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The 150-year-old mystery disease killing two New Zealanders a week

29 April 2021

New Zealand has one of the world’s worst rates of a fatal brain disease. Now, scientists hunting rogue genes hope to unravel the 150-year-old mystery of what triggers the disease and how to find a cure.
Auckland scientist helps unravel mystery of Covid-19 brain effects

11 March 2021

Neuroscientist Helen Murray’s expertise with a tiny part of the brain has given her a role in unravelling the mysteries of Covid-19’s neurological effects.
Choir collaboration a cause for celebration

11 February 2021

Composer Ben Fernandez was so inspired by a piano performance he did for the CeleBRation Choir that he composed a song for them during lockdown—complete with vocals for the choir to sing.
Dementia Prevention Research Clinics send blood samples to Sweden for biomarker analysis

22 December 2020

University researchers involved with Brain Research New Zealand's Dementia Prevention Research Clinics are celebrating an exciting success.
The link between Covid and Parkinson’s

10 November 2020

Opinion: Victor Dieriks examines concerns that the rapid onset of Parkinson's disease motor symptoms after Covid-19 infection suggests a causal link.
Stalling Parkinson's disease is Auckland scientist's goal

30 October 2020

What if doctors could stall Parkinson's before the shakiness started? That's the ambition of a University of Auckland scientist.
Choir helps people with neurological conditions recover their voice

23 September 2020

A short documentary about the CeleBRation Choir, set up for people living with a neurological condition, captures how singing in a choir is crucial for well-being and may help people recover or maintain their ability to speak.
How equal is access to stroke reperfusion therapy?

18 August 2020

Fourth-year medical student Isaac Samuels (Tainui) knows that by doing research he can make a real impact – and he found the perfect opportunity to do just that with a Brain Research New Zealand Māori Summer Scholarship.
When being brainy comes easily

13 July 2020

Developed and led by Professor Bronwen Connor, 'Being Brainy' is an eight-week inquiry programme for primary and intermediate schools to teach children about the brain.
Improving hearing health across the Pacific

10 July 2020

The World Health Organisation estimates that 466 million people have disabling hearing loss. With that figure predicted to double by 2050, Professor Peter Thorne has been working towards providing accessible ear health services in the Pacific for a decade.
Providing a therapy to live well with dementia

8 July 2020

“The first time I came across Cognitive Stimulation Therapy (CST) in a research report, I just thought ‘wow’,” says BRNZ Principal Investigator Dr Gary Cheung.
One way our ‘remoteness’ could serve us

1 June 2020

Opinion: NZ has remote communities with good uptake of technology and lockdown has shown we could be leaders in remote healthcare, writes Grant Searchfield.

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