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After 30 years of growing her hair, Belinda Norrie is losing her locks for two great causes – Priority Research, at the Queensland Brain Institute (QBI) at the University of Queensland, and Locks for Love.

QBI Associate Professor Thomas Burne answers all your questions about the link between vitamin D deficiency and and cognitive disorders.

Professor Silburn and Associate Professor Coyne are approaching their 1000th DBS surgery. Their important work continues to help people, like Ken Smith, live a normal life.

While there is currently no cure for dementia, promising research at QBI’s Clem Jones Centre for Ageing Dementia Research (CJCADR) is using non-invasive ultrasound to remove the hallmark plaques of Alzheimer’s disease, and restore cognitive function in mice models.

Ross Maclean was QBI's first philanthropic donor, and it is from his initial generosity that we are launching clinical trials next year for a drug treatment for MND.

Whenever we smell something, our nose and brain work together to make sense of hundreds of very tiny invisible particles, known as molecules or chemicals, that are floating in the air. Inside your nostrils, there are tiny things called neurons that “talk” to each other using electrical messages.

Robyn Hilton shares her very personal experience with dementia as a carer for her husband, Peter, who was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in 2000 at the age of 66.

Google recently unveiled its latest talking AI, called Duplex. Duplex sounds like a real person, complete with pauses, "umms" and "ahhs".

To protect groups at high risk of repeated head trauma, we urgently need to find better methods to diagnose concussion.

A brain injury will often show up on brain scans as a well-defined area of damage. But often the changes to the brain extend far beyond the visible injury.

Every day we make a range of choices in the pursuit of pleasure. But what is happening inside the brain?

When people with severe stutters open their mouths to sing, their disorder seemingly completely disappears. Here's what's happening in the brain.

Is daydreaming the same as night dreaming? Why do we sleep, and what can sleep tell us about our conscious minds? What would happen if we never slept? Associate Professor Bruno van Swinderen answers.

More scientists are turning to zebrafish to unravel the mechanisms underlying genetic or infectious diseases, from muscular dystrophy, to MND, schizophrenia, tuberculosis or cancer.

Which animals dream the most? Why do we sleep? Sleep and consciousness researcher Associate Professor Bruno van Swinderen answers some burning questions about animal sleep.