Boston University

Neurology & Neuroscience

Man in bed with insomnia experiencing a lack of REM sleep

Medicine

Lack of REM Sleep May Increase Dementia Risk

August 23, 2017

Ann McKee, director of BU’s CTE Center

CTE

CTE Found in 99 Percent of Former NFL Players Studied

July 26, 2017

Google Self-driving Car

Computer Science

AI Research Seeks to Grow Trust between Humans and Computers

July 5, 2017

Nancy Kopell, William Fairfield Warren Distinguished Professor of Mathematics & Statistics

Neuroscience

Calculating Thought

May 22, 2017

David Boas, Director of Boston University Neurophotonics Center

Photonics

Neurophotonics Center: Advancing Understanding of the Brain

May 12, 2017

Team 8’s Richard Nesbit (from left), Fritz Jolivain, and Brett Moretzky demonstrating the Groove Gloves.

Engineering

Engineering to the Rescue

May 10, 2017

The number of centenarians—people age 100 or older—is growing much faster than the total population.

Genetics

New Genetic Variants Associated with Extreme Old Age

May 8, 2017

People over 65 who sleep longer than nine hours each night may be showing early signs of dementia or Alzheimer’s disease, according to research by Sudha Seshadri, a MED professor of neurology.

Neurology

MED Researchers: Too Much Sleep Could Signal Dementia

May 8, 2017

Researchers identified a gene in mice associated with binge eating, and also found evidence that binge eating may alter myelin production brain.

Genetics

BU Researchers Find Gene Associated with Binge Eating in Mice

May 2, 2017

Biomedical Engineering Professor Edward Damiano in his lab with fellow researchers and their bionic pancreas

Funding

Science Coalition: Federal Funding Sparks Innovation

April 26, 2017

Litre Bottles of Soda

Neurology

Is Soda Bad for Your Brain? (And Is Diet Soda Worse?)

April 21, 2017

Red leaf cutter ants hive behaviour carrying food from fruiting

Biology

Science in a Post-Truth Society

April 20, 2017

Claudia Satizabal will study the link between midlife obesity and Alzheimer’s disease.

Alzheimer’s Disease

Does Midlife Obesity Increase Odds of Alzheimer’s Disease?

April 6, 2017

Cara Stepp

Rehabilitation Sciences

Regaining a Voice

March 9, 2017

Officers of 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, Ready First 1st Armored Division, participate in an urban combat exercise at a training facility on Fort Bliss, Texas.

Alzheimer’s Disease

Links Found among Concussion, Genes, and Alzheimer’s

February 16, 2017

Ben Wolozin, professor of pharmacology and neurology at Boston University School of Medicine

Accolades

Three Faculty Named Spivack Scholars

February 7, 2017

Mckee

CTE

Brain Trauma and CTE

February 3, 2017

Image of black dots of a dalmation

Neuroscience

The Dyslexia Paradox

January 24, 2017

Tyler Perrachione, Director of Boston University Sargent College Communication Neuroscience Research Laboratory, holds a card showing a word used in the nonword repetition tests studying language disorders and phonological working memory in the dyslexic brain

Neuroscience

Mind Reader

January 13, 2017

Healthy senior with swimming board

Aging

Biomarker Patterns in Blood Predict Healthy Aging

January 6, 2017

Biomarker Patterns in Blood Predict Healthy Aging