Google Glass Puts the Focus on Parkinson’s Researchers are investigating Google Glass as an aid to help people with PD retain their independence for longer.
Bioengineer Studying How the Brain Controls Movement Researchers use computer technology to help understand how the brain circuitry controls movement.
New Guidance System Could Improve Minimally Invasive Surgery Researchers have developed a new computerized process which could make minimally invasive neurosurgery more accurate and streamlined.
History Is Made with First Small LVAD Implant for Young Patient A patient with Duchenne muscular dystrophy is only one of three people in the US to receive a LVAD to keep his weakened heart pumping blood around his body.
Significant Progress Toward Creating “Benchtop Human” Reported Researchers move a step closer to creating a bench-top human which could eventually replace animal testing.
New Technique Sheds Light on Human Neural Networks Using SLIM techniques, researchers show how embryonic stem cells derived neurons in a network form.
Researchers Use Computers to “See” Neurons to Better Understand Brain Function A new study provides information about the motor circuits of the brain which could help develop new therapies for a range of neurological diseases.
New High Tech Lab Records the Brain and Body in Action A new lab at UCSF promises to bridge the worlds of technology and neuroscience to help better understand and treat neurological diseases.
Tumors ‘Light Up’ With New, Unique Imaging System Using Scorpion Venom Protein and a Laser Researchers have developed a unique and inexpensive device which lights up malignant brain tumors.
Researchers Hone in on Alzheimer’s Disease With the help of the Gordon supercomputer, researchers discover new ways to elucidate the creation of oligomers associated with Alzheimer's.
Molecular Biology Mystery Unravelled Researchers use new genetic engineering technology to isolate and reconstruct a cell's protein trafficking machinery.
Will Virtual Brain Replace Lab Rats? Researchers develop a simulated brain which they hope can be used to test new treatments for neurodegenerative diseases.
Herding Robots Researchers develop a new system which allows fleets of robots to collaborate in new and unprecedented ways.
Computer Models Help Decode Cells That Sense Light Without Seeing Using computer models, researchers discover melanopsin pigment in the eye is more sensitive to light than rhodopsin pigment.
Brain Repair After Injury and Alzheimer’s Disease Researchers have developed a new technology in order to regenerate functional neurons after brain injury.
