NeuroLakbay in Visayas: Negros Oriental State University
NeuroLakbay in Luzon: UP NIH promotes neuroscience in Bulacan State University
NeuroLab hosts Balik Scientist: Janssen Kotah, PhD
NeuroLakbay’s First Stop at Raja Soliman Science and Technology High School
NeuroLab presents at Brain Connects 2025
NIH 27th Anniversary Conference
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) at the University of the Philippines Manila invites you to its 27th Anniversary Conference, focusing on “Neuroscience for a Healthy Filipino Brain.” Join us for a day of insightful discussions with leading experts on brain health and neuroscience on March 6. Followed by different workshops on March 7, 2025. Reference: https://nih.upm.edu.ph/content/nih-27th-anniversary-conference
UP Manila solvent addiction research promises better treatments for both male and female adolescents
Written by Andre DP Encarnacion A study done in the University of the Philippines Manila (UPM) on the effects of solvent addiction on mice has given its members important clues on the common and different ways toluene—commonly known as “rugby”—affects male and female adolescent brains when inhaled repeatedly. Toluene is a common solvent found in paint, …
Inhaled Solvent Addiction leads to poor decision-making and social isolation, new study says
A team of Filipino scientists and experts have found previously unreported effects of solvent abuse on social behavior and decision-making in a rat model. These findings are expected to pave the way for future treatments of adolescents struggling with inhaled solvent addiction. The study, “Novel Approaches to Treatment of Addiction and Depression using Animal Models,” suggests that …
PCHRD, NIH unveil Addiction Neuroscience Research Project at Society for Neuroscience Conference
The first addiction neuroscience research project, funded by the Department of Science and Technology – Philippine Council for Health Research and Development (DOST-PCHRD) and implemented by the UP National Institutes of Health, was proudly presented at the 53rd Annual Neuroscience Conference by the Society for Neuroscience (SfN) in Washington, DC from November 11 to 16, …