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UCLA Medical School Psychologist Psychiatrist With Clipboard Talking to Mental Health Patient

What happens when the brain loses its ability to experience pleasure?

Anhedonia, the inability to feel pleasure, is a debilitating symptom of depression, schizophrenia, and other psychiatric disorders.

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Neuroscience impacts how people vote

Simply looking at one option longer makes you more likely to vote for it.

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How does the environment impact Parkinson's risk?

UCLA study makes progress in identifying environmental drivers of neurodegeneration.

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Specialty Spotlight: Neurology

Understanding the brain to fight brain cancer

GBM tumor cells behave like cells from a developing brain, proliferating and differentiating, but without the normal controls.

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A patient in a wheelchair pushed by a nurse wearing scrubs

How can AI-powered brain-computer interfaces help people with paralysis?

AI-powered brain-computer interfaces could help people with paralysis fold laundry, open doors and pick up objects.

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Genes

Can we close the gap between known autism risk genes and therapeutic targets?

A UCLA team found two cell types in a reward-related brain region that pull in opposite directions during social interaction.

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What can we learn from a 3D brain atlas?

Researchers including UCLA neuroanatomist Hong-Wei Dong created a 3D mouse brain atlas with 1-μm resolution.

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What Is a Cardiologist? Heart rhythm chart

How does the brain turn stress into a racing heart?

A UCLA-led study mapped a part of the brain that helps connect information from our surroundings with systems.

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Neurons

Can imaging help us better understand Alzheimer's related pathology?

UCLA researchers developed a new imaging method to view amyloid plaques alongside the protective coating around nerve fibers.

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Even in sleep, your brain’s neurons are humming along to Mozart

Can we develop enhanced treatments for fragile X syndrome?

Fragile X syndrome is the leading inherited cause of intellectual disability and autism.

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