November 21, 2023
UC San Diego’s Center for Scientific Computation in Imaging has received a $7.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to continue its interdisciplinary exploration of diffusion magnetic resonance imaging (dMRI) work related to Alzheimer’s disease.
January 18, 2023
UC San Diego researchers identify mutation that causes excessive folding in human brain’s wrinkly cerebral cortex, resulting in diminished cognitive function.
October 10, 2022
A new study by researchers at the University of California San Diego demonstrates a new neurotechnology geared toward answering a long-running question in neuroscience: How can scientists link the separate activity of many single neurons in the brain to the waves and oscillations of the local broade
March 2, 2021
UC San Diego scientists have created new brain maps with unprecedented detail. The insights provided by the new maps are helping answer questions about blood supply and how more active parts of the brain are kept nourished versus less demanding areas.
October 9, 2014
Brain Trust Photos by Erik Jepsen/UC San Diego Publications UC San Diego bolsters reputation as top neuroscience research center with more than $10 million in new federal grants President Obama’s BRAIN Initiative, a federal research effort designed to help researchers answer fundamental questions about how the brain works, has in…
August 7, 2023
Creating brain-like computers with minimal energy requirements would revolutionize nearly every aspect of modern life. Funded by the Department of Energy, Q-MEEN-C — a nationwide consortium led by the University of California San Diego — has been at the forefront of this research.
October 30, 2014
California Brain Research Program Launched Cal-BRAIN co-director Ralph Greenspan, who also heads up UC San Diego’s Center for Brain Activity Mapping. Cal-BRAIN—a statewide research grants program that aims to revolutionize our understanding of the brain—is officially underway. The first call for proposals has gone out, and the program expects to…
June 6, 2019
…be better. Stem cell-derived “mini-brain” model of autism spectrum disorder “We can meet people where they are, at any time they are available, and offer a more visual experience—showing people what it’s actually like to work with stem cells,” he said. That’s when UCTV’s new Stem Cell Channel was born.…
October 14, 2021
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded researchers at University of California San Diego approximately $30 million over five years to expand and deepen longitudinal studies of the developing brain in children.
September 23, 2021
Researchers can predict what syllables a bird will sing—and when it will sing them—by reading electrical signals in its brain, reports a new study from the University of California San Diego. The work is an early step toward building vocal prostheses for humans who have lost the ability to speak.
