Have your ever had a short-term project, say, two weeks in length, that went from feeling impossible to possible in just a few sessions? We all know it takes longer than a couple of weeks to build ...

Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy (CI Therapy) is a treatment developed for more than 35 years here at UAB by behavioral neuroscientist Edward Taub, Ph.D., and the CI Therapy Research Group. CI ...

The brain's ability to adapt and form new neural connections allows it to recover from injury and maintain cognitive function into old age. Neuroplasticity is the brain's ability to adapt and ...

Examining brain plasticity and its implications for development, aging, and brain injury recovery.

For most of the 20th century, the scientific consensus held that the adult brain was essentially fixed, unable to grow new ...

This post was co-authored by Justin James Kennedy, Ph.D., D.Prof. and Faye Cormick. Neuroscience plays a role in coaching, education, and therapy, specifically focusing on neuroplasticity—the brain’s ...

For over a decade, neuroscientists have been trying to figure out how neurogenesis (the birth of new neurons) and neuroplasticity (the malleability of neural circuits) work together to reshape how we ...

Strokes are a major cause of death and result in a drastic reduction in quality of life. Novel therapeutic strategies for patients suffering from stroke are thus required. Two possible strategies can ...

Hormone therapy (HT) is prescribed to alleviate some of the symptoms of menopause in women. Menopausal women are more likely to be diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease but not other forms of dementia, ...