This year's Nobel in Physiology or Medicine was a double win for UCSF, split between Prof. David Julius and a memorable alum, Ardem Patapoutian, a postdoc in the lab of Louis Reichardt from 1996-2000.
Discovery Points to Radically Different Ways of Treating Menopausal Symptoms A team of UCSF scientists have identified the specific neurons and signaling pathway that make sexually receptive females of many species more active at the time of ovulation.
Two new studies of the developing human brain are helping researchers reconcile a long-held debate over how the brain forms.
At 2 a.m., a text came that David Julius thought might be a prank. But it was a relative contacting him to say that the Nobel committee in Stockholm was trying to reach him.
UCSF Team Provides Immediate, Long-Term Relief for Patient’s SymptomsUCSF Health physicians have successfully treated a patient with severe depression by tapping into the specific brain circuit involved in depressive brain patterns and resetting them using the equivalent of a pacemaker for the brain.
From Spider Venom to Chili Peppers, Julius Explores All Avenues to Understand the Neuroscience of PainDavid Julius, PhD, professor and chair of the Department of Physiology and Morris Herzstein Chair in Molecular Biology and Medicine at UC San Francisco, has won the 2021 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
UCSF-Led Study Shows Depressive Symptoms Increase Risk for Cognitive ImpairmentResearch has shown that poor heart health can increase the risk for dementia, but a new study shows that poor mental health in early adulthood may increase odds by 73%.
UCSF Study Finds Neural Changes that Balance Plasticity with Stability, Explaining the Challenge of Learning Another Tongue A study in patients with epilepsy is helping researchers understand how the brain manages the task of learning a new language while retaining our mother tongue.
Following groundbreaking work on a “speech neuroprosthesis” that enabled a paralyzed man to communicate using his brain signals, the lab team answered public questions about brain-computer interfaces and the limitations of translating brain signals into code.
‘Toxin Sponges’ May Help Animals Avoid Their Own Defensive PoisonsA team of researchers at have uncovered some intriguing clues in the mystery of how some poison birds and frogs evade their own toxins.