Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is often considered a childhood disorder but in half of the diagnosed children and adolescents, symptoms persist into adulthood. Effective medication is available, however, nonpharmacological treatments have become increasingly popular […]
Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are a set of neurodevelopmental conditions whose main symptoms include reduced social interactions and elevated repetitive behaviors. Despite large research efforts, the high geno- and phenotypical heterogeneity amongst ASD patients poses […]
Oligodendrocytes wrap the axons of neurons with a fat-containg myelin sheath allowing the fast propagation of electric impulses. In certain diseases, for example in Multiple Sclerosis patients, oligodendrocytes are lost leading to neurodegeneration. Oligodendrocytes can […]
“A telescope that can span all the way across the universe of the brain from the micro to the macro level” – that’s how Henry Markram described the vision behind the Human Brain Project (HBP) […]
The deposition of beta-amyloid and tau are hallmarks of Alzheimer`s disease.It has been implicated in neuronal dysfunction, ultimately leading to cognitive impairment and dementia. Techniques to visualize these processes in animal models of the disease […]
Bacteria, which are particularly common in multiple sclerosis (MS) patients, could be the trigger for the inflammatory reactions in the brain and spinal cord. Endogenous proteins of the brain and protein building blocks of these […]
Read here about recent papers published by members of the Neuroscience Center Zurich. First-in-human brain PET imaging of the GluN2B-containing N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor with ( R)- 11 C-Me-NB1J Nucl Med. 2021 Oct 7;jnumed.121.262427. doi: 10.2967/jnumed.121.262427. Online ahead of print.Authors: Lucas Rischka, Chrysoula Vraka, Verena […]
Many neuroscientists enjoyed the ZNZ Symposium 2021 on 16 Septemberin-person again after last year’s online version. More than 380 visitors followed a diverse program with 145 posters, workshops, short talks of new membersand plenary talks […]
“Neuroscience and Peacebuilding” is a book designed to stimulate awareness of the role that neuroscience can plausibly play in peacebuilding. It describes the work being done in a wide variety of areas of the neuroscience […]
We congratulate Tobias Kleinjung to his inaugural lecture on September 25th. The researcher from the Clinic for Ear, Nose, Throat and Facial Surgery at the University Hospital Zurich held his speech at the Aula of […]
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