Major expansion of open-source neuroimaging data set to boost stroke recovery research
A USC-led team of researchers releases expanded data set of brain scans from stroke patients in the hopes of speeding up large-scale stroke recovery research.
A USC-led team of researchers releases expanded data set of brain scans from stroke patients in the hopes of speeding up large-scale stroke recovery research.
Researchers at Keck School of Medicine of USC move experimental drug closer to approval for clinical use.
USC neuroscientists demonstrate that, like literal language, abstract metaphors are embodied in the brain.
When Kathy Nguyen suffered a ruptured brain aneurysm while vacationing in L.A., nobody knew what was wrong with her until she was transferred to Keck Hospital of USC. Now fully recovered, she and her neurosurgeon competed together in the Arizona Ironman triathlon.
Mouse study of human stroke medication reveals potential defense against Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia.
The $3 million study will unite researchers and data from 20 countries to answer some of the most pressing questions about Parkinson’s disease.
Keck School of Medicine of USC researchers, working with a Caltech team, have demonstrated a new way to produce highly detailed images of the human brain.
Factors like less access to nutritional foods and more exposure to pollution may impact the brain’s structure and volume, a new USC study finds, altering how children read and think.
The $3 million grant will help develop new neurotechnology to treat neurological and mental disorders.
USC is pooling thousands of brain scans to understand how aspects of our physical space — including air pollution, noise and green space — may impact our risk for various developmental, neurodegenerative and psychiatric problems.
USC researchers believe they have unlocked the brain and opened the door to new, personalized therapies for mental disorders.
A five-year, $1.4 million study led by USC researchers will investigate the role of perivascular spaces in brain function across the human lifespan.
Millions of Americans each year suffer traumatic brain injury, and many suffer long-term brain damage. A new ”nanocage” system to deliver drugs where they’re needed could help.
Death certificate data appear to underestimate the true mortality burden of dementia, Alzheimer’s disease and other cognitive impairment, according to a USC-led study.
USC researchers are investigating the impact of fine particle pollution on child brain growth and in older women who aren’t eating enough fish.
USC’s Sook-Lei Liew, Judy Pa and James M. Finley are researching the benefits of virtual reality for patients with Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease or stroke.
When families struggle with the decision to end life support for a loved one, these findings — led by a USC researcher — could provide reassurance.
Research from the Keck School of Medicine of USC has found that readmission to a hospital where surgeons perform a high volume of brain surgeries can increase a patient’s odds of staying alive and avoiding complications.
People with complex epilepsy in Central and Southern California have a new team of medical experts to turn to.
After undergoing deep brain stimulation, Robert Warner can once again drive, type and work out.
Researchers are closing in on one of the most common — and complex — neurodegenerative diseases.
Researchers will identify and catalog each cell type in finer detail than ever before.
Wires implanted in her brain bring life back to a Southern California teen with dystonia.
Children with dystonia get up and walk again through science, engineering and a brain implant procedure from a team at USC.