During brain development, neurons can regulate their movement until they reach their final destination thanks to a “molecular switch” involving the protein Teneurin 4 (Ten4). This protein can guide ne...

The Artificial Intelligence in Health Sciences Symposium took place on April 16 at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences of the University of Barcelona. The event was co-organized by... Read Mor...

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Noemí Pereda, Principal Investigator at the group of Interpersonal Violence at the Institute of Neurosciences of the University of Barcelona (UBneuro), is one of the authors of the first manual in... ...

New research confirms it: the creativity of artificial intelligence (AI) is a myth. Although current generative AI models may appear to be autonomous creative agents, analysing their imaginative proce...

The renovation project for the Theatre building at the University of Barcelona’s Mundet Campus, future home of the Barcelona Centre for Applied Neurosciences (BCAN), was presented on 23 March in an in...

When an addiction and a mental health disorder coexist — a condition known as dual disorder — scientific evidence indicates that integrated psychological treatment improves clinical outcomes and reduc...

A groundbreaking study published in Cell Reports has identified a critical molecular "hub" in the brain that allows us to hold information temporarily, a process known as working memory.

A team from the Institute of Neurosciences of the University of Barcelona (UBneuro) has designed and validated in animal models an innovative compound with a pioneering mechanism of action for... Read...

Dr. Maria Suñol has been awarded a prestigious Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Postdoctoral Fellowship under the 2025 call. She will develop her project BRAVA at the Institute of Neurosciences o...

The Institute of Neurosciences of the University of Barcelona (UBneuro) continues to consolidate its position at the forefront of European neuroscience research through the strategic project “VISI-ON-...

🚀 Three UBneuro spin-offs take the stage at 4YFN 2026!   We’re thrilled to share that three innovative spin-offs emerging from the Institute of Neurosciences of the University of Barcelona (UBneuro) a...

Two complementary studies led by researchers from the Institute of Neurosciences of the University of Barcelona (UBneuro) provide new insights into the brain mechanisms underlying juvenile fibromyalgia, a chronic pain... Read More from Multisensory hypersensitivity sheds new light on juvenile fibromyalgia brain mechanisms

Researchers from the Institute of Neurosciences of the University of Barcelona (UBneuro) have published a comprehensive review in the prestigious journal Trends in Cognitive Sciences, shedding new lig...

NeurekaNUM is the first method developed in Spanish and Catalan with scientific evidence for the detection and early intervention of this disorder Dyscalculia, characterized by deficits in number sens...

Researchers from the Institute of Neurosciences of the University of Barcelona (UBneuro) have published a new study in the Proceedings of the 20th Machine Learning in Computational Biology meeting (ML...

A large multicentre study conducted in the province of Barcelona has led to the creation of one of the most comprehensive clinical registries of progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) to date,... Read M...

Prof. Karim Lekadir has joined the Institute of Neurosciences of the University of Barcelona (UBneuro) as the principal investigator of the AI for Mental Health group. Prof. Lekadir is an... Read More...

Three professors from the Institute of Neurosciences of the University of Barcelona (UBneuro), Mercè Masana, Daniel del Toro, and Marina López-Solà, have been selected in the 2025 call of the... Read ...

We are constantly searching for talented researchers and students who want to join our Institute. We welcome both national and international candidates in any stage of their career, from a... Read Mor...

Across the world, scientists are still trying to answer one of medicine’s most difficult questions: how can we safely and effectively treat brain cancers such as glioma? Despite decades of effort, out...