http://www.bris.ac.uk/neuroscience/bn-news/ Latest research, events, and announcements from Bristol's research and clinical neuroscience community. en-gb Wed, 22 May 2013 02:18:55 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss b-n@bristol.ac.uk b-n@bristol.ac.uk http://www.bris.ac.uk/university/web/terms-conditions.html 60 Search news archive by keyword news_text http://www.bris.ac.uk/neuroscience/bn-news/news-results.html http://www.bristol.ac.uk/neuroscience/bn-news/ http://www.bristol.ac.uk/neuroscience/images/rss-bnnews.jpg http://www.bristol.ac.uk/neuroscience/bn-news/2012/110128.html People up and down the country are attempting to set a Guinness record today [19 October] for the world’s largest memory game as part of the first ever Biology Week. Children and adults will put their memories to the test at 2.30pm in the first mass memory game of its kind, led by the Society of Biology. Fri, 19 Oct 2012 08:00:00 +0000 http://www.bristol.ac.uk/neuroscience/bn-news/2012/110128.html News http://www.bristol.ac.uk/neuroscience/bn-news/2012/110124.html The treatment of patients with high blood pressure has important clinical and financial implications for public health. Although scientists know what factors can trigger high blood pressure many of the mechanisms that regulate the long-term control of blood pressure remain a mystery. Wed, 15 Aug 2012 14:25:00 +0000 http://www.bristol.ac.uk/neuroscience/bn-news/2012/110124.html News http://www.bristol.ac.uk/neuroscience/bn-news/2012/120620-semantic-cognition.html Four generations of a single family have been found to possess an abnormality within a specific brain region which appears to affect their ability to recall verbal material, a new study by researchers at the University of Bristol and University College London has found. Tue, 19 Jun 2012 23:05:00 +0000 http://www.bristol.ac.uk/neuroscience/bn-news/2012/120620-semantic-cognition.html News http://www.bristol.ac.uk/neuroscience/bn-news/2012/120606-depression-exercise.html Current clinical guidance recommends physical activity to alleviate the symptoms of depression. However, new research published today [6 June] in the BMJ, suggests that adding a physical activity intervention to usual care did not reduce symptoms of depression more than usual care alone, even though it increased levels of physical activity. Tue, 05 Jun 2012 23:05:00 +0000 http://www.bristol.ac.uk/neuroscience/bn-news/2012/120606-depression-exercise.html News http://www.bristol.ac.uk/neuroscience/bn-news/2012/120529-hypertension-paton.html Researchers offer patients a new way to control their high blood pressure based on neural control mechanisms. Mon, 28 May 2012 23:05:00 +0000 http://www.bristol.ac.uk/neuroscience/bn-news/2012/120529-hypertension-paton.html News http://www.bristol.ac.uk/neuroscience/bn-news/2012/120515-locomotion-buhl.html Scientists at the University of Bristol shed light on one of the great unanswered questions of neuroscience: how the brain initiates rhythmic movements like walking, running and swimming. Mon, 14 May 2012 23:05:00 +0000 http://www.bristol.ac.uk/neuroscience/bn-news/2012/120515-locomotion-buhl.html News http://www.bristol.ac.uk/neuroscience/bn-news/2012/120514-pain-mackichan.html Up to 62% of people over 75 have chronic pain but, despite its prevalence, older people are also more likely to suffer in silence. A new University of Bristol study is seeking volunteers to find out what research should be done for those suffering from chronic pain. Sun, 13 May 2012 23:05:00 +0000 http://www.bristol.ac.uk/neuroscience/bn-news/2012/120514-pain-mackichan.html News http://www.bristol.ac.uk/neuroscience/bn-news/2012/120510-brain-donation.html BN neuroscientists' appeal for more people to consider brain donation to meet their target of 150 donors by June, and enable the University South West Dementia Brain Bank to contribute to the UK-wide project called Brains for Dementia Research (BDR). Wed, 09 May 2012 23:05:00 +0000 http://www.bristol.ac.uk/neuroscience/bn-news/2012/120510-brain-donation.html News http://www.bristol.ac.uk/neuroscience/bn-news/2011/110119.html Exhibition of new neuroscience art in the windows of the Dorothy Hodgkin Building Tue, 20 Dec 2011 16:00:00 +0000 http://www.bristol.ac.uk/neuroscience/bn-news/2011/110119.html News http://www.bristol.ac.uk/neuroscience/bn-news/2011/111025-cannabis-jones.html New research by BN scientists shows that the effects of cannabis on brain activity are reminiscent of impairments seen in schizophrenia. Mon, 24 Oct 2011 23:05:00 +0000 http://www.bristol.ac.uk/neuroscience/bn-news/2011/111025-cannabis-jones.html News http://www.bristol.ac.uk/neuroscience/bn-news/2011/111019-moth-hearing.html Moths are so finely tuned to the ultrasonic calls of predatory bats that the nerve cells in their ears are activated by displacements of the eardrum the size of a small atom, according to new research from the University of Bristol. This means that if a moth’s eardrum was scaled up to the thickness of a brick wall, a displacement of that wall equivalent to the diameter of a hair would be detectable to the moth. Tue, 18 Oct 2011 23:05:00 +0000 http://www.bristol.ac.uk/neuroscience/bn-news/2011/111019-moth-hearing.html News http://www.bristol.ac.uk/neuroscience/bn-news/2011/110920-winston-opening.html Professor Lord Robert Winston officially opens Bristol’s new research-dedicated MRI unit, the Clinical Research and Imaging Centre (CRICBristol) which brings the latest brain imaging technology to BN's research community. Mon, 19 Sep 2011 23:05:00 +0000 http://www.bristol.ac.uk/neuroscience/bn-news/2011/110920-winston-opening.html News http://www.bristol.ac.uk/neuroscience/bn-news/2011/110919-lewy-grant.html Researchers at the University of Bristol’s Dementia Research Group have been awarded a grant by local charity BRACE to investigate Lewy body disease and its association with other diseases, such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s. Sun, 18 Sep 2011 23:05:00 +0000 http://www.bristol.ac.uk/neuroscience/bn-news/2011/110919-lewy-grant.html News http://www.bristol.ac.uk/neuroscience/bn-news/2011/110916-farrow-blog.html Neuroscience graduate Dr Paul Farrow launches his very own website and blog 'Dr Paul's Brain Talk', which communicates fascinating findings of neuroscience research to the world-wide web. Wed, 14 Sep 2011 23:05:00 +0000 http://www.bristol.ac.uk/neuroscience/bn-news/2011/110916-farrow-blog.html News http://www.bristol.ac.uk/neuroscience/bn-news/2011/110825-tnrf-winners.html If they never meet, how can a lab scientist and hospital doctor work together to advance research and address clinical need? A new scheme launched by BN enables two-way translational neuroscience between bed and lab bench, funding research into childhood brain cancer, psychiatric disorders, psychopathology and brain injury. Thu, 01 Sep 2011 23:05:00 +0000 http://www.bristol.ac.uk/neuroscience/bn-news/2011/110825-tnrf-winners.html News