Brain–machine interfaces (BMIs) are devices that can read brain activity and translate that activity to control an electronic device like a prosthetic arm or computer cursor. Many BMIs require invasive surgeries to implant electrodes into the brain in order to read neural activity. However, in 2021, Caltech researchers developed a way to read brain activity […]

Having the right amount of sodium in your body is so crucial, in fact, that parts of your brain work hard to make sure you’re getting the salt that you need. If you’ve ever been hit by a sudden craving for potato chips, that may have been your brain at work. On the other hand, […]

On October 19, a neurosurgery team led by Chen Liang, a researcher at the Tianqiao and Chrissy Chen Institute and a professor at Fudan University-affiliated Huashan Hospital, collaborated with a functional neurosurgery team from the Shanghai Mental Health Center affiliated with the School of Medicine at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, to successfully perform deep brain […]

An international, multicenter study led by Professor Jintai Yu, a researcher at the Tianqiao and Chrissy Chen Institute and a professor of neurology at Fudan University-affiliated Huashan Hospital, has found that increased volume of the sublateral ventricles is a genetic imaging marker of Alzheimer’s disease, and can be used to predict the risk of Alzheimer’s […]

A team led by Mao Ying, president of Fudan University-affiliated Huashan Hospital and director of the TCCI Translational Center, and Professor Zhu Wei from the Neurosurgery Department of Fudan University-affiliated Huashan Hospital, reported 25 cases of pineal region tumor resection with 3D exoscopy via infratentorial approach, which achieved satisfactory clinical outcomes. Neurosurgery has always been […]

In a recent paper published in ACS Nano, a team of researchers led by Professor Nicholas Melosh and Dr. Nofar Mintz Hemed in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Stanford University describe their innovative, dopamine-binding molecularly imprinted polymers (MIP) that have a limit of detection in the sub-nanomolar range and does not require […]

Glioma recurrence has long plagued patients and neurosurgeons however with the development of molecular diagnosis of glioma, research recently published in the journal Nature, has become increasingly precise. A recent study by Mao Ying, President of Fudan University-affiliated Huashan Hospital and Director of TCCI Translational Center, and Professor Hua Wei from the Neurosurgery Department of […]

Chemotherapy as a treatment for cancer is one of the major medical success stories of the 20th century, but it’s far from perfect. Anyone who has been through chemotherapy or who has had a friend or loved one go through it will be familiar with its many side effects: hair loss, nausea, weakened immune system, […]

In 2018, researchers in the Caltech laboratory of Yuki Oka, Chen Scholar, professor of biology and Heritage Medical Research Institute Investigator, made a major discovery: they identified a type of neuron, or brain cell, that mediates thirst satiation. But they were running into a problem: a state-of-the-art technique called single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) could not […]

Music is core to the human experience yet the precise neural dynamics underlying music perception remain unknown. Dr. Gerwin Schalk, Director of the Chen Frontier Lab for Neurotechnology was part of a team of researchers who analyzed a unique intracranial electroencephalography (iEEG) dataset of 29 patients who listened to a Pink Floyd song and applied […]