neuroscience

In recent years, investigators from eight UC campuses, including UCLA, have conducted more than 330 research projects in brain injury and traumatic brain injury.

Findings suggest that the industrialized world’s sleep habits do not differ much from those that humans evolved to have.

UCLA is the world’s No. 8 overall and the No. 2 U.S. public institution in the 2016 U.S. News and World Report Best Global Universities rankings.

UCLA neuroscientists report in a new study that a diet high in processed fructose interferes with the brain’s ability to heal.

Neuroscientist Peter Whybrow writes that the human penchant for instant gratification can be detrimental when making economic and financial decisions.

Finding may have implications for preventing stroke and diagnosing Alzheimer’s disease earlier.

Dr. Gary Mathern, an expert in complicated seizure disorders, was selected as the chair holder. His accomplishments have built upon the work of his mentor, Dr. Paul Crandall.

One of the three variations appears to be fundamentally a different condition than the other two, said Dr. Dale Bredesen, a UCLA professor of neurology.

Until doctors filled a tiny hole in her inner ear, Rachel Pyne suffered from superior semicircular canal dehiscence, which made her suffer through the sounds of her heart beating, her food digesting and even the shifting of her eyes.

Aided by a “robotic exoskeleton” device, the 39-year-old man was able to voluntarily control his leg muscles and take thousands of steps.

Method combines the chemotherapy drug decitabine with adoptive cell transfer, in which a patient’s own immune cells are reprogrammed to target brain cancer.

The study found that obstructive sleep apnea contributes to a breakdown of the blood–brain barrier, which protects brain tissue.

The findings offer a rare glimpse into how individual brain cells in the sleeping mind work.

New research highlights the value of a program at UCLA's Semel Institute that teaches social skills to high-functioning young adults with autism spectrum disorder.

Five men who have been completely paralyzed for years moved their legs in a rhythmic motion, thanks to a noninvasive method of stimulating the spinal cord, UCLA scientists report.

A new five-year review rating the academic publishing output of department faculty puts UCLA among the nation’s very best.

A UCLA-led study suggests that the Brain Trauma Foundation's guidelines for treating traumatic brain injuries do not guarantee better clinical outcomes for patients.

Findings are the first to shed light on the genetic differences between DiGeorge syndrome patients with autism and those with psychosis.

Why do some youngsters bounce back quickly, while others suffer devastating side effects for years? Damage to the fatty sheaths around the brain’s nerve fibers may explain the difference.

New study focuses on rare DNA mutations that affect protein function.

Tens of millions of Americans will suffer at some point in their lifetime from obsessive-compulsive disorder. Functional MRI might help doctors predict who responds best to one of the most common treatments.

The three-year project aims to fill critical gaps in knowledge about concussion and translate research findings into new safety guidelines for the more than 450,000 U.S. collegiate student-athletes.

Interventions for sensory over-responsivity could significantly improve the lives of children with this form of autism.

“The brain has a major system that seems predisposed to get us ready to be social in our spare moments,” says UCLA professor Matthew Lieberman.

“The results were about as good as you could hope for,” said Lara Ray, a UCLA associate professor of psychology and director of the UCLA Addictions Laboratory.