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Kilachand Center for Integrated Life Sciences & Engineering, where the Center for Systems Neuroscience is located. CSN is open to multidisciplinary faculty research on a wide range of topics such as Alzheimer’s disease, the brain’s role in memory function and the connection between animal and robotic navigation. KATE KOTLYAR/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Center for Systems Neuroscience fosters interdisciplinary collaboration

Sara Creato December 8, 2023
Michael Hasselmo, who leads a laboratory at Boston University’s Center for Systems Neuroscience, helped establish the center in 2014.
Brain scans

New Center for Brain Recovery: Beyond Medical Research

Lian Niu October 11, 2022
The new center aims to detect neurological diseases earlier and treat patients.
boston university student researcher handles equipment in a laboratory

BU students reflect on internship, research opportunities for second summer in pandemic

Yiran Yu April 26, 2021
From research to interning abroad, students find unique ways to optimize the summer break.
Boston University School of Medicine

BU Alzheimer’s researchers discuss disease advancements, current studies

Madeline Humphrey March 2, 2021
The Boston University Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center perseveres in research about the disease despite the pandemic.
The Boston University Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program building on Bay State Road. The COVID-19 pandemic has led to constraints on research opportunities and hands-on learning for undergraduate students. CONNYR LU/ DFP FILE

How a pandemic transformed laboratory research at BU

Rachel Do September 9, 2020
It has now been months since BU and other universities first instituted remote learning and reduced capacity in classrooms, and research opportunities for undergraduates this semester have been no exception to such changes.
The Boston University School of Medicine. A new study by researchers at the school suggests treating chronic inflammation in elderly people could help avert the onset of Alzheimer's disease. BRIAN SONG/ DFP FILE PHOTO

Chronic inflammation with ApoE4 gene results in increased risk of Alzheimer’s, BUSM researchers say

Conor Kelley October 25, 2018
People who possess the gene ApoE4 and have chronic low-grade inflammation have an elevated risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease, according to a new study from researchers at the Boston University School of Medicine.
Researches at Boston University's Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy Center discover biomarkers that could possibly indicate CTE in living patients.

BU researchers find possible indicator of CTE in living patients

Alana Levene September 27, 2017

The Boston University Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) Center moved one critical step closer to detecting the neurodegenerative disease — which has previously only been studied through post-mortem...

The National Institutes of Health and National Institute on Aging awards the Boston University Alzheimer’s Disease Center a $5.4 million grant renewal. PHOTO BY MADDIE MALHOTRA/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

NIH renews Alzheimer’s Disease Center’s multi-million dollar grant

Andres Picon September 6, 2017

The National Institutes of Health and the National Institute on Aging renewed a three-year $5.4 million research grant for the Boston University Alzheimer’s Disease Center on Aug. 25. The grant will...

A new study conducted by neuroscientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology found that there may be hope for recovering lost memories in individuals in the early stages of the Alzheimer’s disease. ILLUSTRATION BY SARAH SILBIGER/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Lost memories from Alzheimer’s be retrieved, researchers find

Elise Takahama March 21, 2016

There is currently no cure for Alzheimer’s disease. Although medicines and treatments do exist, there is no going back once diagnosed. In fact, the more time that passes, the worse Alzheimer’s...

Researchers from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology released findings from a study Monday that compared the differences in navigational skills between men and women. PHOTO COURTESY WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

Men have “more effective” sense of direction than women, study says

Sonia Rao December 8, 2015

In a relatively controversial reveal, researchers recently found that on average, men might actually have a better sense of direction than women. A study released Monday by researchers at the Norwegian...

In "Still Alice," released Jan. 16, Julianne Moore (left) stars as a patient with early-onset Alzheimer's disease. PHOTO BY JOJO WHILDEN/SONY PICTURES CLASSICS

REVIEW: In “Still Alice”, love tries hard to conquer all

Navraj Narula January 23, 2015

A person can be visually impaired yet still clearly hear birds singing in the morning. Another might not be able to hear the birds, but instead see the change of a season reflected in a tree’s leaves....

Boston University researchers began testing a drug in March to slow the progression of Alzheimer’s disease, which affects over 5 million Americans. GRAPHIC BY ALEXANDRA WIMLEY/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU researchers participate in national clinical study for Alzheimer’s patients

J.D. Capelouto January 20, 2015

The Boston University Alzheimer’s Disease Center is taking part in a national clinical study that could slow the rate of decline in patients with Alzheimer’s disease. The Alzheimer’s Disease Cooperative...

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