Over-Stimulated Immune System May Be Impetus to Cognitive Symptoms, UCSF-Led Study ShowsMany patients with COVID-19 develop brain fog and other cognitive symptoms months later. Their cerebrospinal fluid may hold clues to why this is happening.
UCSF Researchers Identify the Source of a Phenomenon Observed in Mammals and BirdsHuman vocal sounds have the same rhythmic quality as the sounds made by many mammals, songbirds, and even some species of fish. UCSF researchers have found the brainstem circuit responsible, and it's connected breath control.
Enhanced Nerve Transmission Seen in Older Adults Who Remained Active UCSF researchers show how physical activity protects cognition by altering brain chemistry that maintains synapses, especially for the elderly.
Findings May Pave Way to Earlier Interventions For Children with Oxygen Deprivation in UteroBrain maps and developmental outcomes differ greatly in newborns with two of the most common brain injury types, which may have implications for early intervention.
Neurologist Gil Rabinovici digs into the debate over aducanumabUCSF neurologist Gil Rabinovici, MD, explains the controversy and shares why he thinks Alzheimer’s care is entering a new era “regardless of whether aducanumab proves to be a blockbuster or a bust.”
UCSF’s David Julius won the 2021 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work on pain sensation. “It was really a shock,” he says.
A stroke left him paralyzed and unable to speak. Fifteen years later, neuroscientists harnessed the power of artificial intelligence to give him back his voice.How neuroscientists harnessed the power of artificial intelligence to give a paralyzed man back his voice.
Since the early months of the pandemic, physicians throughout UCSF have pitched in to help support hundreds of long COVID patients.Since the early months of the pandemic, physicians throughout UCSF have pitched in to help support hundreds of long COVID patients.
An all-hands-on-deck research effort gave UCSF scientists early insight into long COVID. It also showed patients that they weren’t in the fight alone.A concerted research effort gave UCSF scientists early insight into long COVID. It also showed patients that they weren’t in the fight alone.
Exposure to UV Rays Boost Vitamin D, May Protect Against Auto-Immune DiseaseSpending time under the sun may raise the risk for skin cancer, but a new study led by UCSF and the Australian National University shows that for children and young adults, sun exposure may protect against multiple sclerosis.