An eight-week backward walking program showed promising improvements in balance, gait, and brain structure in people with multiple sclerosis.

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 ...

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

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 ...

Explore neuroscience breakthroughs reshaping treatments for Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, PTSD, and other brain disorders.

Neuroplasticity. The word has become a buzzword in the field of neuroscience. Neuroplasticity refers to the moldability and changeability of the brain. Decades ago, scientists thought that the adult ...

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, ...