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UQ neuroscientist honoured by the Australian Academy of Science

Published on: 25 May 2023

Director of the Queensland Brain Institute, Professor Pankaj Sah, has been elected as a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science in recognition of his exceptional contribution to neuroscience

Queensland Brain Institute (QBI) researchers will dive deeper into the mysteries of the brain after gaining funding from the Australian Government.

Ideas Grants help solve brain mysteries

Published on: 19 December 2022

Neuroscientists will dive deeper into the mysteries of the brain after gaining funding from the Australian Government.

Queensland Brain Institute researchers will help develop some of Australia’s most exciting medical bionic discoveries after being announced as major winners at this year’s Bionics Challenge.

Brain researchers major winners at Bionics Challenge

Published on: 15 November 2022

Queensland Brain Institute researchers will help develop some of Australia’s most exciting medical bionic discoveries after being announced as major winners at this year’s Bionics Challenge.

World-first research links key brain mechanism to memory loss

Published on: 20 December 2021

Communication between two regions of the brain – the hippocampus and the prefrontal cortex (PFC) – is essential for recognition memory.

Podcast: Eliminating fear and unlocking the mysteries in our brains

For Professor Pankaj Sah, the amygdala is a gateway and unlocking its secrets could help us understand, among other things, how memories are stored, and how to eliminate fear.

The road to brain treatments is long, but there’s an end in sight

Published on: 31 August 2021

Research conducted at QBI holds the promise of new treatments for once intractable brain disorders.

Saturated fatty acids have emerged as key players in forming memories

Saturated fatty acid levels increase when making memories

Published on: 28 June 2021

Saturated fatty acids have emerged as key players in forming memories.

Deep brain stimulation has been found to help people with severe obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) that has not responded to other treatment.

Australian-first clinical trial shows brain stimulation can treat severe OCD

Published on: 21 April 2021

In an Australian-first clinical trial,QBI researchers have shown that brain stimulation can treat severe OCD.

QBI Parkinson's Disease Update 2020

The Queensland Brain Institute provides an insight into the research advancements for those living with Parkinson’s disease and other neurological related conditions.

New pathway to extinguish fearful memories discovered

Published on: 24 April 2018

A new brain pathway involved in extinguishing fearful memories has been discovered by QBI researchers.