Neurosciences

The work could help researchers study how key brain connections change with aging and disease.

The researchers will test whether a rare type of neuron helps drive depressive and manic mood shifting in bipolar disorder.

USC researchers combined ultra-high-resolution MRI with molecular and cellular brain maps to explore how the brain delivers energy to billions of cells across the cerebral cortex.

USC researchers found that exposure to common air pollutants was associated with different patterns of cortical thickness in two groups of older adults, pointing to a potentially complex relationship between pollution, aging and brain health.

The largest diffusion MRI network analysis of bipolar disorder to date reveals subtle but widespread differences in brain communication pathways involved in emotion, reward and cognitive control.

Created at USC from more than 54,000 brain scans, the model will help researchers detect changes in neural pathways linked to aging, Alzheimer’s disease and developmental conditions.

PODCAST: The president sits down with Assal Habibi, USC associate research professor of psychology and director of the USC Center for Music, Brain and Society, to discuss how music — something deeply woven into society and the human experience — helps shape the brain.

A popular teacher, McClure mentored many students across his long career.

The research team created a new AI-powered tool that identifies and quantifies the part of the brain that connects the hemispheres.

The technique reveals how tiny blood vessels in the brain pulse with each heartbeat — changes that may hold clues to aging and diseases such as Alzheimer’s.