Research Advancements
Children who eat more ultra-processed foods show stronger brain responses to appetizing foods
Researchers, including NGP Faculty Kathleen Page, found that these stronger brain responses to food images, which occurred in a brain region linked...
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Immature brain support cells may be linked to human age-related cognitive decline
USC researchers, including NGP Faculty Michael Bonaguidi, studying human brain tissue found an association between abnormal immature astroglia, cells that play a...
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A Better Way to Listen to the Brain
USC researchers, including NGP Faculty Dong Song, have developed customizable brain implants that could provide a clearer view of memory, movement, emotion...
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New brain imaging measure reveals how closely blood flow matches brain cells’ energy needs
USC researchers, including NGP alum Ravi Bhatt and NGP Faculty Neda Jahanshad and Mara Mather, combined ultra-high-resolution MRI with molecular and cellular...
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Depression linked to smaller volume in key memory region of older adults
Led by NGP Student Danielle Luu, a study of more than 2,000 cognitively healthy older adults found that depression was associated with...
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USC establishes NIH-funded center to transform research on sex differences in aging
The USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology has received $7.5 million to establish GeroSCORE, which will advance research on sex differences in...
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