Drugs commonly taken to improve cognition only boost short-term focus - at high cost
Nonprescribed psychostimulants impair sleep and working memory, UCI-led study finds
August 08, 2019
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brain
Brain Explorer Academy expands young minds
Outreach program for second- to eighth-graders promotes scientific thinking, interest in STEM careers
July 22, 2019
UCI child neurologist Dr. Tallie Z. Baram is awarded $15 million Conte Center grant
NIH funding supports continued research into early-life origins of mental disorders
July 10, 2019
Study touts new method to reduce cognitive side effects of brain cancer radiation treatment
UCI team helps uncover how ‘FLASH radiotherapy’ reduces neural cell damage
May 13, 2019
New study tracks perils of water polo head injuries
Certain players endure far more trauma, UCI researchers say
May 02, 2019
UCI study identifies a new way by which the human brain marks time
Novel findings may further understanding of age-related dementia
January 15, 2019
UCI MIND gets grant to identify compounds that reduce brain damage seen in Alzheimer's
The UCI Institute for Memory Impairments and Neurological Disorders has been awarded a $500,000 grant from the Orange County Community Foundation’s S.L. Gimbel Foundation Fund. The money will support the testing of 1,200+ FDA-approved compounds to gauge their effectiveness in preventing microglia from destroying brain synapses. Such damage “is seen frequently in patients with Alzheimer’s […]
October 26, 2018
Now you just need to remember to exercise!
Even mild physical activity immediately improves memory function, UCI-led study finds
September 24, 2018
Deciphering dementia's gender gap
UCI researchers win grant to explore why Alzheimer’s affects more women
July 16, 2018
Professor gets prestigious BRAIN Initiative grant
The National Institutes of Health has awarded Xiangmin Xu, UCI associate professor of anatomy & neurobiology, a five-year, $2.5 million grant to study new neural circuit pathways in a region of the brain associated with learning and memory and epilepsy. He shares the grant with Douglas Arthur Nitz of UC San Diego. The proposed research […]
April 02, 2018