The brain is an organ that, like the rest of our body, ages over the years. If we all want to be younger, it is not just because we don't like wrinkles, but also to avoid the many diseases related to aging. Estimates indicate that in the year 2050 almost 25% of the European population will...
13 de Outubro de 2020InsCer researcher and professor at PUCRS, Célia Carlini, wrote a personal account full of fond memories for the Brazilian Academy of Sciences about the recently deceased Academymate, her father, Elisaldo Carlini. “My father was a complex and multifaceted man. Nothing with him was linear. But...
08 de Outubro de 2020Dr. Jaderson Costa da Costa, director of InsCer, tells of his dedication to science A man passionate about knowledge. Thus, we could define Dr. Jaderson Costa da Costa, director of the Brain Institute of Rio Grande do Sul (InsCer) and vice-rector of PUCRS. As a neurologist and neuroscientist,...
02 de Outubro de 2020September 30th was a historic day for InsCer! The new MRI equipment, imported from Germany, arrived and took more than three hours to be hoisted and placed in the planned location, within the new structure of InsCer. It was necessary to take the utmost care in placing this equipment, which...
02 de Outubro de 2020PUCRS live broadcast on YouTube addresses an initiative that brings together more than 50 professionals On October 19, at 7 pm, the webinar Task Force for Combating, Preventing and Contingenting Coronavirus: Advances and Prospects takes place. The meeting will address the work of 12 groups...
29 de Setembro de 2020What are the post-pandemic challenges? This was the subject of the lecture conducted by the superintendent of Education, Research, Development and Innovation at InsCer, Douglas Sato, who facilitated a meeting between Professor Maria Helena Rigatto, an infectious disease physician at the Hospital de...
24 de Setembro de 2020Everyone has heard that omega-3, that nutrient found mainly in fish, is good for health, isn't it? Well, a doctoral project, developed at PUCRS and in partnership with the InsCer Pre-Clinical Research Center, demonstrated that omega-3 is also beneficial to patients who have cancer and suffer from...
21 de Setembro de 2020The RS Brain Institute deeply regrets the passing away of the doctor, professor and researcher Elisaldo Luiz Araujo Carlini, the biggest reference in the country in relation to the medical and scientific use of cannabis. The specialist was interned and died yesterday (16/09), at the age of 90, of...
17 de Setembro de 2020On the 1st and 2nd of October the third edition of Annual Course Sleep Across Life will take place, coordinated by Profa. Dr. Magda Lahorgue Nunes and promoted by the Graduate Program in Pediatrics and Child Health at PUCRS, with support from the University's School of Medicine and the...
16 de Setembro de 2020Spirituality, manifested by prayer, activates the human brain, connecting areas that have to do with well-being ”, says Dr. André Palmini, neurologist and researcher do Brain Institute of RS (InsCer) and head of the neurology department at Hospital São Lucas da PUCRS (HSL) . In...
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