UCSF researchers map the way immune cells in the gut communicate with the brain after a parasitic worm infection. A new study traces the molecular pathway connecting the gut immune system to the brain during a parasitic infection, explaining how the immune system triggers a loss of appetite.
A machine-learning model measures brain wave activity to calculate ‘brain age’ and relative dementia risk. Poor sleep is associated with an increased risk for dementia, but many sleep studies have had inconsistent results. For the first time, used AI to analyze tiny electrical signals in the brain…
The Joint Commission recognized UCSF Health for exceptional quality, safety, and coordinated spine care. UCSF’s neurological surgery and orthopaedic surgery departments have earned the Joint Commission’s Advanced Certification in Spine Surgery. UCSF Health is one of only five hospitals in…
New findings help clinicians avoid over-interpretation of misfolding tau proteins and improve how scans are used for diagnosis and prognosis. Tau proteins play an important role in our normal brain function, mainly by helping to stabilize neurons in the brain. But in Alzheimer’s disease, tau…
UCSF study finds that an exercise-induced liver protein strengthens the blood-brain barrier, improving memory and slowing age-related decline. A UCSF team finds a liver protein, released with exercise, that improves memory in aging and Alzheimer’s disease by repairing the brain’s blood vessels. It…
UCSF research upends 100-year-old assumption about Pavlov’s dog and associative learning. How we learn to predict an outcome isn’t determined by how many times a cue and reward happen together. Instead, how much time passes between rewards is also important. Understanding this process has…
In a first-of-its-kind study, UCSF researchers use brain signals recorded at home to identify when patients are walking. For years, scientists have studied how the brain controls movement by asking patients to perform structured tasks while connected to multiple sensors in a lab. While these…
A study from UCSF shows a previously unknown connection between the Epstein-Barr virus, known to play a role in MS, and an understudied type of immune cell.
Researchers found a "garbage man" enzyme that tags toxic clumps of proteins in the brain for removal, and saw a correlation with resilience against dementia.
