June 2019

Brain structure determines individual differences regarding music sensitivity

Leave a Comment / Cognition and Brain Plasticity, Neuroscience Program / By

The white matter structure in the brain reflects music sensitivity, according to a study by the research group on Cognition and Brain Plasticity of the Institute of Neurosciences of the University of Barcelona (UB) and the Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (UB-IDIBELL). The study, published in Journal of Neuroscience, shows that white matter connectivity, the tissue […]

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Researchers identify an amino acid transporter as responsible for the onset of congenital cataracts

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The ‘human molecular genetics’ research group of the Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute, led by Dr. Virginia Nunes (IDIBELL – UB – CIBERER), has participated in a research study demonstrating that the amino acid transporter LAT2 causes congenital cataracts in both animals and humans.   This study, published in Frontiers in Physiology, has discovered that LAT2 ablation causes

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A dietary supplement improves the motor and communicative skills of a patient with atypical Rett syndrome

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Administration of the amino acid L-serine, a dietary supplement, contributes to the improvement of the communicative and motor skills of a patient with a mutation that affects glutamate receptors

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Molecular analysis could improve the early detection and prevention of endometrial cancer

Cancer, Cancer Immunotherapy , Gynaecological Cancer , Infections and Cancer, Resistance and Progression Mechanisms in Prostate Cancer / By

Researchers from IDIBELL and ICO lead the proposal to evaluate genomic analyzes in cervical cytologies to improve the detection of cancer of the uterine cavity

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Researchers at IDIBELL-HUB negatively correlate a neuropeptide with executive functions in patients with anorexia

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Researchers from the Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL) and the group of Eating Disorders, of the Bellvitge University Hospital (HUB), led by Dr. Fernando Fernández-Aranda, published in Scientific Reports (Nature) a study that negatively correlates the concentration of orexin A (a neuropeptide) with the executive functions in anorexic patients. The study is part of the

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