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Neuroscience

DEMENTIA IN CTE

Five New Answers about the Link between Football, CTE, and Dementia

August 5, 2019

NIick Buoniconti #85 of the Miami Dolphins in action during an NFL football game at the Orange Bowl circa 1972 in Miami, Florida.

CTE

Patriots Legend Nick Buoniconti Dies

August 1, 2019

Computer generated diagram of a self-drive autonomous vehicle.

Systems Neuroscience

Could Rat Brains Hold the Secret to Cars, Robots with Better Navigational Skills?

July 23, 2019

Neuroscience

Could Autism, Depression Be Rooted in Our Brain’s Ability to Pay Attention?

July 16, 2019

US midfielder Michelle Akers and Brazil's Grazielle lie injured after going up for a header at the Women's World Cup semi-final match between the US and Brazil 04 July, 1999.

CTE

How Does CTE Impact Women? Former Soccer Stars Join the First All-Female CTE Study at BU

July 3, 2019

Composite image of a soundwave presented as a timeline with images of pioneering neuroscientist Rahul Desikan from the time he was a baby to current day.

Neuroscience

Rahul Desikan’s Story of Love, Science, and Facing Down Death

June 19, 2019

This is what a bad memory looks like in a mouse brain. The cells glowing green indicate that they are being activated in storing a fear memory. Credit: Ramirez Group at BU

Neuroscience

Proof It’s Possible to Enhance or Suppress Memories

May 23, 2019

Graphic symbolizing neurotrauma showing the silhouette of a human head with the top blowing off in layers.

Accolades

BU Researchers Awarded Massachusetts Life Sciences Capital Grant

April 29, 2019

These images show areas of the brain where an experimental brain scan detected higher abnormal tau protein in a group of former NFL football players than compared to a group of a control subjects. The former football players in the study have self reported cognitive, mood and behavior symptoms that are thought to be associated with CTE. Courtesy of the New England Journal of Medicine

Neurology

Toward Diagnosing CTE in Living People

April 11, 2019

Neuroscience

As Memories Fade, Can We Supercharge Them Back to Life?

April 9, 2019

Portrait of Jerry Chen, Boston University College of Arts and Sciences assistant professor of biology, leaning against windows outside a building so that his reflection can be seen to the left.

Accolades

NIH New Innovator Award Will Advance Brain Science

January 15, 2019

Microscopic image of high accumulations of p-tau in the brain tissue of a deceased person with the "major" genetic variation of the TMEM106B protein.

CTE

Why Some People’s CTE Symptoms Are More Severe Than Others

November 3, 2018

Portrait of Jerry Chen, Boston University College of Arts and Sciences assistant professor of biology, leaning against windows outside a building so that his reflection can be seen to the left.

Accolades

Two NIH Awards Push BU’s Brain Research Forward

October 23, 2018

Ann McKee, director of BU’s CTE Center

Science & Technology

Ann McKee Elected to the National Academy of Medicine

October 15, 2018

Two men wearing helmets boxing with one punching the other in a ring.

Neuroscience

Contact Sports Associated with Lewy Body Disease

July 31, 2018

Amyloid plaques

Alzheimer’s Disease

New Alzheimer’s Drug Has MED Prof Cautiously Optimistic

July 30, 2018

Illustration of the lack of women's voices in media

Social Sciences

Extra! Extra! More Women Profs Will Be Quoted by Media!

July 20, 2018

A student with a backpack walks through a library

Education

BU Researchers Find a Potential Biomarker for Long-lasting Learning

July 16, 2018

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Hearing Sciences

Laurel or Yanny? BU Hearing Sciences Expert Explains Auditory Phenomenon

May 22, 2018

A couple sit together

Aging

Marital status associated with dementia risk

May 18, 2018

Marital status associated with dementia risk