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Brain

The brain consists of very complicated cells called neurons and they build up very complex networks (Picture by Juniorbolivar at Wikipedia).
19.09.2019

Biochemistry: from destroying to creating

12.09.2019

Mechanics and biology, together to shape the brain

For the first time it has been seen that epigenetic changes in the offspring of mice that have consumed alcohol in 'binge' are maintained in the adult stage. Photo by Eeshan Garg to Unsplash.
20.06.2019

Alcohol consumption during pregnancy causes epigenetic changes to the fetus

Òscar Vilarroya, IMIM researcher and the author of "Somos lo que nos contamos", tells us, through real stories and clinical cases, how stories build the world we live in.
23.04.2019

“Somos lo que nos contamos”, the new essay by Òscar Vilarroya

04.03.2019

The endocannabinoid system in Down syndrome

Visualisation of neural precursor tissue, chemically treated to make it optically transparent, and scanned using a Selective Plane Illumination Microscope (SPIM), Image by Comal, Mayer and Swoger (CRG)
10.11.2018

Into the depths of the mouse brain

Astrocytes and radial glia by Jason Snyder, CC BY 2.0
17.05.2018

The brain’s protective wall: the blood-brain barrier

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