UC Irvine |

Travel to Mars, risk dementia

Study raises questions about long-term brain health after extended spaceflights.

UC Santa Cruz |

The more you Google, the more likely you are to keep Googling

"Let me Google that for you" may not be so good for us after all.

UC Riverside |

International ‘Window to the Brain’ research team gathers at UC Riverside

Scientists from the U.S. and Mexico are working to make their therapeutic transparent skull implant a reality for patients with brain disorders.

UC San Diego |

Ever wonder what the teen brain is thinking?

A landmark national survey of emotional, cognitive and social development among adolescents is now underway.

UC Newsroom |

Farmworker’s daughter looks to a future in brain science

Undocumented student Lizbeth Nuñez arrives at UC Berkeley to advance neurobiology — and honor her mother's sacrifices.

UCLA |

Most parents likely to follow outdated concussion advice

UCLA survey shows majority of parents are apt to heed advice that could worsen symptoms for kids with concussions.

UCLA |

UCLA scientists jump-start a man’s brain after coma

New noninvasive technique may lead to low-cost therapy for patients with severe brain injury.

UCLA |

MRI scans may be able to diagnose CTE in living patients

Disease known for affecting football players has been confirmable only in autopsies — until now.

UC Berkeley |

Berkeley-bound scholar rises from the depths of schizophrenia

Brandon Chuang takes the mental disease he will be studying very personally.

UC San Francisco |

Researchers develop safer opioid painkiller from scratch

New compound, tested in mice, could reduce overdoses and possibly curb addiction.

UC Berkeley |

How search-and-rescue dogs find you

A neuroscientist on the olfactory secrets that transform certain animals into superior trackers.

UC Santa Barbara |

Inside the mind of Sting

Why every little thing he does is magic.