Can we replicate the positive effects of exercise to boost new neurons in the adult brain? Dr Tara Walker thinks so and has dedicated her research career to discovering how.
QBI researchers are using technology to deliver electrical impulse to the brain to treat disorders such as Parkinson’s disease and obsessive compulsion disorder (OCD).
Research on the brains of former athletes is raising awareness of the long-term neurological damage that can be caused by repeated, apparently minor knocks to the head.
How can you study the human brain at the cell level, when you can't get inside to see these tiny processes in action? Well, you build your own brain in a dish of course!