan patients without either leaving the operating room.
June 15, 2017
…the behavior of our brains’ neurons and communication among the various bacteria in our bodies. Better understanding of such fundamental processes will lay important groundwork for potential treatments of neurological disorders, kidney disease and other illnesses. Rachel Dutton “Pew is proud to support these investigators as they use novel approaches…
July 7, 2022
New site at UC San Diego Health will provide specialized, multidisciplinary treatment for headaches, migraines and traumatic brain injuries.
December 9, 2021
…experienced devastating and irreversible brain injury. As soon as their heart stops, it is removed, although their brain does not yet meet the formal criteria for brain death. “If we get those organs within an acceptable period of time, we can perfuse the heart with a machine that gets the…
August 15, 2019
Two years ago this summer, the institute’s immersive virtual reality system morphed from the StarCAVE into the SunCAVE. Its physical shape changed, as did the technology running it. Today, it’s a powerful computing system that can process massive amounts of data from all over the world.
July 11, 2012
…of laboratory-based biomarkers that can be useful for understanding brain-based abnormalities in schizophrenia. The measurements, known as endophenotypes, could ultimately be a boon to clinicians who sometimes struggle to recognize and treat the complex and confounding mental disorder.
